Genres: Early R&B, Rock & Roll, Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: December 30, 1928 in McComb, MS
Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Louis Jordan, Roy Brown, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Slim Gaillard, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Reed, Wynonie Harris, Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers Billy Boy Arnold, Otis Spann, The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Esquerita, Little Walter, Johnny Otis, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, The Downliners Sect, Bob Seger, The Who, Gene Vincent, Stray Cats, Mitch Ryder, The Black Crowes, Elvis Presley George Thorogood, Brownsville Station, The Rolling Stones, The Who, J. Geils Band, Stray Cats, The Flamin' Groovies, John Fogerty, The Wheels, The Yardbirds, Hamilton Loomis, Duke Tumatoe, Cub Koda, Captain Beefheart, The Pretty Things, Eric Burdon, The Animals, Bob Seger, Johnny Thunders |  |
He only had a few hits in the 1950s and early '60s, but as Bo Diddley sang, "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover." You can't judge an artist by his chart success, either, and Diddley produced greater and more influential music than all but a handful of the best early rockers. The Bo Diddley beat -- bomp, ba-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp -- is one of rock & roll's bedrock rhythms, showing up in the work of Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, and even pop-garage knock-offs like the Strangeloves' 1965 hit "I Want Candy." Diddley's hypnotic rhythmic attack and declamatory, boasting vocals stretched back as far as Africa for their roots, and looked as far into the future as rap. His trademark otherworldly vibrating, fuzzy guitar style did much to expand the instrument's power and range. But even more important, Bo's bounce was fun and irresistibly rocking, with a wisecracking, jiving tone that epitomized rock & roll at its most humorously outlandish and freewheeling.
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Release: January 12, 2010
Label: Music Avenue
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Release: August 25, 2009
Label: Geffen
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