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Bo Diddley has died
Fox News Radio ^ | 6-2-08 | Hoagy

Posted on 06/02/2008 9:05:44 AM PDT by hoagy62

Bo Diddley has died...details upcoming

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008obituary; americana; blues; bodiddley; bodiddleybeat; chessrecords; music; obituary; rockandroll
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To: albie

HA! Kenny Rogers.


41 posted on 06/02/2008 9:25:16 AM PDT by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: Rebelbase

That classic scene in that movie LOL!


42 posted on 06/02/2008 9:27:17 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: hoagy62
His IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225775/
43 posted on 06/02/2008 9:27:52 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: hoagy62
I saw Mr. Diddley perform at the old Reading Fairgrounds @1970, went with my big sister and her husband. First concert I ever saw. I think "The Platters" were the other performers.

I had just started playing guitar and never saw anything like it.

Thanks for the memories, Bo.

44 posted on 06/02/2008 9:29:15 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: hoagy62

Oh dear.

An incredible talent...Godspeed Bo.


45 posted on 06/02/2008 9:29:56 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: trublu

I got rattlesnake hide for a necktie...


46 posted on 06/02/2008 9:30:01 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: hoagy62
Road Runner

Rest in peace, Bo, you won't be forgotten.

47 posted on 06/02/2008 9:31:58 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
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To: hoagy62
"Hey! Bo Diddley!"

RIP for a genuine original.

48 posted on 06/02/2008 9:31:58 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: hoagy62
Other musicians have always paid tribute to Bo , by cover recording , observable influence , imitation , and outright rip-off . Rest in Peace Maestro , your unique style moved the peoples feet like no other .
49 posted on 06/02/2008 9:32:23 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: hoagy62
Here is the Nike Commercial
50 posted on 06/02/2008 9:33:03 AM PDT by dfwgator ( This tag blank until football season.)
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To: BallyBill
I'd like to have seen Bo do the sound tracks to the Beach Party movie madness of the early 60's:


51 posted on 06/02/2008 9:33:36 AM PDT by Rebelbase (McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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To: kbennkc
Other musicians have always paid tribute to Bo , by cover recording , observable influence , imitation , and outright rip-off .

The Smiths' "How Soon is Now" immediately comes to mind.

52 posted on 06/02/2008 9:33:54 AM PDT by dfwgator ( This tag blank until football season.)
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To: sinanju

Bo named his creation The Big B. After he wore the corners off of it he designed another called The Mean Machine.


53 posted on 06/02/2008 9:34:26 AM PDT by OldEagle
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To: nola61

Johnnie Otis did that one.


54 posted on 06/02/2008 9:35:54 AM PDT by jashhub (Support conservative talk radio)
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To: hoagy62
“Got the good time music with the Bo Diddly beat”

George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, covering the Bo Diddly Classic “Who do you love?”.

Rest in Peace.

55 posted on 06/02/2008 9:35:59 AM PDT by allmendream (Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
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To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Big Guy and Rusty 99; Brian Allen; cgk; ...

Rock and Roll PING!

The link between 1950s rockabilly and 1960s British Invasion.

Rest in peace, Bo.


56 posted on 06/02/2008 9:36:02 AM PDT by weegee (Obama 2008 motto; Get on the bus, or prepare to be thrown under it.)
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To: hoagy62

Hey baby I’m back and I’m feelin’ fine
Bo Diddley 1969
Bo Diddley Bo Bo Diddley
(BO DIDDLEY 1969: THE CHESS BOX)


Bo Diddley is crazy Bo Diddley is sick
Bo Diddley is crazy Bo Diddley is a lunatic
(BO DIDDLEY IS CRAZY: A MAN AMONGST MEN)

You got your radio turned down too low
Turn it up!
(YOU CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, I believe;
just played by Rush)

Bo was also on one of the Super Blues Band albums

I saw Bo years ago at Harper’s Ferry in the Allston section of Boston. Before the show I chowed down on steak tips
at the bar and Mr. Diddley sat two seats away from me,
conversing with club owner Charlie Abel. Was too shy
to say hi/didn’t want to interrupt; anyway, a great show


57 posted on 06/02/2008 9:36:12 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Bobkk47
Bo Diddley played the pawnbroker in “Trading Places”.

"You got a receipt?"

"In Philadelphia, it's worth...fifty...bucks."

58 posted on 06/02/2008 9:37:10 AM PDT by Christian4Bush ("In Israel, the President hit the nail on the head. The nails are complaining loudly." - John Bolton)
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To: camle
I remember a ditty that Eric Burden and the Animals did about him.

As did Warren Zevon -- "Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger"

59 posted on 06/02/2008 9:38:08 AM PDT by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but theyÂ’re really after folding money.)
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To: raccoonradio
Bo with Muddy and the Wolf. The Super Super Blues band, late 60s, Chess Records

"Somebody is wreckin' wreckin' my love life...
Ooooh baby...I love you..."

60 posted on 06/02/2008 9:38:19 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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