38yrsfan
06-03-2008, 04:42 PM
With his stocky build and his thick glasses, Bo Diddley didn't look like a typical rock 'n' roll star. The rectangular-bodied electric guitar he played didn't look like the instruments other rock 'n' rollers played. The beat he favored, which came to be known as the Bo Diddley beat -- three strokes, then a rest, then two more -- was not a typical rock¤'n'¤roll rhythm.
But Diddley, who died yesterday at age 79, was one of the architects of rock¤'n'¤roll, his influence rivaled only by artists such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Fats Domino. ................
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2008/06/a_granddaddy_of_rock_bo_diddle.html
I guess we will never know the answer to the really important question now ... did he powder before going out? :)
But Diddley, who died yesterday at age 79, was one of the architects of rock¤'n'¤roll, his influence rivaled only by artists such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Fats Domino. ................
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2008/06/a_granddaddy_of_rock_bo_diddle.html
I guess we will never know the answer to the really important question now ... did he powder before going out? :)