Roger Daltrey of The Who Our greatest rockers are people who apparently never used their "indoor voice." Why should they? They were future rockers! Anyhow, the other day I was thinking that the one ingredient basic to any good rock and roll song - besides a guitar solo, of course - is a blood-curdling scream. It could be an expression of rage and defiance, like Roger Daltrey's classic scream at the end of "Won't Get Fooled Again," or it can be a cathartic release of pain and frustration, like John Lennon in "Well Well [...]
An unfairly lambasted and ignored near-masterpiece from rock 'n' roll's most humble elder statesman. For those of you who don't know who Bo Diddley is, he was never shy about telling you; Bo Diddley is a man, a lover, a gunslinger, the originator who used a cobra for a necktie and made a chimney out of human skulls. Bashful, he is not. But beyond the fact that about ninety percent of his songs were made up of personal boasts (most certainly a precursor to the braggadocio that would later...
What's the right time for Bo Diddley? Any time, and thanks for asking. For those more familiar with the sui generis rock 'n' roll architect's colorful legend then with the undying grandeur of his music, may I suggest starting at square one? That would be 1958's Bo Diddley, which stands as one of the finest debuts in the history of the whole r 'n' r shebang. In rock terms, the enormous figure that is the late Ellas McDaniel né Bo Diddley is basically inescapable. Of course fans of the wild '50s explosion that [...]
Three things I have learned from listening to just one song off of Bo Diddley's psych masterpiece Black Gladiator: 1. Light In The Attic Records no matter what you hide yourself as (Modern Classic Recordings, Cinewax, or Future Days) you wiley clydes you, are top three greatest curators of forgotten music in the last ten years. [...]
"Who's the funkiest man in town? You are Bo Diddley." Sans, say, drugs, the closest you'll ever come to hearing an album again for the first time is through the ears of another - i.e. their reaction. In this case the album in question is Bo Diddley's 1970 psych-funk monster, The Black Gladiator - the [...]
"... I never heard anything avant-garde. To me it was just New York City Blues." Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger Suicide Diamonds, Fur Coats, Champagne Alan Vega Jukebox Babe Royal Trux Another Year [...]
Bo Diddley - The Black Gladiator Bo Diddley is responsible for a lot of things, the Bo Diddley beat and the rise of a hundred garage bands being just a couple, but badass funk isn't necessarily one of those things that comes to mind. Around the same time that The Black Gladiator hit the streets Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf recast themselves in a modern light utilizing a cast of modern session players and dabbling with psychedelic textures and styles. In the same mold of experimentalism meeting [...]
Why Bo Diddley, you may ask? Why not? I may reply. Any time's as good as another for Bo Diddley, and this rockin' version of "Road Runner" is from 1965 and the TV show "Shindig." They used to have stuff like this on TV all the time.
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Coming fresh off the release of The Scrimmage mixtape, TUGE continues to let loose new material. "Bo Diddly" is TUGE's latest offering as he prepares fans for the 2012 1st quarter release of his next project Ignorant Elegance .
mp3: Bo Diddley - Diddy Wah Diddy This is a multifaceted blogpost. Firstly, I recently became aware that I've neglected to provide you with a rip of Bo Diddley's 1955 recording of this blog's namesake song, Diddy Wah Diddy. So I'm hereby correcting that. Secondly, a few weeks ago, a very nice hardcover book of Robert Crumb's music related drawings was delivered to me, unannounced. It includes the classic Cheap Thrills cover and some of his Heroes of the Blues, naturally, but there's also much more. The Complete Record Cover Collection [...]
ViA Born Ellas Otha Bates in McComb, Mississippi , in 1928, the man better known as Bo Diddley introduced himself and his namesake beat to the world on this day in 1955 with his television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bo Diddley opened his appearance on Ed Sullivan with the eponymously titled song "Bo Diddley,". This now-famous number set portions of the children's rhyme "Mockingbird" to what is now known as "the Bo Diddley beat"—a [...]
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The mysterious yet lovable Willy Moon returns with a b-side to his upcoming 73 which will see daylight on December 12th. "She Loves Me" is surf pop, blues & soul all in one, how could you go wrong? Another artist who'll play a major part in your 2012 music collection. Enjoy the striking visuals above. Single will be released via Luv Luv Luv records.
This summer our co-founder, Richard Gottehrer, was a guest host on East Village Radio. Since we never get tired of digging into the vault of Gottehrer tales, we thought it was high time we get this man his own show! Here is the first installment of "Richard On The Radio" ...
In Part Two, Wyman discusses choosing material, his approach to playing bass, and some of the instrument's perceived technical limitations.
Filed under: News , I Fought the Law Brett Le Blanc, The Independent Florida Alligator Not many people plan on getting arrested on purpose, but such was the case with Elias Anthony McDaniel, the 56-year-old son of rhythm and blues legend Bo Diddley who was cuffed for trespassing in a plaza named after his father, according to the Independent Florida Alligator . McDaniel, who was taking part in [...]
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The headline death this past month was that at 75 of Sylvia Robinson, who featured on this blog before with her 1973 hit "Pillow Talk", a song taught Donna Summer all she needed to know about pleasured moaning to a disco beat. But Robinson was much more important than that. As the founder of Sugar Hill Records, she produced and released the first ever rap hit ("Rappers' Delight"). Robinson's label also released what I still regard as the greatest rap record of all time, Grandmaster Flash's monumental "The Message". Also notable is the death a day later of [...]
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