Monday, June 02, 2008

Ellas McDaniel (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008)

The man himself, Bo Diddley, died today at his home in Archer, Florida. He had been in ill health since a stroke and a heart attack late last year.



His death is a great loss to both rock AND roll.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

rip.

MBowen said...

Rock on, man!

Anonymous said...

He was one of my heroes!!! Let's hear Journey play the Bo Diddley beat.

ROT(Plumber)

dave™© said...

Best Bo Diddley rip-off: "Willie and the Hand Jive" by Johnny Otis or "She's the One" by Springsteen?*

Discuss...

(*The Stones are a whole separate category.)

Anonymous said...

And does he leave behind The Duchess, cited by Eric Burdon as "his gorgeous sister"?

Anonymous said...

The "Times" obit today stated the Dutchess was not Bo's sister.

ROT(Plumber)

Anonymous said...

video no longer available. WTF?