Johnnie Johnson died today.

I’ve recently been doing some research on his tempestuous longtime collaboration with Chuck Berry, which gave rise to numerous IP issues that are alluded to at the end of the above link. As much as I love and read rock history, I don’t really feel qualified to discuss his work since he did so much with so many different people. No doubt Johnnie Johnson gave a lot to rock and roll, but there’s no telling how much more he did that we’ll never really know about for sure.