CHUCK BERRY

The Rolling Stones rehearse on April 8, 1964. Left to right: Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. (AP Photo)

The Rolling Stones Released Their First Single 50 Years Ago Today…And It’s a Chuck Berry Cover

The Rolling Stones released their first single ever on this day 50 years ago…But it wasn’t a Stones original.

2013/06/07

The Rolling Stones’ Top 5 Chuck Berry Covers

Over the weekend, Keith Richards was a surprise guest at Eric Clapton‘s Crossroads Guitar Festival in New York City, joining Clapton for a pair of songs. Keith played guitar and sang lead on the blues […]

2013/04/14

Lemmy, Rock Hall Talk Chuck Berry Tribute Concert

This week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has been honoring Chuck Berry as part of its 17th Annual American Music Masters series. The celebration wraps up Saturday night (October 27) with a concert paying tribute to the man, featuring a diverse cast of artists including Rick Derringer, Vernon Reid of Living Colour, country music legend Merle Haggard, David Johansen of The New York Dolls (formerly known as Buster Poindexter), metal icon Lemmy, indie rocker M. Ward, Ronnie Hawkins (leader of The Hawks, who later became The Band), bluesman Joe Bonamassa and DMC from Run-DMC.

2012/10/26

The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz ‘Remembers’ His Past For New Album [VIDEO]

The album isn’t quite the same without hearing Dolenz’s stories behind the song choices. He shares a few in our sit-down session with him.

2012/10/19

Rock Hall to Honor Chuck Berry for American Music Masters Series

Chuck Berry has been honored by countless guitarists who came after him, but now he’ll be honored – once again – by the institution of rock’n'roll itself.

2012/07/24

Rock Flashback: The Beatles Make the Hall of Fame, 1988

This week in 1988, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]the Beatles[/lastfm] were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were part of the third class to be inducted into the Hall — which is probably the only […]

2012/01/26

Rock Flashback: The Bosstown Sound

In 1968, a record producer named Alan Lorber started hyping “the Bosstown Sound” as a marketing concept. Other American cities had their influential scenes — Detroit, Memphis, San Francisco — so why not Boston? The […]

2011/08/12

Carter Alan’s Rock N’ Roll Diary: June 7

On this day in 1963, the [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Rolling Stones[/lastfm] released their first single in England. It was a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Come On.” What Willie Dixon blues song was on the B-side?

2011/06/07

Rock Flashback: Hawkwind

Prog rockers frequently explored science-fiction themes, or at least adopted the language of science fiction. And while prog bands could rock hard on occasion, they were just as likely to lift themes from classical music […]

2011/03/31

Lat’s Play “Name That Guitarist”

After the jump, you’ll find an awesome illustration of over 35 of the best guitarists ever to pick up an ax. Can you name them all without peeking?

2011/02/15

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