Bo Diddley has died

[alfredo]

Breaking news on cnn

http://www.cnn.com/

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Bo Diddley, Harvey Korman. Who will be the third, I wonder?

[alfredo]

3. I don't want to think about that.

[Sequoia]

7. Dick Martin had died, so Bo was #3

[Midlodemocrat]

17. I forgot about that. And, Sydney Pollack.

Hope we're not due for two more. Creeps me out to think about it.

[niyad]

25. the entertainment firmament has taken a lot of hits these last two weeks.

in addition to all the mentioned, dont forget the guys from star trek, and a couple of other composers.

[Sequoia]

28. (Smack!) That's right !!!

[devilgrrl]

14. Sydney Pollack

...

[Liberal In Texas]

19. I just saw Yves Saint Laurent died yesterday too.

Starting to feel real old.

[YOY]

2. Bo knows passing away

RIP Bo.

[BlooInBloo]

4. Oh jeez.

:(

Seems like they're all dying. Sigh.

[alfredo]

5. He was one of my favs

[Sheets of Easter]

6. He should have trademarked that rhythm.

You know which one I am talking about (it doesn't translate well in type). Everything from "Not Fade Away" to "I Want Candy" copped it.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Dum - dee - dum - dee - dum....dee - dum - dum

or something like that.

[newmajority]

22. You mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVRtQUTd7Gk

Rest in peace, Ellas McDaniel :cry:

[spanone]

8. saw him live in the early seventies....he rocked the arena

[librechik]

20. Bo lived in the suburbs of Albuquerque for many years, back in the day

We used to boogie to him and his family band every Friday somewhere in the area.

That was swell.

Bo Diddley! Bo Diddley!

[trof]

29. Summer of 1963 - The Beach Club - Myrtle Beach

I danced with him, on stage.
I was pretty drunk and he was really a good sport about it.
There seemed to be no need for security back then.
'The crowd went wild' as they say.
RIP, Bo.

[blondeatlast]

9. Damn. RIP, Bo; music can never repay you enough. nt

[Old and In the Way]

10. That Bo Diddley beat influenced a lot of rock-and-rollers.

Not Fade Away and RIP, Bo

[BlooInBloo]

11. He'll always be alive in that sense. :)

[alfredo]

26. He was the first to really use that wall of sound that you hear from many

rockers.

[Individualist]

13. One of my favorites

He was one of a kind. Of all his recordings, The Story of Bo Diddley is my favorite; that laugh is priceless! http://www.last.fm/music/Bo+Diddley/_/The+Story+of+Bo+Diddley

[givemebackmycountry]

15. Two GREAT songs - go look 'em up

From the "LIVE" album by Warren Zevon recorded way back when - right after the "Excitable Boy" album came out: Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger"

AND

A little more obscure, Mike Henderson and the Bluebloods: "Pay Bo Diddley" about Bo signing away the rights to all of his songs to Leonard Chess and the Chess record label.

Goodbye Bo.
You sure knew how to boogie.

[King Bacon Fat]

18. That Zevon live album...

"Stand in the Fire". It came out for the first time on CD last year. One of the most raucous live albums ever.

I always enjoyed Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks' version of "Who Do You Love". You almost expect to be lifted off of the ground while listening to it.

But a Bo Diddley cover is still a pale comparison to the original version...

[alfredo]

16. videos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgzn7VyoqEw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASOwLFn9Mdg&NR=1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qs8FJergjas

[MannyGoldstein]

21. Very, Very Sad

Saw him play around town a few times over the past 10 years or so. He would just be waking up at 10 or 11 PM - 'round midnight he really hit his stride.

He was definitely not a product of some assembly line, and we'll never see his likes again.

Go Bo Diddley!

[niyad]

23. RIP, dear heart.

I had the privilege of having drinks with him and freddy (boom boom) cannon and their ladies years ago. it was a most wonderful evening of laughter and music and joy.

[alfredo]

24. Link to the story

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/02/diddley.obit/index.html

(CNN) -- Bo Diddley, the musical pioneer whose songs, such as "Who Do You Love?" and "Bo Diddley," melded rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll through a distinctive thumping beat, has died. He was 79.


Diddley died Monday, surrounded by family and loved ones at his home in Archer, Florida, a family spokeswoman said.

The cause was heart failure, his family said.

The world-renowned guitarist's signature beat -- usually played on an equally distinctive rectangular-bodied guitar -- laid the foundation for rock 'n' roll for decades, and became so identified with him that it became known as the "Bo Diddley" beat.

[goclark]

27. RIP Bo ~ love you and your music