RIP, famous person

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Chuck Berry. RIP.

I saw Chuck Berry in concert in the early 80s at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. It was so cool, absolutely a bucket list show for me. The opener was The Stray Cats. They were new, they were pretty good. My friend and I had fun mocking the guitarist who was playing like a mofo, but not plugged in. We could see his cable on the floor. That was funny.

Chuck Berry was fantastic! So much energy, so much fucking Rock and Roll. He sang, he duck-walked, it was great. The last song/encore (don't remember) was Johhny B. Goode, it went on forever. Kids came up onto the stage and played air guitar alongside him. They danced and duck-walked all over the stage. Chuck Berry just carefully backed up onto the drum riser, still playing, never missed a lick. It was a joyous party. Fucking Rock and Roll.

RIP Chuck Berry.