Bo Diddley for real hard core fans only!

[jody808]

it's still the late, great Bo Diddley!

[13loomisst]

Thanks for sharing this.

[houseofgogo]

elvis was not the king of rock and roll, never was . didn't do it first and didn't do it best. he just brought the watered down version to the white kids in suburbia. bo didley is the real thing.

[adoreslaurel]

I am 70 and listened to all the r n r in the 50's and 60's, but Bo got very little if any exposure in Australia in those days,all we seemed to get was Bo singing the song "bo Diddley"however he did have his own style which seemed very repetetive,regrettably not to my taste,but glad that his fans can get to see him on youtube.

[vierdiez]

@adoreslaurel More than repetitive I´d call it "hypnotic", just because I thinks there was a specific purpose behind that "repetitiveness".

[maups2]

loved it

[jt123egypte]

There was only 1 Bo Diddley.... he did not copy others but had his own sound. Bo was a genius! We miss this great talent!

[upstart1776]

I remember when I first heard George Thorogood and the Destroyers, and heard him sing 'got all my Bo Diddley records'....and then I knew who was the king of rock n roll:.............Bo Diddley

[hd652d]

Never before and never again will there be a guitar player like Bo! He is the KING!!!!!!!!!!!

[HaviusCorpus]

awwww yeaaauuh! Bo Diddley's the KING!

[kidcalabria]

All these Bo Diddley posts... you made my day! Thank you so much for posting this stuff

[TheOnkruidt]

I'm just getting to know this guy but i can definitly dig this.. 

[MegaSlimes]

what if im not a hardcore fan

[whitelinedrifter]

Man, there ain't NOTHIN' wrong with this video. Outstanding music! No one will ever match his style. True Americain ROCK AND ROLL!!!!

[jimflicks2]

Ok, let me reprhase it then, The drummer in this clip sucks compared to Bo's original drummer! How that! NOt because he is white , but because he sucks! BUt I still think Black Drummers are better! JK :)

[ApplwPiw]

HELL YESSSSSSSSSSSS! wish i was there!

[justohnny]

great post man thanks!

fwiw BO's legendary rydumz were pretty easy to follow for most of his drummers, his style just allowed for so much, or less.

[jimflicks2]

I know what you mean, there are a lot of great white drummers, Mitch Mitchell, John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Buddy Rich, ect ect. Im talking about alot of the white cats hired in the 70's to play with the forefathers. they just dont have IT....

[jimflicks2]

it does sound racist, but its a fact, Jack! Back then and even now, drummers dont have "IT" . Blacks are the fathers of rock n roll. Just listen to the rythm sections , man! those cats really knew how and where to hit the drums! The forementioned great white drummers took their cues from black drummers, Example... Mitch MItchell = Elvin Jones, Ginger Baker = Max Roach. Compare the drumming on this to the drumming on say a clip of Bo back in the 50's and you be the judge, Jack! :)

[pmfzero]

@jimflicks2 - wonderful analogy - one more; Kenny Aronson = Billy Higgins (everywhere at once)

[sphinxrising58]

@jimflicks2 Black, white, braon, yellow, skin don't mean a damn thing, you can either play well, or you can't.

[coyoteguy45]

Drummer is not too good.

[jimflicks2]

Man! this is all great film footage!  But you can tell, Bo's beat is superior when hes got a black drummer. Them white cats just dont do it right...

[cowie86]

Gene Krupa was the best drummer of all time and he was white. There's good black drummers, good white drummers, bad black drummers and bad white drummers. To say white guys don't play drums as well as black guys is making a judgement on a group of people based on the colour of their skin which is the definition of racism. It's like someone saying black guys are lazy, just cos the black they know are lazy. And I'm black!

[cowie86]

But I will admit - that drummer is kinda shit.

[obiwanfrombelgium]

you can  feel the energy getting out of this ...

[WWSuperman]

its not that bad.

[bigeffendeal]

The sound was fine, maybe I just have good speakers, but it sounded great!

Awesome post!

[TheGordonfan]

Bo was the man! Cool video!

[jimmypinch]

awesome thanks.

[ohwell121]

idd

[seniorjohnl]

MF that man could make some sound. Quality's good enough to hear it.

[fakeswede]

I thought the quality was pretty good.  This show's a killer!!

[SAUCEPANJEFF]

Great post

[NotSoUniversal]

I'm not a hardcore bo diddley fan but I can still enjoy this...even though the quality is shit you can still tell it's good song and an awesome performance

[SHOELESSJOE60]

BO ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!

[dodog7]

outstanding stuff! takes me back to my early days and sitting around with my dad and listening to old 45's of Bo and other R&B sounds...nothing better! thanks!

[GovVance]

A girl who attends my school is a close relative to Bo.....well she was a close relative

[mrMeazza]

Love Bo Diddley!

[FingersPlainview]

Yes! Nice post....the Bo vibe-beat-simply unresistable! Cheers!

[morphologies]

better than nothing!? bruv - thank you for sharing this. it sounds like the beginning of everything good in music: i can hear the fall, te velvet underground, the yardbirds,

run dmc, all kinds of mad brilliance in this. I'm so happy.. Damn!

[jdw99]

Yeah, you don't need the best quality recording to enjoy Mr. Diddley, the noise and crackle just makes the groove even chunkier!

Lot's of bands drew inspiration from Bo, but this beat goes back further than Bo, though I think he perfected it. Before him, they called it the hambone, and I'm sure people a thousand years were banging out something similar on a drum or tree trunk somewhere. But Bo definitely did it better than anyone else!

[diddywahdaddy]

Hey fredvs; "better than nothing"? Heck, it ROCKS!!!!

[guitarzero]

This is not that bad as far as quality goes compared to some of the stupid camera-phone posts on here.

[tygbro]

Thanks for posting this. I saw Bo D in Birmingham, AL around this time along with Albert King, Bobby Blue Bland and The King BB.

It was of course a All-Star Blues Show.

As a young teeanager can away from the concert bvery impressed with Bo & Albert King.

I think it has something in the unusual looking guitars they played.

[jdw99]

Yeah, the cigar box & the flying V definitely look good with those cats playing em!

[akeemthashiz]

My Family Has History With Him, He Was A True Man, And A Man Of His Words, May He Rock In Peace, Love Ya Bo!

[lmgnandt]

Hey, I'm glad you posted it