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Johnny B. Bad : Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll - Stephanie Bennett

Johnny B. Bad

Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll

By: Stephanie Bennett

eBook | 19 March 2019

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Thirty years ago, Chuck Berry starred in the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, which profiled the legend during a star-studded concert celebrating his sixtieth birthday. Now, on the heels of Berry's death, comes the complete story behind one of America's most enduring and embattled icons.

Compiled as an oral history by the film's producer, Stephanie Bennett, Johnny B. Bad combines interviews from the film's participants, including its music director- Keith Richards. These unique interviews and accounts paint a vivid and multifaceted picture of the artist. Berry was at once a witty, articulate genius, now widely considered the godfather of rock and roll; a shrewd businessman, who had no trouble endlessly renegotiating contracts and refusing to perform until additional cash was gathered up; and also a convicted criminal, who in addition to serving time in prison for transporting a minor across state lines for "immoral purposes" had also been accused of sexual assault and sued in civil court for installing cameras in the restroom of the Southern Air, a restaurant he owned in Wentzville, Missouri.
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Praise for Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
"Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll is...probably the most revealing look we'll ever get of its subject, and the most loving evocation of his music."
-The Washington Post

"...a fascinating character study."
-The Los Angeles Times

"...works on two levels: as a portrait of a private, bitter and streetwise man, and as a major musical talent performing with obvious delight."
-Chicago Tribune

"...marvelously energetic."
-Christian Science Monitor
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