| Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley |
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Bo Diddley broke new ground in rock and
roll's formative years with his unique guitar
work, indelible African rhythms, inventive
songwriting, and larger-than-life persona. He
will forever be known for popularizing one of
the foundational rhythms of rock and roll:
the Bo Diddley beat. He employed it in his
namesake song, "Bo Diddley," as well as other
primal rockers like "Mona." This distinctive,
African-based 5/4 rhythm pattern (which goes
bomp-bomp-bomp bomp-bomp) was picked up from
Diddley by other artists and has been a
distinctive and recurring element in rock and
roll through the decades.
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| Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley |
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3 june 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo
Diddley, who banged out hit songs powered by
the relentless "Bo Diddley beat" that
influenced rockers from Buddy Holly to U2,
died on Monday at the age of 79.
Diddley died of heart failure at his home in
Archer, Florida, his management agency,
Talent Consultants International, said in a
statement.
"One of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll
has left the building he helped construct,"
the statement said.
Diddley suffered a stroke during a concert in
Iowa in May 2007 and was hospitalized in
Omaha, Nebraska. In August 2007 he had a
heart attack in Florida.
Garry Mitchell, a grandson of Diddley and one
of more than 35 family members at the
musician's home when he died at about 1:45
a.m. EDT (0545 GMT), said his death was not
unexpected.
"There was a gospel song that was sang and he
said 'wow' with a thumbs up," Mitchell told
Reuters, when asked to describe the scene at
Diddley's deathbed.
"The song was 'Walk Around Heaven' and in his
last words he stated that he was going to
heaven."
Tags : bo diddley hey mona rockabilly teddyboy fifties rock roll rhythm blues toronto |
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Durée : 225 s |
| Bo Diddley - Road Runner |
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The one and only outter-space rocker, the
father of all them guitar-killers, an
American original if it ever there was one:
the great BO DIDDLEY in his prime in a 1960
TV show.
For more of those UNIQUE guitar sounds, just
try the stunning effect of his "Who Do You
Love" on the "La Bamba" film's soundtrack
(road music at its very best). Or his superb
1969 Toronto show footage, next to Chuck,
Jerry Lee and Little Richard. Rock'n'Roll
Heaven!
http://www.myspace.com/jaybeerodriguez
Tags : bo diddley 1960 tv rock'n'roll oldies |
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