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.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2ep3d7U ) reports that Berry’s album, titled “Chuck,” will be available in 2017.
The album was recorded in St. Louis-area studios and will feature mostly original work by Berry, who turned 90 on Tuesday. He is the sole producer on the album.
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.