Jazz and Blues Lounge

Some More Bo Diddley

by balaspa on June 5th, 2008

Well, as you know, we lost one of the biggest names and influences on modern music this week. He is known as a bluesman, but he really influenced rock and roll right along with some of the earliest rock and roll musicians. I felt like I hadn’t really done the man justice with my little blurb-like blog entry on the day he passed away. What better way to appreciate Bo, however, than watching and listening to the man. So, thanks to YouTube for the following:

Here’s Bo in the 60s, complete with 60s clothing and freaky background stuff…doing his titular song:

Here’s Bo again doing “Road Runner:”

Here is some Bo in his prime, performing live. He really did invent a lot of his own instruments and made a lot of his own guitars. Check out this one:

More great live stuff of Bo. This time singing “Hey Mona” and with that “Bo Diddley” beat still going strong:

Bo doing “I’m a Man:”

I hope you enjoyed those as much as I did looking for them and then watching and listening to them as I wrote this. He will be missed and with the start of the 25th Annual Chicago Blues Festival today, it seems fitting to pay tribute, again, to one of the greats.

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