Latest about Chuck Berry
![Marc Ribot is seated and plays a Fender Jaguar [left]; Chuck Berry plays a red Gibson ES-335.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sMLuEBCEtw8PyePVKQybnB-840-80.jpg.webp)
Marc Ribot reveals just how hard Chuck Berry was on other guitarists
Berry was a real live wire but when backing him up, session great Ribot and his band were ready for anything
Keith Richards on the time Chuck Berry punched him
The Stones legend says he’d have done exactly the same
38 bassists appeared on Bob Dylan albums before Tony Garnier came onboard. In the 37 years since, no others have
With a career backing artists like Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Chuck Berry, and Tom Waits, Tony Garnier is a walking textbook of bass history
Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar – and why he’s still learning at 82
The Rolling Stones icon reflects on life as a rhythm guitar hero, the size of his collection, and how the restriction of five-strings and open tunings blew his mind
Session great Carlos Alomar on his time as Chuck Berry’s rhythm guitarist
Alomar also recalls his tour with James Brown and the time the King of Soul yelled ‘Hit me!’ – and he didn’t hit back
The Liverbirds played alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and paved the way for women in rock
From booting Chuck Berry’s manager off stage and proving John Lennon wrong, to touring Japan and blazing a screaming trail across Europe, The Liverbirds took Merseybeat beyond British shores, on their own terms
Chuck Berry’s 1964 Gibson Firebird – which he once played at a headline show at Wembley Stadium – has sold at auction
The refinished Firebird – which also featured on the front of a 2017 three-album reissue – saved the day when Berry snapped a string on his main guitar during a show in 1972
Chuck Berry’s stage-played Gibson Firebird – which features on the cover of a 2017 triple-album reissue – is up for auction
The refinished Firebird was used by Berry during a headline slot at The Rock and Roll Show in 1972 after his main guitar snapped a string
