Chuck Berry's Cadillac a-rollin' to the Smithsonian

NPR Staff — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:35:00 +0000

When rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry navigated his music career, he didn't rely on agents or record labels; he drove himself to his own business meetings and concerts in his fleet of Cadillacs.

Now Berry has donated one of those cars, a candy-apple red 1973 Eldorado, to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open its doors in 2015.