{"id":2447439,"date":"2019-08-12T10:44:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=870443"},"modified":"2019-08-12T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:44:24","slug":"chuck-berrys-family-famous-fans-remember-guitarist-in-new-documentary-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/chuck-berrys-family-famous-fans-remember-guitarist-in-new-documentary-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Berry\u2019s Family, Famous Fans Remember Guitarist in New Documentary Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chuck Berry<\/a>\u2019s 60th birthday concert and the drama surrounding it were captured in Hail! Hail! Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll<\/em>, one of the greatest music films of all time. But Berry\u2019s full life has never been covered onscreen in its entirety. That changes with Chuck Berry<\/em>, a film directed and produced by Jon Brewer, which will premiere October 4th at the Nashville Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a new trailer released today, several rock & roll legends reflect on what Berry meant to them: \u201cHe was the most important guitarist in rock history,\u201d George Thorogood says. Nile Rogers talks about how Berry \u201cturned the guitar into a percussive instrument.\u201d \u201cYou could almost say that Chuck Berry invented the teenager,\u201d says Steve Van Zandt.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Jason Padgitt, the executive director of Nashville Film Festival, said, \u201cChuck Berry is an icon who uniquely combined his genius, style and attitude to inspire, diversify and excite the world while redefining modern popular music. In that spirit, we are thrilled to host the world premiere of Chuck Berry<\/em> during the Nashville Film Festival\u2019s 50th anniversary in Music City, where we proudly celebrate the best of film, music, and culture in one of the world\u2019s longest running film festivals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film also features interviews with some of Berry\u2019s more reclusive family members. \u201cWhen he came home, he was the guy I married,\u201d says Themetta Suggs, Berry\u2019s wife of 68 years, in her first interview ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family members really gave a profound insight into the man behind the music,\u201d Brewer tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cAlso we talk to his lawyer about the truth behind some of these charges levied against Berry\u2026 and that\u2019s a film in itself.\u201d Berry spent nearly two years in jail in the early Sixties after he was accused and found guilty of transporting a 14-year-old girl across state lines for the purpose of prostitution. In 1990, several women filed a lawsuit against Berry, claiming he videotaped them in the ladies\u2019 room of his St. Louis restaurant (the musician settled out of court).<\/p>\n

Brewer also tells Rolling Stone<\/em> that in making the film, he was interested in exploring \u201cHow a black artist crossed over to white radio in those days.\u201d In sifting through archival material, he learned \u201cthere is so much on record that is simply not how things truly were. A small example would be how we learned that, although Berry was widely known for his steely and calculated approach to business and finance, there was a damn good reason, which emanated from a history of being cheated by producers and promoters \u2014 but only once.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brewer continues, \u201cHe used to say, \u2018never let the same dog bite you twice,\u2019 so he made sure he was paid before going on stage, and people always talk about how hard he was in this regard, but rarely do they discuss the actual reasons. Also interesting to learn, he was an avid carpenter, he leaned from his father, and ended up with an impressive real estate portfolio built up over the years as an very capable entrepreneur.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chuck Berry\u2019s 60th birthday concert and the drama surrounding it were captured in Hail! Hail! Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll, one of the greatest music films of all time. But Berry\u2019s full life has never been covered onscreen in its entirety. That changes with Chuck Berry, a film directed and produced by Jon Brewer, which will premiere […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 01:42:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}