Bo Diddley!

From The Funk Dimension comp

I don't think the individual albums are that hard to find on vinyl....? here's one of the albums on the comp

they are really fun records

(xp) thanks! i'm discovering lots of songs i never would've thought of before i started doing this. it's pretty much a bottomless well.

here's another one

Life-affirming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFpv1LKrA9s

Couple friends met Bo Diddley at a show shortly before his stroke and said he wouldn't shut up about this "synth orchestra" idea. Sorta wanna hear what that sounded like. Surely not good, but I wonder why he was so excited about it.

From The Funk Dimension comp

I don't think the individual albums are that hard to find on vinyl....? here's one of the albums on the comp

they are really fun records

― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, March 25, 2013 9:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

POint is, I bought it when it came out and should have it somewhere in this flat. I spent a week or so going through most of my cds a few months ago specifically looking for it and still couldn't turn it up. Hence the frustration. Wondering in fact if I should grab another copy.

his guitar tone in that youtube clip is soooo raw. love it. what is that from? feel like I've seen it before...

This is my favourite, just the sounds he gets from his guitar.
"What you say, quit mumblin and talk out loud"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfz9VfFOKQ

I have super super vague memories of hearing a late 80s or early 90s Bo album on Triple X Records that was basically guitar and drum machine, and I think the lyrics were pretty Jesus-y. No more detailed memories of it, though. Anybody else heard the record I'm thinking of?

Here it is; it's called Breakin' Through the B.S..

my little bo project:
https://twitter.com/BoDiddleyBeat
― fact checking cuz, Monday, March 25, 2013 4:59 PM (2 hours ago)

I went downstairs and checked an old file folder of all the songlists for mix-tapes I once made for friends; was hoping to find one from the mid-'80s that had Bo-Diddley-beat songs on one side ("Not Fade Away" the most obvious example) and "Louie, Louie"-riff songs on the other. I thought I'd saved them all, but I guess a few got away.

his guitar tone in that youtube clip is soooo raw. love it. what is that from? feel like I've seen it before...

It's from a 1973 concert movie called Let the Good Times Roll

yeah I love that clip. I like the way the band does a kind of early 70s boogie take on the diddley beat too

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

at what point does bo diddley get bad?

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?

Imo he's great up through the 70s funk stuff

so far my favorite has been "have guitar will travel" (the one where he's on the scooter on the cover)

"I'm High Again" is great, and that's 1967

bo diddley is the best music

I picked up "The Definitive Collection" this year and it's so much fun! So primal, it just cuts so deeply.

One of my three or four favourite live clips ever. The women are incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeZHB3ozglQ

Yeah, wow, that rules!

yup

The great grand-pappy was a busy man
Cooked his grub in a fryin' pan
Picked his teeth with a huntin' knife
He wore the same suit all-a his life
Oh-oh, ooo-oh-ooo, ooo-ooo
A-ay-oh

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

Never made it down to Ponderosa Stomp the year (or years?) she performed

Is that her in the clip just above?

no

I believe that's the Duchess

THIS is lady bo

http://www.ladybo.com/gallery/Lady_Bo_-_white_afro.GIF

RIP

I haven't watched this yet, but I'm sure it's great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGa7Qs291VM&pbjreload=10

Give me a second, I'll figure this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGa7Qs291VM

Nice

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_hdhuAseKuf518cr4z3Wc7pDP9Xiv-50

"Look at Grandma what you tryin to do"

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.

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.

that weird guitar break in "hey jerome" is one of the funkiest things ever

yeah I love that sort of metallic percussive thing he’s doing throughout.