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Chuck Berry was buried with a Gibson ES-355. His son reveals his family's brain-twisting task to honor the Father of Rock and Roll

It's a well-known fact that Chuck Berry was buried with a Gibson ES-355 semihollow electric guitar to keep him company in the afterlife. But the story of how the guitar came to join Chuck in his ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Guitar stolen from Chuck Berry returned

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. St. Charles County Sheriff's Deputy Ross Bishop holds Chuck Berry's 1978 Gibson ES 355 guitar on Friday, Sept. 13, 2012. The ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Three arrested in thefts of guitar, tools from Chuck Berry's St. Charles County retreat

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. St. Charles County Sheriff's Deputy Ross Bishop holds Chuck Berry's 1978 Gibson ES 355 guitar on Friday, Sept. 13, 2012. The ...
American Songwriter

The Story Behind “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry and How It Was More About His Sister than the Famous Composer

Chuck Berry’s low-slung guitar as he duck-walked across the stage is an iconic image, but the engine that drove his earliest recordings was Johnnie Johnson’s piano. Berry tapped into the teenager’s ...