Chuck Berry lies in his coffin with a Gibson ES-355 during his memorial service at the Pageant Theater in St. Louis, April 9, 2017. The guitar legend died on March 18 at the age of 90.

Chuck Berry's electric guitar, nicknamed "Maybellene," 1959 NMAAHC, donation of Charles E. Berry I had met him a few months earlier, backstage after one of his shows.

The delicious joke is that Chuck Berry hears this on the phone and learns this way of playing from Marty. It’s a very subtle piece of tongue-in-cheek filmic history-rewriting, and of course Chuck was ...

Chuck Berry, who turned 86 just three days ago, set the rock 'n' roll world on its proverbial ear with the 1955 release of his first single, "Maybellene," and hasn't looked back since. That is why ...

Chuck Berry made the electric guitar the heart of rock and roll. Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis proved that you don’t have to play guitar to be a rock star.

Chuck Berry made the guitar a star. He took it from a rhythm background instrument into playing behind his head, and he intuitively choreographed the first great rock and roll stage moves.

Each song was defined by the Berry trademarks: that blend of propulsive beat, rueful charm, and ringing guitar. “The beautiful thing about Chuck Berry’s playing was it had such an effortless ...

One of the most indelible moments in Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll, Taylor Hackford’s 1986 documentary on Chuck Berry, finds Robbie Robertson leafing through a scrapbook of various photos ...

Chuck Berry's electric guitar, nicknamed "Maybellene," 1959 NMAAHC, donation of Charles E. Berry I had met him a few months earlier, backstage after one of his shows.

Between the strings was a white guitar pick bearing an image of a young Chuck playing a Gibson. They were asking at the end of the service, ‘Mrs. Berry, we can take it out?’ And she goes ...