And when i first saw him, i changed my career trajectory. I was going to be a computer programmer. Back then, computers were of course twice as big as this room. Or an espionage agent. Each one was pulling at me with equal force. I was immobilized and i was trying to figure out how to do both. Back then there was no way. Today you can through cyber espionage. But, i saw chuck berry somewhere along the pathway as a kid and said, that is what i want to do. It was chuck berry and another fellow, Elvis Presley, i saw him, too. They had made millions upon millions of people happy with their music. They touched them without even knowing them. That fascinated me. I thought, i want to be able to bring joy to people whether i meet them or not. Brian what was the story of your first meeting with him . Daryl he came to the university of maryland. It was going to be chuck berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. I got down there super early, hoping i would be able to sneak in and meet him during sound check or
Cspan. Announcer this week on q a, musician and lecturer daryl davis. For over 30 years, he has befriended members of the kkk to try to understand their hatred into convince them to change their ways. Brian daryl davis, what impact did chuck berry have on your life . Daryl chuck berry had a very profound impact on me. The man was a genius. Not many people can say they played a song that invented a genre of music. Chuck berry did that. We would not have rock n roll without chuck berry. When i first heard chuck berry, i fell in love with that music , and when i first saw him, i changed my career trajectory. I was going to be a computer programmer. Back then, computers were of course twice as big as this room. Or an espionage agent. Each one was pulling at me with equal force. I was immobilized and i was trying to figure out how to do both. Back then there was no way. Today you can through cyber espionage. But, i saw chuck berry somewhere along the pathway as a kid and said, that is what
Life . Daryl chuck berry had a very profound impact on me. The man was a genius. Not many people can say they played a song that invented a genre of music. Chuck berry did that. We would not have rock n roll without chuck berry. When i first heard chuck berry, i fell in love with that music, and when i saw him, i changed my career trajectory. I was going to be a computer programmer. Back then, computers were of course twice as big as this room. Or an espionage agent. Each one was pulling at me with equal force. I was immobilized and i was trying to figure out how to do both. Back then there was no way. Today you can through cyber espionage. But, i saw chuck berry somewhere along the pathway as a kid and said, that is what i want to do. It was chuck berry and another fellow, Elvis Presley, i saw him, too. They had made millions upon millions of people happy with their music. They touched them without even knowing them. That fascinated me. I thought, i want to be able to bring joy to peo