Chuck Berry The Autobiography

I wonder when I buy these books if the writer will address the negatives said about him or her. I bought this not sure where it would go, but it's Chuck Berry so I was going to read it anyway. I had heard somethings about him on podcasts and music shows. 

The book begins with Berry's family and how his father supported the family. He also talks about the women, often white women that would tease him. I figured this was setting up the things I had heard about him. He writes about his wife and his early married life. His guitar playing, once side money, became his main source of income. 

He is exposed to racism, payola, and drinking. He is surrounded by women that he doesn't sleep with. The chapters on his arrest for the Mann Act tell how he was railroaded. (I looked up these stories on the web, many believe Berry's side of the story). His arrest for tax evasion were promoters fault, not his. 

He devotes a chapter on how he came up his hits. I would've love more on that.

Overall, this book tells the triumphs and it goes into the worst. He talks about peers and his mentors. Infidelity can be read between the lines in later chapters. When someone is willing to go into the best and worst of his life, I give him credit. 

The book doesn't confirm the worst about him, but it's a good view of his life.