Just one day short of what would have been his 80th birthday, blues/rock legend Bo Diddley has passed away of heart failure at his Florida home today. With thanks again to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
filkertom for the news and link, here is Yahoo! News' obituary. Tom also has some YouTube links to samples of the man's work on his page.
Between him and B. B. King, the two of them were the blues. Everyone from the Rolling Stones to George Thorogood and the Destroyers acknowledged him as an influence, and even Bo Jackson tried to imitate him (if only for a shoe commercial)...but ain't nobody could touch the Originator. And the really sad part is that he was cheated out of so much of the money he should have earned for his talents...even as he piled up honors like membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy Awards and played for world leaders.
Good night, sir, and thank you. Watch out for the Devil when you get to the crossroads.
filkertom for the news and link, here is Yahoo! News' obituary. Tom also has some YouTube links to samples of the man's work on his page.Between him and B. B. King, the two of them were the blues. Everyone from the Rolling Stones to George Thorogood and the Destroyers acknowledged him as an influence, and even Bo Jackson tried to imitate him (if only for a shoe commercial)...but ain't nobody could touch the Originator. And the really sad part is that he was cheated out of so much of the money he should have earned for his talents...even as he piled up honors like membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy Awards and played for world leaders.
Good night, sir, and thank you. Watch out for the Devil when you get to the crossroads.
