Did Chuck Berry invent rock ‘n’ roll And any zoner car talk?

fun thread!

no spot taken

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there was that time after the Cap when i groundscored that loosely capped vial and had no options but to drive home, dosed to the gills thanks to said vial, and that wild, demonically red eyed coyote ran across several lanes of an otherwise empty night highway to ram my vehicle...

I would say Chuck Berry was the first guitar hero and brought the instrument to the forefront, but other groups were playing the basic structure of rock n' roll before Chuck burst on to the scene (e.g. Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ike Turner, Bill Haley)

As for car stories, the very first time I drove a car I landed my sister's 67 Mustang convertible on top of a tree.

I have a very short car story.  More later, maybe. I learned to dive a standard transmission in a 1962 Ford Falcon with shifter on the steering column. 

Damn, Ken. That didn't work out well.

Bobby has at times expounded upon what "true Rock and Roll" is ... although I can't remember what he said!

Hey!  Bo Diddley??

Weir said that Johnnie Johnson created that RnR swing.

Or was it Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future,

Louie Jordan was rocking back in the 40's  (wonder if he had a car?)

Saw Chuck Berry in 1980 at the Hollywood Palladium, seemed like the perfect venue (was part of his tax evasion tour, think the Blasters warmed up for him)

>>>loved his demonic smile<<<

San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, sometime in the late '80s.

Shot taken just before the usher confiscated my camera.

But they didn't take out the film.

Amateurs.

Hollywood Palladium 1980

i saw him play at magic mountain when i was like 8.

My Toyota Truck Got Hit By a TRAIN On State Street in 1985 - I Was Selling a Wetsuit at Local Surf Shop When The LOUD Bang Happened and Yep It Was Totalled.

Lots of different musical streams converged to form Rock & Roll.  No one "invented" it, it just happened.

This stub from Wikipedia might illuminate:

Rock and roll arrived at a time of considerable technological change, soon after the development of the electric guitar, amplifier and microphone, and the 45 rpm record.[30] There were also changes in the record industry, with the rise of independent labels like Atlantic, Sun and Chess servicing niche audiences and a similar rise of radio stations that played their music.[30] It was the realization that relatively affluent white teenagers were listening to this music that led to the development of what was to be defined as rock and roll as a distinct genre.[30]Because the development of rock and roll was an evolutionary process, no single record can be identified as unambiguously "the first" rock and roll record.[2]Contenders for the title of "first rock and roll record" include Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Strange Things Happening Every Day" (1944),[48] "That's All Right" by Arthur Crudup (1946),  "Move It On Over" by Hank Williams (1947),[49] "The Fat Man" by Fats Domino (1949),[2] Goree Carter's "Rock Awhile" (1949),[50] Jimmy Preston's "Rock the Joint" (1949), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952,[51] "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (Ike Turner and his band The Kings of Rhythm), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in March 1951.[52] In terms of its wide cultural impact across society in the US and elsewhere, Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock",[53] recorded in April 1954 but not a commercial success until the following year, is generally recognized as an important milestone, but it was preceded by many recordings from earlier decades in which elements of rock and roll can be clearly discerned.[2][54][55]

they came out with a new ford ranger and are supposed to release the 1st all electric f-150...