Talk:Bo Diddley
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[edit] Stubbed
I stubbed in a few facts, but haven't time to write anything more ...
[edit] Last appearance
I removed, He was last seen on TV in Gainesville, FL (Alachua county). I know I read something about this somewhere, but I don't really recall where. Source? ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 01:38, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
More accurately - Bo Diddley is *credited* with writing the song "Love Is Strange" along with Mickey and Sylvia. This is disputed by blues guitarist Jody Williams, who sued RCA Records for royalties. He claims that Mickey and Sylvia overhead him playing the song and without permission, recorded it. The lawsuit was settled against Williams, but I believe his story is credible. Source: http://www.evidencemusic.com/artists/artist.cfm?artistID=blues337
The name Bo Diddley is also a reversal of the name Diddley Bo(w) which was the name describing a primitive type of musical instrument used in the late 1800's early 1900's. Some think this is the source of Bo's name. Ray Skinner England.
Bo Diddley is scheduled to play a show on Sunday, September 3rd, 2005 at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA. http://www.bumbershoot.org/lineup/artist/bo-diddley
some peuple say, tha't bo diddley is even more influential than b.b king and chuck berry.
"The nickname is also linked to the diddley bow, a one stringed instrument used in the south by mainly black musicians in the fields, although this has been proven false, as his fingers were too big for the slide."
This seems incorrect to me: as I understand it, a diddley bow is a one-stringed instrument made by stapling a length of baling wire to a wall, played with a slide. Nothing to do with "out in the fields" as far as I know. One source for this explanation of a diddley bow would be David Dalton's novel, "Been Here And Gone."
J Epstein
- I can't specifically speak on the "in the fields" thing, but a diddley bow doesn't have to be attached to a wall; you can put a wire on a stick of wood, maybe with a tin can on one end to act as a resonator, and Bob's your uncle -- portable as can be. --Karlos the Jackal 10:36, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Electric guitars have been around since the 1930's. As much as I like Bo, he's far from being one of the first people to play an electric guitar.
[edit] Copyright
See this web: Bo Diddley
hey, what about the duchess...i thought i could get some infos about her on this page....? anybody knows something about ther? marcel
[edit] Diddley's real name...
Crackin' Up from Bo Diddley (alias Otha Ellas Bates but given the surname McDaniel in infancy on adoption by his mother's first cousin Gussie McDaniel), US POP chart #62, 07/1959. Another fake info by Stephan KOENIG???
- Thanks, Stephan! Sometimes, I see "McDaniels"! Fore sure, it could be something to drink! S.K. unlogged...
