I hate that as a co-writer and co-copyright holder of the song 'Bo Diddley Put The Rock In Rock-n-Roll' I receive no compensation for the sale of this video tape. The music industry is one of the most corrupt industries on the planet. Every time I see this video for sale, I try to contact the company manufacturing and distributing and I have never been able to speak to any shadowy figures to th...
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Hip-O Select Records continues their superb Bo Diddley reissue series this Friday with Ride On: The Chess Masters, Volume 3, 1960 - 1961. The two-disc set is being pressed as a limited edition of 5,000 and, at this point, is only available through the Hip-O Select website.All 54 tracks on the set were recorded in Diddley's Washington, DC studio which was in the basement of his Rhode Island Ave...
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Bo Diddley gets a rocking sendoff at Fla. funeralBo Diddley's funeral Saturday rocked and rolled with as much energy as his music.For four hours, friends and relatives sang, danced and celebrated the life of the man who helped give birth to rock and roll with a signature beat that influenced Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and many others.As family members passed by the Rock and ...
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Respect and admiration continue to flow after the passing of rock legend Bo Diddley's passing yesterday (June 2). Mick Jagger has paid tribute to singer-guitarist Bo Diddley as an "enormous force in music" and "a big influence on the Rolling Stones".Jagger said the US rock 'n' roll pioneer, who has died at the age of 79, was "a wonderful, original musician".US blues legend BB King was among oth...
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One of the true originals has died at 79. Let us pause and remember him with the beat that defined him:bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bompIt’s a beat and a riff so essential that it helped fuel the careers of both Buddy Holly and The Rolling Stones. Quicksilver Messenger Service practically built an entire career on it. Bo was also instrumental in inventing the use of tremelo and vibrato. A Rock God i.
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I just was reading emscee's post about Bo Diddley's heart attack and I thought I'd dedicate this one to him. He's one of the greats that hasn't gotten a post on my mog yet. Heres to Bo! Hope he gets well soon!
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--- - |- I was going to write something about Bo Diddley, but this piece on him by Dave Alvin of the Blasters says everything necessary. Wonderful stuff. ~~- Bo Diddley
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..........Though his place on Rock's Mount Rushmore is secure, Bo Diddley, like other of the early Rock gods, hit some rough stretches, commercially speaking. The Beatle years were especially tough on Bo. Chuck Berry saw some gains from royalties from the Beatles & others covering his songs but he himself had a hard time cracking the charts & playlists of the mid sixties forward.....And so, ...
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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 primi...
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An honored member of the Rock n Roll hall of Fame & recipient of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award, Ellas Otha Bates, aka Bo Diddley was truely an originator. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis & Bo, the original punk rockers, kicked open the doors of middle class America to the sound of rocknroll. Bo Diddley's sound was all about rhythm. His ...
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"Nearly a year after being hospitalized for a stroke,":http://mog.com/Sturgell/blog_post/74836 Rock n Roll's founding father Bo Diddley passed away in the early hours of this morning (June 2nd, 2008) at his home in Archer, Florida. He was 79.Born Ellas Bates in McComb, Mississippi in 1928 Diddley would shape rock and roll music forever. He moved to Chicago at the age of seven, where he was rais...
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| 2 I'm a Man |
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| 3 Bo Put the Rock in Rock'n'roll |
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| 4 My Ding-A-Ling |
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| 5 Destination |
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