Yet I’ve never featured Chuck Berry, though he’s mentioned frequently throughout this series. Serendipitously, Oct. 18 is his birthday, so this week’s spotlight is right on time. Though Berry passed ...

Chuck Berry Jr. says his father had the biggest hands. Thumb-to-pinky, it was nearly an octave reach, and it made him a natural at a certain technique ...

These guitar players completely revolutionized their instrument. Without these instrumentalists, the guitar would never have ...

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Chuck Berry would have turned 100 this month. His family is making sure his guitar riffs never stop ringing in St. Louis.

Chuck Berry was born in St. Louis on Oct. 18, 1926, and went on to become known as the father of rock ’n’ roll, defining the ...

Exploring the Life, Music, and Legacy of an American Original symposium took place Saturday, Oct. 10 at Monmouth University.

In modern culture, segmentation and micro targeting are the names of the game, but rock's founding father achieved success by ...

Six years after his death, Eddie Van Halen’s 1978 instrumental still sits near the op of Rolling Stone’s list of the greatest ...