Photo of the day 164

Guitar, Aspen, Colorado, 1999

Photograph by Joel Sartore

Rock-and-roll pioneer Chuck Berry plays a candy apple-red guitar at the Jazz Aspen Music Festival. Called the father of rock-and-roll, Berry is as revered for his iconic hits, such as "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," and "Memphis," as he is for helping break the color barrier in the music world.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Authentic, Extravagant Aspen," July/August 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)