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Name - Charles Edward Anderson Berry (1926) Stage name - Chuck Berry
Instrument - Gibson ES-355s
Played with -
Overview
Chuck Berry had the energy to get the Rock Era started. His Jump Blues Style was a combination of the Chicago Blues with an electric guitar. This urban type Rockabilly quickly spread to other large cities like New york. His most famous gimmick is the duckwalk where he would hold the guitar like a machine gun and duck down and strut across the stage.

Songs
Johnny B. Goode
Maybelline
Roll Over Beethoven