Refugee 7 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 The Death Of A Bluesman Bo Diddley died this week at the age of 79. When you talk about guitar players who influenced the earliest years of rock ‘n' roll, there are only two names: Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. Berry handled the riffs and Diddley handled the rhythms. The man was a giant. I think Tom Petty's comments sum it up the best: Bo Diddley was a musical giant. His contribution to Rock and Roll is too great to measure. His beautiful baritone voice, his growling, trembling electric guitar, and of course that original infectious beat, informed and influenced more artists than can be named. I had the good fortune to know Bo as a friend and we played many shows together over the years. He was a wonderful guy with a great sense of humor and I will miss him very much. Rock and Roll will always sing his praises. -TOM PETTY I can't remember exactly when I got into Bo Diddley. It was either during my early college years blues period, or through Tom Petty, who played with Bo on one of his DVD releases, High Grass Dogs. Either way, I knew of him, of course, through his 1980's commercials with Bo Jackson. ("Bo knows football. Bo knows baseball. Bo, you don't know Diddley!") In my high school years, my gym teacher would use "Bo Diddley" as a derogative term, for reasons unknown. Well FUCK YOU COACH BRIGHT YOU INSENSITIVE BASTARD! Ahem…if you don't have any of Bo Diddley's albums, you're missing out, because his material still sounds great. Anything with "Who Do You Love", "I'm A Man" and "Hey Bo Diddley" is worth picking up. Especially who do you love, the swampiest, sexiest, most dangerous rock ‘n' roll song of its day ("I got a brand new chimney made on top/Made out of human skulls/Now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me who do you love"). I recommend the Chess set His Best. God speed Bo Diddley. He lived long enough and he wasn't scared of dyin'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echosoftom 3 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 I like that..."Berry handled the riffs and Diddley handled the rhythms". So true. I also loved the cameo Bo had back in the 80's in the movie Trading Places. That whole scene with him and Dan Akroyd was hilarious! Nice article. Thanks for posting it Ref. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PumpkinBumpkin 1 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Thanks for the article Linda. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
agirl 0 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Thank you for the article, Ref. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Mac 42 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 (edited) http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080606/NEWS/806060320/1002 http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080606/NEWS/806060320/1002 http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080607/NEWS/806070307/1002 Edited June 8, 2008 by Danny Mac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Mac 42 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080608/NEWS/806080321/1002/NEWS&title=Diddley_s_last_show__Area_says_goodbye TPATH sent a cool sounding arrangement! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Mac 42 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=GS&Date=20080607&Category=MULTIMEDIA0301&ArtNo=475710260&Ref=PH&Profile=1002&Params=Itemnr=2&show=galleries&template=multimedia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Refugee 7 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are so thoughtful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WildflowerNJ 136 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 Thank you for this article, Linda...and Danny, for those links....I just love our band.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Mac 42 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Here is a Video of the Celebration! Boy they were getting Down! http://www.gainesville.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
