Chuck Berry, 90, has passed away. Click here
Chuck Berry, 90, has passed away. Click here
R.I.P. Chuck Berry!
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Vaya con Dios Chuck.
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Sad....
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Here's one I remember. Does anyone have a favorite?
He was a bit before my time, 1950s I believe.
I saw him last year. He was good.
Promised Land:
https://youtu.be/aCT-xMbxb8w
I've always preferred "hero takes a journey" stories.
Left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound,
and rode in into Raleigh and on across Caroline
I like the ending. It's got a nostalgic flavor. He finally makes it to Los Angeles and calls back home to Norfolk. He uses the old Ma Bell telephone exchange system, and says to the operator:
"Los Angeles, give me Norfolk Virginia, Tidewater 4 - 10 - Oh - 9"
Uhhhh...
Here's Chuck Berry's 1959 song "Back in the USA" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23y2Cz40zs4
There's no greater compliment than to be parodied as the Beatles did with "Back in the USSR".
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