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.
at

7 comments:

  1. Anonymous6/02/2008 3:58 PM

    rip.

    ReplyDelete
  2. MBowen6/02/2008 4:22 PM

    Rock on, man!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous6/02/2008 6:11 PM

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

    ROT(Plumber)

    ReplyDelete
  4. dave™©6/03/2008 12:45 AM

    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.)

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous6/03/2008 12:14 PM

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

    ReplyDelete
  6. Anonymous6/03/2008 8:07 PM

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

    ROT(Plumber)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous6/04/2008 7:20 PM

    video no longer available. WTF?

    ReplyDelete