Not every single track you'll ever want or need by the legendary shave-and-a-haircut rhythm R&B/rock pioneer, but a great place to begin. Two discs (45 songs) in a great big box with a nice accompanying booklet contain the groundbreaking introduction "Bo Diddley" (never again would he be referred to as Ellas McDaniel), its swaggering flipside "I'm a Man," the killer follow-ups "Diddley Daddy," "I'm Looking for a Woman," "Who Do You Love?," and "Hey Bo Diddley;" signifying street-corner humor ("Say Man"), piledriving rockers ("Road Runner," "She's Alright," "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover"), and numerous stunning examples of his daringly innovative guitar style.
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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Bo Diddley in a rare mood...Playing his guitar with a bow. Its pretty good. But that's not what I wanted to say this morning. I wanted to talk about community, something many of us value here on the MOG. We boast of our site to all who will listen. I think its important, therefor to take the time to welcome New Moggers when we see a first post. I know many of you do....I know this has...
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Death is never an answer, always a question. Sometimes death sneaks up on little rat feet, taps you on the shoulder and poof, that's it. Some dance with death their whole lives, they're ??really?? busy dyin' but they don't ever really die. Others carefully weigh their every move only to have a Two ton hippo fall from a plane on to their speedboat as they're pulling water skiers.**Bernie M...
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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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Just yesterday when I was driving, I had the CD player on shuffle and this magnificent slice of 1959 Diddley rhythm came scything out of the speakers, instantly producing a rocking and shaking vehicle.Today I hear of Bo's death.So very sad
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