C. T. Suddeth

The lyric genius of Chuck Berry: One of my favorite songs is Nadine, which is full of incredible similes: “campaign shouting like a southern diplomat” and “She moves around like a wayward summer breeze.”

Chuck Berry put new words to Ida Red, a Bob Wills song, giving birth to Maybellene, with incredible imagery: “As I was motivatin’ over the hill” and “The Cadillac lookin’ like it’s sittin’ still.”