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Chuck Berry is an icon in the history of rock and roll; among the first inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among many other honours, he continues to be an influential - and controversial - figure in the pop music scene. Yet Berry's life has never been fully documented; his own autobiography skipped over many key events , and papered over others. Bruce Pegg has interviewed scores of Berry's friends, family, and business associates to give a truer picture of the man and the music world. Drawing on trial transcripts, documents and other rare material, Pegg has produced a complex, fascinating picture of the father of rock and roll.
Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of ChuckBerry
draws on dozens of interviews done by the author himself and
voluminous public records to paint a complete picture of this
complicated figure. This biography uncovers the real Berry and
provides us with a stirring, unvarnished portrait of both the man
and the artist. Berry has long been one of pop music's most
enigmatic personalities. Growing up in a middle-class, black
neighborhood in St. Louis, his first major hit song, "Maybellene,"
was an adaptation of a white country song, wedded to a
black-influenced beat. Thereafter came a string of brilliant songs
celebrating teenage life in the '50s, including "School Day,"
"Johnny B. Goode," and "Sweet Little Sixteen." Berry's career rise
was meteoric; but his fall came equally quickly, when his relations
with an underage girl led to his conviction. It was not his first
(nor his last) run in with the law. He scored his biggest hit in
the early '70s with the comical (and some would say decidedly
lightweight) song "My Ding-a-Ling." The following decades brought
hundreds of nights of tours, with little attention from the
recording industry. Bruce Pegg offers the definitive, though not
always pretty, portrait of one of the greatest stars of rock and
roll, a story that will appeal to all fans of American popular
music.
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