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Concert Wed Nov 10 2010
Chuck Berry to Play New Years Day in Chicago
We all know this isn't quite how the rock and roll legend got his start, but Chuck Berry, and the song "Johnny B Goode"--famously revived in that scene in Back to the Future--have become part of the American landscape and influenced a new genre that would change popular music. Now you have an opportunity to see the entertainer in action on New Year's Day 2011 at Congress Theater.
Berry (now 84) defined a generation with a keen understanding of pop and a mixture of rhythm & blues and guitar on songs like "Maybellene," "Roll Over Bethoven," "Rock and Roll Music" and "No Particular Place to Go." He may call St. Louis home, but his recording career got started right here in Chicago with Chess Records in 1955. The rest, as they say, is history.
Saturday, January 1. 7pm. Congress Theater (2135 N. Milwaukee). Tickets go on sale this Saturday, 10am.
rza / November 16, 2010 10:34 PM
Thats exciting, they put an 84 yr old on stage the day after pretty lights throws down for NYE. Try telling me that place wont stink of smoke and booze...