[Magdalen] 2017 new album, "Chuck" (Berry).

[Jay Weigel]

If he can do it, more power to him!

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 1:54 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Not exactly my cup of Earl Grey, but when I just now read (below) that
> 90-yr-old Chuck Berry will release his first studio album in more than 35
> years next year, I just knew I had to keep an eye on Amazon's pre-ordering
> world.
>
> Truly:  Roll over, Beethoven!
>
> *****
>
> Chuck Berry to release first new album in more than 35 years
> From Associated Press
> October 18, 2016 12:06 PM EST
>
> ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ninety-year-old rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry is set
> to release his first new studio album in more than 35 years.
>
> The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2ep3d7U ) reports that Berry's
> album, titled "Chuck," will be available in 2017.
>
> The album was recorded in St. Louis-area studios and will feature mostly
> original work by Berry, who turned 90 on Tuesday. He is the sole producer
> on the album.
>
> Jimmy Marsala, a bassist in Berry's longtime band, suggests the new album
> took so long to come together because Berry wanted to make sure it lived up
> to everyone's expectations. His last studio album was "Rock It" in 1979.
>
> Marsala said Berry — whose writing credits include "Roll Over Beethoven,"
> and "Johnny B. Goode" — started working on the new album as soon as "Rock
> It" was completed.
>
> "He was constantly working on stuff all the time, on airplanes, writing
> lyrics down, always coming up with new ideas — 'Let's try this, let's try
> that,'" Marsala said.
>
> Spokesman Joe Edwards says the new album is a gift to his fans. Berry's
> son, Charles Berry Jr., says the songs "cover the spectrum from
> hard-driving rockers to soulful, thought-provoking time capsules of a
> life's work."
>
> According to Edwards, Berry is likely retired from touring, but anything
> can happen.
>
> Berry played his 200th concert at a St. Louis restaurant and music club
> called The Duck Room in 2014 before pulling back from touring.
>
> Artifacts from Berry's career are on display at the National Blues Museum
> in downtown St. Louis, the city where he was born, and the recently opened
> National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
>