Ten Favorite Fake People Songs: Johnny B. Goode (#8)

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Along with the real people I’m looking at ten songs named after fictional people. It only seems right to balance the real with the fake...or maybe that’s just how my warped mind works! At any rate, here’s today’s song about a gentleman that everybody knows and loves. #8: Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry All of Chuck’s children are out there, playing his licks (Bob Seger, “Rock and Roll Never Forgets”) Yeah, ol’ Johnny isn’t real, but yet he is. As John Hiatt later put it, “As long as there’s a kid in a room somewhere with a beat up guitar and some funny-looking hair.” That’s rock and roll. A Grammy Hall of Fame song, “Johnny B. Goode” is one of those songs that dang near everybody knows. The story of a poor Louisiana boy who made it big is the stuff rock and roll dreams are made of. It’s also the stuff rock and roll is made of. We lost Chuck Berry this year at the age of 90. But all of Chuck’s children will always be out there, playing his licks. Johnny B. Goode Written by Chuck Berry Recorded by Chuck Berry Released as a single, 1958 My, my, how that little country boy can play: