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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Fri Jun 4, 2021, 09:56 AM Jun 2021

What happened to Bo Diddley? I liked him for a while back in the day and now he's gone...

Did anybody else performing in rock try to imitate his style?

I have an earworm thinking about that one song of his I recall...

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What happened to Bo Diddley? I liked him for a while back in the day and now he's gone... (Original Post) CTyankee Jun 2021 OP

Best Song Ever, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2021 #1

Good version! Archae Jun 2021 #5

Definitely The Magistrate Jun 2021 #6

Surely you jest. Quicksilver Messenger Service in better days tirebiter Jun 2021 #2

We went to see him one time in person when he played a nightclub mnhtnbb Jun 2021 #3

Ellas McDaniel aka Bo Diddley passed on 13 years ago. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2021 #4

Saw him in high school jpak Jun 2021 #7

The Magistrate

(95,249 posts)

1. Best Song Ever, Ma'am

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 10:06 AM

Jun 2021

Archae

(46,340 posts)

5. Good version!

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 11:32 AM

Jun 2021

I like this cover by George Thorogood also.

The Magistrate

(95,249 posts)

6. Definitely

Reply to Archae (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 12:21 PM

Jun 2021

Mr. Thorogood is one of the greats.

tirebiter

(2,538 posts)

2. Surely you jest. Quicksilver Messenger Service in better days

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 10:09 AM

Jun 2021

mnhtnbb

(31,399 posts)

3. We went to see him one time in person when he played a nightclub

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 11:05 AM

Jun 2021

in St. Joseph, MO where we were living from 1988-94. He was terrific.

DinahMoeHum

(21,803 posts)

4. Ellas McDaniel aka Bo Diddley passed on 13 years ago. . .

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 11:12 AM

Jun 2021

I remembered when this tune from the movie Fritz The Cat. . .

jpak

(41,758 posts)

7. Saw him in high school

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 12:44 PM

Jun 2021

With Chuck Berry
And John Lee Hooker

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