Chuck Berry, the First Rock n’ Roller for Aliens, Dies at 90

From the first guitar riff on , Berry ushered in a new era of rock n ’ roll music across the world , inspiring The Beatles , Rolling Stones , Jimi Hendrix and pretty much every other stone and wild blue yonder instrumentalist we know . So it ’s no surprisal Carl Sagan agreed to add his iconic 1958 birdcall “ Johnny B. Goode ” to theGolden Recordson Voyager I and II , a 1977 time abridgment that showcases the best and bright of humanness for extraterrestrials … even though Berry ’s euphony was take “ adolescent ” at the prison term . He ’s the only American rock musician on the record book .

Berry passed away at his household about 45 mile outside St. Louis . He was working on a new album titled Chuck , set to be release in June , and was still perform live show now and then . It ’s unknown whether any of the raw vocal will be released , but we ’ve still got his lifelong collection of groundbreaking music … which could help us make First Contact one mean solar day . As Steve Martin showed on a 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live , future extraterrestrial being will likely have one need : “ Send More Chuck Berry . ”

[ NY Times ]