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CHUCK BERRY TO RELEASE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN MORE THAN 35 YEARS
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Ninety-year-old rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry is set to release his first new studio album in more than 35 years.
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Jimmy Marsala, a bassist in Berry's longtime band, suggests the new album took so long to come together because Berry wanted to make sure it lived up to everyone's expectations. His last studio album was "Rock It" in 1979.
Marsala said Berry - whose writing credits include "Roll Over Beethoven," and "Johnny B. Goode" - started working on the new album as soon as "Rock It" was completed.
"He was constantly working on stuff all the time, on airplanes, writing lyrics down, always coming up with new ideas - 'Let's try this, let's try that,'" Marsala said.
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this marsala guy sounds like an excellent spokesman.