What Are You Mumblin' About, Bo?
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Track:Mumblin Guitar
Of all the early rockers, Bo Diddley was perhaps the most primitive, earthy, & real of them all. Elvis was almost(?) a caracature, Chuck Berry had a polished primitivism, a rockin style closely related to pop, Little Richard was willfully wild & gay, as unreal in fifties America as Beaver & Wally. Ah, but Bo brought it. & brought it & brought it. His relentless rhythms echoing the primitive beats of ageless roots, his boasting, preening, keening, witty, vicious, personna is as much Shaman as rock star, a precursor to George Clinton, if you will.
.......And yeah, I finally figured out this uploading thing! Thanks Rex.
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MOG it up!
Comments (9)
Bo knows!!
LOL.... man.. There is this line in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Willie Wonka is trying understand one of the kids talking.. he says to the kid " you're mumbling... talk out loud.. MUMBLER! "...
yeah off the wall, thats me... I like it!
My pleassure- we need you up and running to keep this place in check! George Thorogood perhaps would not have a career, if not for Bo.
The way he plays call and response with himself is zany. Shame on me for not knowing about this stellar track before.
Welcome to the in.solit.us world, where music is stored, then launched upon unsuspecting Moggers. Now, what can I find that's appropriate for Toxic Tuesday? (Too bad I posted "If" by The Peter Moon Band a while back.) Oh wait, MOG only recognizes "Peter Moon"! Now what kind of picture goes with this over ripe Mango?
I love Bo, and Little Richard. But I'm not sure it's correct to list Little Richard and Beaver in the same sentence.
Bo was his own man all the way through. Had a chance to distribute his later efforts..a real restless mind. DIY to the maximum with the old,old,old school rhythms.
Not heard this tune for a good many years - seem to recall picking it up on some old Charly rock'n'roll compliation 25 years or so back - good to hear it again
And I always loved those rectangular guitars.