Those Bo Diddley guitar riffs are truly hypnotic! Thanks for the replies. MJ may be interested in this about Otis Spann:
"In late 1954, he teamed up with harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold, drummer Clifton James, and bass player Roosevelt Jackson, and recorded demos of "I'm A Man" and "Bo Diddley". They re-recorded the songs at Chess Studios with a backing ensemble comprising Otis Spann (piano), Lester Davenport (harmonica), Frank Kirkland (drums), and Jerome Green (maracas). The record was released in March 1955, and the A-side, "Bo Diddley", became a number one R&B hit." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley Fritz the Cat: Bo Diddley http://youtu.be/7rj6doZ1bFo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:55 PM, <curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Excellent post. > > I just started studying him seriously this year when I was getting into > Afro-carribian rhythms. I got his Chess recordings box set and dug in. > Rhythm king. > > Now I include one of his songs in my sets and just lean on the rhythm > using the guitar as a percussion instrument. Every verse is more hypnotic > it is so much fun to sing. > > Who Do You Love > > I walk 47 miles of barbed wire, > I use a cobra-snake for a necktie, > I got a brand new house on the roadside, > Made from rattlesnake hide, > I got a brand new chimney made on top, > Made out of a human skull, > Now come on take a walk with me, arlene, > And tell me, who do you love? > > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > > Tombstone hand and a graveyard mine, > Just 22 and I don't mind dying. > > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > > I rode around the town, use a rattlesnake whip, > Take it easy arlene, don't give me no lip, > > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > > Night was dark, but the sky was blue, > Down the alley, the ice-wagon flew, > Heard a bump, and somebody screamed, > You should have heard just what I seen. > > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > > Arlene took me by my hand, > And she said oh bo, you know I understand. > > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > Who do you love? > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote : > > > Bo Diddley > > "If you ask me I'd say that there is nothing, just absolutely nothing, > that you can do in your whole entire lifetime that will top the level of > cool that Bo Diddley hit in this performance back in 1965." - Jason McHenry > > Bo Diddley- Live Performance > http://youtu.be/IMZjAOoX6nw > > Bo Diddley - 1955 45 RPM recording > http://youtu.be/8XxGUIbYjmY > > You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover > http://youtu.be/Lch0o4wwGyw > > One of the founders, if not the founder of rock 'n roll, Bo Diddley > invented the rock signature beat, a simple five-accent clave driving > rhythm. Hard edge electric guitar - one of the corner stones of rock. In > 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest > Artists of All Time. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley > > >
