{"id":925,"date":"2017-04-04T18:35:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/?p=925"},"modified":"2017-04-06T03:49:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T03:49:13","slug":"chuck-berry-got-know-nicest-kindest-rock-star-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/chuck-berry-got-know-nicest-kindest-rock-star-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Chuck Berry the nicest, kindest, rock star&#8221; I got to know&#8230;ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-3.jpg\" alt=\"tn-3\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Michael Hepworth<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-926\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/005-CHUCK-BERRY_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-926\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/005-CHUCK-BERRY_resize-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/005-CHUCK-BERRY_resize-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/005-CHUCK-BERRY_resize-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/005-CHUCK-BERRY_resize-700x714.jpg 700w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/005-CHUCK-BERRY_resize.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuck Berry 1968 Vintage Photograph by John Rowlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>By John Rowlands<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HOLLYWOOD (Perfect Music Today) 4\/4\/17\/&#8211;Chance can deliver gifts of experience and insight. While shooting stills of Chuck on a TV show in the 70s he asked me if I had ever seen a home video camera and could I use it and shoot the interview he was about to do. It was one of the earliest home systems with an over the shoulder reel to reel video tape player\/recorder. He had just purchased it from Bo Diddley who returned recently from Japan with a newer model.<\/p>\n<p>I panned and zoomed through the interview and Chuck and I watched the whole piece and he was knocked out that it looked like real TV show. He asked me what I was doing the following week and I replied I was in school. He asked if $900 would change my mind&#8230;&#8230;..and it did!<\/p>\n<p>As he performed 4 gigs that week I met the nicest, kindest, rock star ever. He was friendly, out going and very generous. I was introduced to family and two of his &#8220;secret&#8221; children, and the whole while taped the shows and conversations. He loved to see the day&#8217;s recordings and laughed that he could watch them whenever.<\/p>\n<p>Many other occasions followed over the years but on this one, I got to know Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John Rowlands Photography<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockphotobook.com\/\">http:\/\/www.rockphotobook.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2952\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" width=\"88\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Hepworth<\/p>\n<p>287 S.Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3012\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.jpeg\" alt=\"search\" width=\"105\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmealtoday.com\/\">www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmealtoday@gmail.com\">perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/spiritsman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/passets-ec.pinterest.com\/images\/about\/buttons\/follow-me-on-pinterest-button.png\" alt=\"Follow Me on Pinterest\" width=\"169\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritsman.com\/\">www.spiritsman.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mrspiritsman@gmail.com\">mrspiritsman@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectskintoday.com\/\">www.perfectskintoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectskintoday@gmail.com\">perfectskintoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfecttraveltoday.com\/\">www.perfecttraveltoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfecttraveltoday@gmail.com\">perfecttraveltoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmealtoday.com\/\">www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmealtoday@gmail.com\">perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectgolftoday.com\/\">www.perfectgolftoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectgolftoday@gmail.com\">perfectgolftoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmusictoday.com\/\">www.perfectmusictoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmusictoday@gmail.com\">perfectmusictoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.champagnewinemaison.com\/\">www.champagnewinemaison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:champagnewinemaison@gmail.com\">champagnewinemaison@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publication\/\">http:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publicatio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.blogspot.com\/\">spiritsman.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hepworth &nbsp; &nbsp; By John Rowlands &nbsp; HOLLYWOOD (Perfect Music Today) 4\/4\/17\/&#8211;Chance can deliver gifts of experience and insight. While shooting stills of Chuck on a TV show in the 70s he asked me&hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/chuck-berry-got-know-nicest-kindest-rock-star-ever\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Chuck Berry the nicest, kindest, rock star&#8221; I got to know&#8230;ever<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[478,477,475,476,479,480],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":928,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions\/928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}