The Buffalo Chip Campground just seems to keep the announcements coming. The newest: Rock legend Chuck Berry will be on stage on Saturday, Aug. 1. He’s part of the Chip’s Classic Rock 3-day weekend to kick off the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

“There have been a lot of discussions about where rock came from. The truth is that it came from Chuck Berry’s crazy idea that you could mix the blues with country influences and get something that moves people.  It’s called rock. And Chuck Berry invented it,” Buffal Chip owner Rod Woodruff said in a press release. “We are honored – humbled – to have this giant coming to our stage.”

Chuck Berry is responsible for iconic hits such as “Mabellene,” “Roll Over, Beethoven!” and “Johnny B. Goode.”

He’s been performing his unique style of rock since 1953 — before Rod Woodruff was born. (OK, maybe not.) Berry got his break in 1955 while on a road trip to Chicago. He met his idol, Muddy Waters, who directed him to Chess Records in Chicago where Howlin’ Wolf and Bo Diddley recorded. He auditioned with a song that became “Maybellene.” The rest is rock history.

Berry’s rock masterpiece, “Johnny B. Goode” is the only rock song chosen to be included on the gold record NASA sent into space on the Voyager Spacecraft. That record has him in the company of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Stravinsky.

For the Chip’s Classic Rock 3-Day Weekend includes on Friday, July 31, Mark Farner, formerly of Grand Funk Railroad, Rare Earth’s Peter Rivera, Sugarloaf’s Jerry Corbetta and Iron Butterfly and Blues Image guitarist and singer Mike Pinera, and on Sunday, Aug. 2 George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

Other acts booked at the Buffalo Chip include: Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Cheech & Chong, Tesla, Hinder, Buckcherry, Lita Ford, Billy Squier and The Guess Who.  Information and tickets are available at: BuffaloChip.com.