Chuck Berry Still on the road

Berry continues to play 70 to 100 one-nighters a year in the 1980s, still traveling solo and need a local group to return him to the bus stop each. In 1986, Taylor Hackford made a documentary film Hail! Greetings! Rock 'n' Roll, the celebration concert Berry sixtieth anniversary, organized byKeith Richards, in which Berry expressed his bitterness to fame and financial success achieved Richards behind the songs of Berry. Eric Clapton, Etta James, Julian Lennon, Robert Cray and Linda Ronstadt, among others, appeared with Berry on stage and film. During the concert, Berry plays a Gibson ES-355, a luxury version of the ES-335 he was in favor in the 1970 tour. Richards plays a black Fender Telecaster Custom, Fender Stratocaster Cray and Clapton Gibson ES 350T, Berry used the same guitar in the first recordings.
In late 1980, Berry has bought a restaurant in Wentzville, Missouri, called The Southern Air, and in 1990 he was sued by several women who claimed that he had installed a video camera in his bathroom. Berry said he had installed cameras to catch an employee who allegedly stole from the restaurant. Although his guilt was never proven in court, Berry chose the class action settlement with 59 women. biography Berry, Bruce Pegg, estimated that the cost Berry over $ 1,200,000 plus legal fees. It was during this time that he began using Wayne T. Schoeneberg as legal counsel. Reportedly, the police raid on his house was discovered video footage of women using the toilet, and one of the women below. Also found in the attacks was 62 grams of marijuana. drug crimes and the cost of the proposed child-abuse. To avoid the cost of child abuse, Berry agreed to plead guilty to the offense of possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of six months suspended, two years of unsupervised probation and ordered to donate $ 5,000 to a local hospital.

In November 2000, Berry returned to the prosecution when he was sued by his former pianist Johnnie Johnson, who claims he co-authored more than 50 songs, including "No Place to Go Special", "Sweet Little Sixteen "and" Roll Over Beethoven ", that credit Berry alone. The case was dismissed when the judge ruled that too much time had elapsed since the songs were written.
Currently, Berry is usually one Wednesday a month at Blueberry Hill, a restaurant and bar located on Delmar in St. Louis Loopneighborhood. In 2008, Berry European tour, with stops in Sweden, Norway, Finland, England, Holland, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland and Spain. In mid 2008, he played the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, MD. He currently lives in Ladue, Missouri, about 10 miles west of St. Louis.