― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 17 March 2003 22:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jess Hill (jesshill), Monday, 17 March 2003 22:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 17 March 2003 22:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Burr (Burr), Monday, 17 March 2003 23:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― brg30 (brg30), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 00:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― pauls00, Tuesday, 18 March 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
Bo Diddley .... Axman
― David Allen, Tuesday, 18 March 2003 18:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 20 November 2003 00:16 (twenty years ago) link
What's the history of that Mockingbird nursery rhyme/song? Seems like 80% of Bo's song are based on that.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 20 November 2003 01:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 20 November 2003 15:32 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 22:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 23:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dark Horse, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Bo and minstrelsy--I thought minstrelsy pretty much was over by the time Emmett Miller recorded in the late '20s, if not earlier?
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
has anybody mentioned "You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover"?
― rumple, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 00:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Just think of Bo manning that movie camera...
― rumple, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 00:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Muffy, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 01:03 (nineteen years ago) link
yeah, I understood that. I mean minstrelsy was the basis for modern american culture, certainly pop music as we know it. so there were minstrel shows up until the '50s? you mean what, the rabbit foot minstrels or something? big stage shows with cakewalks and white and black folks blacking up their faces? i don't know, i'd like to know what these were. again, my understanding is that minstrelsy was over by the '20s. please enlighten me, i'm interested in this subject having read tosches' "dead voices gather" and the excellent, excellent book by dave wondrich "stomp and swerve."
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 04:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 08:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― P$, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 22:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 4 November 2004 00:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 4 November 2004 06:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 4 November 2004 08:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 4 November 2004 09:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 4 November 2004 09:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Another ace song: Doing the Crawdaddy. The best parts are his comments to the kids, like "you lookin' good - you been eatin' regular?"
― Vampire Submarine (VampireSubmarine), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― terry lennox. (gareth), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 11:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
"She Wasn't Raped"????
Does anyone have any info on this? Google and s1sk don't. I'd like to hear it, but would be happy just to read the lyrics.
― O-Keigh, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mestema (davidcorp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lloyd Bonecutter (Lloyd Bonecutter), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom Ant Chairs, Friday, 21 April 2006 02:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Although I love most of his stuff, my favorite song performed by Bo is "Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover". Great lyrics (written by Willie Dixon) delivered with Bo's style.
― shorty (shorty), Friday, 21 April 2006 08:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 21 April 2006 13:23 (eighteen years ago) link
that just needs to be repeated.
― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Friday, 21 April 2006 13:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― shorty (shorty), Friday, 21 April 2006 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Saturday, 22 April 2006 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link
an RS profile with Bo from a couple of years before his death briefly mentioned the music he was making in his home studio. It was described as mostly synth- and drum machine-based and Bo said something like, "And nobody's ever gonna hear it."
https://soundcloud.com/comeme/bo-jack-vocal-version
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
at what point does bo diddley get bad?
― the late great, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
or to rephrase the question, so far i've made my way through the 1957-1962 recordings and it has been like 100% great ... where next?
― the late great, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
Imo he's great up through the 70s funk stuff
― Οὖτις, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
so far my favorite has been "have guitar will travel" (the one where he's on the scooter on the cover)
― the late great, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
"I'm High Again" is great, and that's 1967
― Josefa, Monday, 29 June 2015 04:18 (eight years ago) link
bo diddley is the best music
― the late great, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
I picked up "The Definitive Collection" this year and it's so much fun! So primal, it just cuts so deeply.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
One of my three or four favourite live clips ever. The women are incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeZHB3ozglQ
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 01:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, wow, that rules!
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
yup
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
The great grand-pappy was a busy manCooked his grub in a fryin' panPicked his teeth with a huntin' knifeHe wore the same suit all-a his lifeOh-oh, ooo-oh-ooo, ooo-oooA-ay-oh
― Heez, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
http://sheshredsmag.com/lady-bo-mother-of-rock-n-roll-dead-at-76-years-old/Peggy Jones aka Lady Bo, played guitar with Bo from 1957 to 1962
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 20 September 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Never made it down to Ponderosa Stomp the year (or years?) she performed
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 September 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Is that her in the clip just above?
― clemenza, Monday, 21 September 2015 23:17 (eight years ago) link
no
― Οὖτις, Monday, 21 September 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link
I believe that's the Duchess
― Οὖτις, Monday, 21 September 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
THIS is lady bo
http://www.ladybo.com/gallery/Lady_Bo_-_white_afro.GIF
RIP
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Monday, 21 September 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
I haven't watched this yet, but I'm sure it's great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGa7Qs291VM&pbjreload=10
― clemenza, Monday, 25 May 2020 12:06 (three years ago) link
Give me a second, I'll figure this out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGa7Qs291VM
― clemenza, Monday, 25 May 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
Nicehttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_hdhuAseKuf518cr4z3Wc7pDP9Xiv-50
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Saturday, 21 May 2022 04:01 (one year ago) link
"Look at Grandma what you tryin to do"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 May 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
is this the best thing he did after his 50s-60s heyday? I like this one a whole lot all the way through, but some of the other stuff I’ve heard from the 70s didn’t quite match up.
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Monday, 23 May 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
THe turn of the 70s funk stuff is quite good in places. The Raven set of that stuff was pretty solid not 100% sure about all of the individual lps.
― Stevolende, Monday, 23 May 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
that weird guitar break in "hey jerome" is one of the funkiest things ever
― Heez, Monday, 23 May 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
yeah I love that sort of metallic percussive thing he’s doing throughout.
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Monday, 23 May 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link