The album which will simply be named "Chuck" will drop in 2017.
Rock n' Roll legend Chuck Berry, who recently turned 90, has announced his first LP in 38 years. His LP Chuck will be released sometime in 2017.
The rock pioneer had indeed influenced generations of musicians with his sound and style.
"This record is dedicated to my beloved Toddy," said Berry, in a statement on his website, pertaining to his wife of 68 years, Themetta Berry.
"My darlin' I'm growing old! I've worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!"
According to Time, the LP will feature Berry's longtime backing band which includes his son and daughter, Charles Berry Jr. (guitar) and Ingrid Berry (harmonica), alongside bassist Jimmy Marsala, who has played with Berry for forty years, and Robert Lohr (piano), and Keith Robinson (drums).
His band has supported him for over two decades in residency shows at the Blueberry Hill club in St. Louis.
"What an honor to be part of this new music," Charles Berry Jr. said in a statement "The St. Louis band, or as dad called us 'The Blueberry Hill Band,' fell right into the groove and followed his lead. These songs cover the spectrum from hard driving rockers to soulful thought provoking time capsules of a life's work."
Los Angeles Times reveals that the album consists largely of new songs written and produced by the man considered one of the founding fathers of rock music. It will also come nearly 40 years since the Voyager's Golden Record launched the iconic "Johnny B. Goode" into space alongside works like Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" and Louis Armstrong's rendition of "Melancholy Blues."
Berry received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, mentioned in the top five of Rolling Stone "100 Greatest Artists of All-Time", and a recipient of the first ever PEN Award for literary excellence in lyric writing.
More details about "Chuck" will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
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