California Songs: Chuck Berry's 'Promised Land'

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Chuck Berry in 1987

Chuck Berry is widely admired as one of rock 'n' roll's pioneers. He's best-known for hits like "Johnny B. Goode." But another song, "Promised Land," chronicles a journey Berry made to California from Virginia after serving time in prison. We talk to Berry's biographer Bruce Pegg about the tune's back story. Reporter: Rebecca Wolfson

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