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Joe_Stax
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 Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:46 am Post subject: Goodbye, Bo |
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I just heard that Bo Diddley passed away today. Damn.
I only saw him once, back in 1988 or so, at the Holiday House in Monroeville. He was touring with Ron Wood. It was a dynamite show, and my friends and I stayed for both shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfUni4-5-GA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHgqtC02Qt0
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Joe_Stax
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Another Bo clip. Jamming on that Bo Diddley beat, live and dynamite!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzn7VyoqEw
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Astrakhan
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Sad news, indeed. Bo Diddley was one of the originators, often imitated, never duplicated and a dynamic performer.
I loved the footage of the UK show, with all of the Teds going crazy, dancing and combing their quiffs. Even more, Bo's onstage antics during that jam. Go, Bo Diddley!
Here's a nice eulogy I found at another forum. It was titled "The Cobra Snake Necktie"
| Quote: | Out of a black night, a blue night, the hoodoo howled and drummed and pumped and pulled us all down 47 miles of barbwire highway.
Jerome and the Duchess ran behind the original badass, twirling the Bo Diddley box like a gunslinger at high noon.
This was music with calluses on its heart. This was a beat that ran back to the mists of ancient Africa and was commandeered by gawky Texas teens without so much as thank you. Still, the man in a house of rattlesnake hide just pounded on a human skull and asked the darkness, "Who Do You Love?"
He said he was the biggest, the best and the baddest there ever was and ever would be - and for a while, he almost was.
So long, Bo Diddley. |
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JimENight
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Yea, thanx for getting in here and poasting something about Bo, guys, I've been meaning to do this all week.
You talk about your 'originators' and your 'roots of rock & roll' guys, well I've always loved Bo above 'em all. His sound was/is nothing short of amazing and ahead of it's time in many ways! One of the things I love most about him is that he was a nut, a certifiable nut (square guitar, glasses, vespa, & all)
I'll be spinning some of my fave Bo Diddley cuts & covers on the show this Saturday night!
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Joe_Stax
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From the BBC:
| Quote: | Bo Diddley given rocking send-off
Music pioneer Bo Diddley has been given a rocking send-off, with family, fans and friends singing, dancing and paying tribute at his funeral in Florida.
A gospel band played his music as family members passed his coffin, before hundreds of mourners clapped and chanted his song Hey, Bo Diddley.
Singer Eric Burdon of The Animals paid tribute, while George Thorogood, Tom Petty and Jerry Lee Lewis sent flowers.
Diddley, regarded as one of the fathers of rock 'n' roll, died on Monday.
The 79-year-old suffered heart failure, which followed a recent stroke and heart attack.
His grandson Garry Mitchell was among those who addressed mourners, the Associated Press news agency reported.
"In 1955 he used to keep the crowds rocking and rolling way before Elvis Presley," he said.
Many mourners recounted Diddley's generosity and charity work.
The guitarist's brother, the Rev Kenneth Haynes, said Diddley would always ask how he could help and what he could give, but that he grew weary of life on the road.
He recalled Diddley saying: "But this is what God gave me to feed my family. I have to keep doing it until God says it's enough."
The guitarist's business manager Faith Fusillo told his family: "Please know this, because I know Diddley. As much as you loved him, he loved you more."
Burdon praised Diddley's energy and influential signature rhythm. "I've been a fan of his since 16, 17 years of age," he said. "Probably one of the first records I ever owned."
The funeral was followed by a concert featuring Diddley's touring band and other musicians.
When Diddley passed away, tributes flooded in from many of music's biggest names, including Sir Mick Jagger, Robert Plant and BB King.
Jagger described him as an "enormous force in music" and "a big influence on the Rolling Stones". |
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