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Keith Richards once declared Chuck Berry<\/a> \u201cthe granddaddy of us all\u201d, and even if the drug-fried mind of the Rolling Stones\u2019 guitarist isn\u2019t always the most reliable, it is difficult to argue with the fact that Berry is the root of virtually every rock and roll guitarist under the sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n Berry was, after all, among the first to morph the sounds of rhythm and blues into the wild, anarchic rock and roll that typified the sounds of the 1950s and has yet to go out of fashion well over half a century later. Armed with his signature red Gibson, the St Louis-born guitarist completely revolutionised the musical landscape, and everybody from John Lennon to Bruce Springsteen is endlessly indebted to the pioneering sounds of records like \u2018Johnny B Goode\u2019<\/a>, which well and truly broke the mould. <\/p>\n Ultimately, though, Chuck Berry wasn\u2019t the only blossoming rock star of the 1950s, redefining the world of R&B. His rise to the forefront was flanked by the likes of Fats Domino, Little Richard, and \u2013 quite some years before \u2013 Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Big Mama Thornton<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n To his credit, the guitarist always seemed to be well aware of that fact, sustaining a sense of modesty which was certainly not in keeping with the kinds of rock guitarists he went on to inspire. <\/p>\n So, although the music press has been falling over itself to cite Berry as the father of all rock and roll since as far back as his 1950s heyday, the guitarist himself has always been one to correct that claim. After all, no cultural revolution as enduring or all-encompassing as rock and roll could be undertaken by one sole performer.<\/p>\n