A 1987 Taylor Hackford documentary, Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll was made to honor Chuck Berry on his 60th birthday.  In this film, Eric Clapton says:  “If you wanna play rock and roll – or any upbeat number – and you wanted to take a guitar ride, you would end up playing like Chuck [Berry] . . . because there is very little other choice.  There’s not a lot of other ways to play rock and roll other than the way Chuck plays it; he’s really laid the law down.” 

(June 2013/1)