Bo Diddley Tribute

Heyyy Bo Diddley... hey Bo Diddley!
I read it in the newspaper this morning. That's sad.

If you never saw him perform, you missed it. He played down at the old City Auditorium in Columbus one night, and he only had two guys as backups. A pretty good drummer, and a guy standing over at the other mike, shaking the gourds, and adding the "Beep beep!" while Bo played and sang, "I'm a Road Runner." They made more noise than some 5 piece bands I have heard. Why, Bo himself made more noise than ZZ Top, and there are two of them.

He broke a string and never missed a beat. Reached in the pocket of his trademark Scotch plaid coat, and pulled another string out, and strung it up with one stroke, zziiiiiinnnngg, keeping the sound going the whole time. He was the master at making it sound like it run off in the distance, and then come back at certain points. That was his sound, and he was original.

"It's a Round Square World"... and I am glad I was there.

Stan ~ IN PHENIX CITY ALABAMA