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Old 06-02-2008, 02:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Bo Diddley....

Well it seems that one of the great pioneers of the Rock and Roll sound has passed away. As a ametuer musician I have listed to a lot of different music over the years, and Bo Diddley has such a unique sound that list of bands that have covered his songs is pretty impressive. If you have not listened to his work I strongly urge you to do so.

Guitarist Bo Diddley dead at 79 - CNN.com

I just thought it needed mentioning.

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Old 06-02-2008, 02:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Diddley was from a small town near where I grew up. He always played Say No to Drugs concerts for all the kids in Alachua County, different grade every week. Those were some of my favorite days in school...

and you can't forget the Bo don't know Diddley adds...

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Old 06-02-2008, 02:20 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Bo Diddley...the greatest one chord pop song ever written.
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Old 06-02-2008, 02:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I have had "heeeey Bo Diddley" (and the accompanying riff) going through my head all day since I read about his passing. Many people would be surprised just how influential he was in music by listening to some of his songs! I think people would find themselves often saying "hey that sounds like...." when what really happened is that song writers borrowed a lot from Bo Diddley! Hey Bo Diddley!!! RIP
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Old 06-02-2008, 02:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Eric Burdon and the Animals paid tribute to Bo in The Story of Bo Diddley. Eric had an appreciation for several of these old artists.

Just for the record Eric Burdon, the New Animals and buddy guitarist Hilton Valentine will appear for free in Mayo Park in Rochester MN on 14 Jun at 7:00. I plan to go.

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Old 06-02-2008, 02:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Sadly... the "You Don't Know Bo" ads are what made Bo Diddley famous to me. I probably never would have heard of him otherwise... It was good that he got that exposure.

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Old 06-02-2008, 02:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I think he played at Peoples.
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Old 06-02-2008, 03:34 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Go Bo Diddley.......... he influence alot of artist
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Old 06-02-2008, 03:46 PM   #9 (permalink)
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STORY OF BO DIDDLEY lyrics


Lyrics: The Animals - STORY OF BO DIDDLEY lyrics
Album: Unknown


Now listen here to the story of Bo Diddley
The rock 'n roll scene in general
Bo Diddley was born Ellis McDaniels
In a place called McCoom
In Mississippi about 1926
He moved to Chicago about 1938
Where his name was eventually changed to Bo Diddley
He practised the guitar every day and sometimes into the night
'till his papa's hair began to turn white
His pa said "Son, listen here, I know"
"You can stay but, uh, that guitar's just got to go"
So he pulled his hat down over his eyes
And headed on out for them western skies
I think Bob Dylan said that
He hit New York City
He began to play the Apollo in Harlem
Good scene there
Everybody raved
One day, one night
Came a Cadillac, four headlights
Came a man with a big long fat cigar
He said "Come here son, I'm going to make you a star"
Bo Diddley said "Uh, what's in it for me?"
The man said "Uh, shut your mouth son and play the guitar"
"and you just wait and see"
Well, Bo made it, he made it real big
And so did the rest of the Rock 'n Roll scene along with him
And a white guy called Johnny Otis took Bo Diddley's rhythm
And changed into hand jive
And it went like this:

In a little old country town one day
A little old country man begin to play
Had two guitars and a beat-up saxophone
When the drummer said ??? those cats begin to ???

Oh baby, oooo we oh oh
Oooo la la that rock 'n roll
You hear me, oooo we oh oh
Oooo la la that rock 'n roll

Then the U.S. music scene, there was big changes made
Due to circumstances beyond our control
Such as payola
The rock 'n roll scene died after two years of solid rock
You got discs like, uh:
Take good care of my baby
Please don't ever make her blue
And so forth

About, uh, one year later
In a place called Liverpool in England
Uh, four young guys with mop haircuts
Begin to sing stuff like, uh:
It's been a hard day's night
And I've been workin' like a dog
And so on

A place called Richmond in Surrey
Way down in the deep south
Where the guys had long hair down their backs sang:
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man, yeah
And all that jazz

Well we been doin' this number "Bo Diddley"
For quite some time now
Bo Diddley visited this country last year
And we were playin' the Club A-Go-Go in Newcastle, our home town
And the doors opened one night
And to our surprise in walked the man himself, Bo Diddley
Along with him was, uh, Jerome Green, his maraca man
And the Dutchess, his gorgeous sister
Now we're doin', uh, we're doin' this number
Along with them came Rolling Stones and The Mersey Beats
They're all standin' around diggin' it
And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'
He turned around to Jerome Green, he said
"Hey Jerome. What do you think of these guys doin our, our material?"
Jerome said "Uh, where's the bar, man. Please show me to the bar."
He turned around to the Dutchess and he said
"Hey Dutch. What do you think of these young guys doin' our material?"
She said ah, "I don't know. I only came across here to see the
Changin' of the guards and all that jazz."
But Bo Diddley looked up at me and he said, uh
With half-closed eyes and a smile
He said "Man". Took off his glasses. He said "Man"
"That sure is the biggest load of rubbish ever heard in my life"
Hey Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
Oh Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
Yeah Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
Oh Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
Yeah Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
Oh Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)

EIU is the other Okoboji University for serious students and home of Captain Kirk who pilots the Enterprise on its Trek through the Universe for finding his next great job. Captain, beware of your Superbowl.

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