Bo Diddley Bo Diddley - Rocks (CD)

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Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley - Rocks (CD)
- 28 original Bo Diddley Checker recordings from Chicago.
- One of the most important discs in Bear Family Records’® Rocks series.
- Including 3 Top 5 R&B hits: Bo Diddley from 1955, Pretty Thing from 1956, and Say Man from 1959.
- Also including highly influential tracks such as Diddley Daddy from 1955, Road Runner from 1960, and You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover from 1962.
- Recordings feature several important and original musicians, including: Jerome Green on maracas, Clifton James on drums, Jody Williams on guitar, and Peggy Jones (Lady Bo) on guitar, along with renowned blues players Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake, Frank Kirkland, and Willie Dixon.
- Formidable and informative biographical notes by Bill Dahl.
- Full discographical information for each track.
- Incredible photo gallery including previously unseen shots.
- Reissue co-ordinated and compiled by Martin Hawkins.
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Album titlle: Bo Diddley - Rocks (CD)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label Bear Family Records
- Preiscode AR
- Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127175519
- weight in Kg 0.115
| Diddley, Bo - Bo Diddley - Rocks (CD) CD 1 | ||||
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| 01 | My Story | Bo Diddley | ||
| 02 | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | ||
| 03 | Ride On Josephine | Bo Diddley | ||
| 04 | Pretty Thing | Bo Diddley | ||
| 05 | Little Girl (Can I Go Home With You) | Bo Diddley | ||
| 06 | I Can Tell | Bo Diddley | ||
| 07 | Road Runner | Bo Diddley | ||
| 08 | Hush Your Mouth | Bo Diddley | ||
| 09 | Who Do You Love? | Bo Diddley | ||
| 10 | You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover | Bo Diddley | ||
| 11 | Say! (Boss Man) | Bo Diddley | ||
| 12 | You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) | Bo Diddley | ||
| 13 | Diddley Daddy | Bo Diddley | ||
| 14 | Bring It To Jerome | Bo Diddley | ||
| 15 | Willie And Lillie | Bo Diddley | ||
| 16 | Pills | Bo Diddley | ||
| 17 | Cadillac | Bo Diddley | ||
| 18 | Down Home Special | Bo Diddley | ||
| 19 | Mona | Bo Diddley | ||
| 20 | Before You Accuse Me (Take A Look At Yourself) | Bo Diddley | ||
| 21 | Dearest Darling | Bo Diddley | ||
| 22 | I Am Looking For A Woman | Bo Diddley | ||
| 23 | Don't Let It Go | Bo Diddley | ||
| 24 | She's Alright | Bo Diddley | ||
| 25 | Deed And Deed I Do | Bo Diddley | ||
| 26 | Diddy Wah Diddy | Bo Diddley | ||
| 27 | Gun Slinger | Bo Diddley | ||
| 28 | Hey! Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | ||
Bo Diddley
Jeder, der bei Chess Records Blues spielte, wandte sich an den mächtigen Willie Dixon, wenn frisches, hitverdächtiges Material gebraucht wurde. Obwohl er selbst ebenfalls ein produktiver Songschreiber war, machte es Bo Diddley nicht anders. Er nahm sich Big Willies You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover und ritt damit im Sommer 1962 auf #21 R&B. Es war Bos erster Vorstoß in die Hitparade nach mehr als zwei Jahren; sein letzter Charterfolg davor war 1960 Road Runner gewesen.
Bo arbeitete wieder im Chess-eigenen Studio (berühmte Adresse: 2120 South Michigan Avenue), nachdem er eine Weile die meisten seiner Aufnahmen bei sich zu Hause in Washington, D.C., eingespielt hatte. Die Aufnahmesession vom 27. Juni 1962 war besonders ergiebig; am selben Tag wurde die ebenso stürmische Single-Rückseite I Can Tell eingespielt. Wie gewöhnlich verwendete der Gitarrist mit der Hornbrille seine eigene zuverlässige Combo: Jerome Green schüttelte immer noch die Maracas, entweder Jesse James Johnson oder Chester Lindsey waren am E-Bass, Billy Downing oder Ezell Robertson saßen am Schlagzeug.
Statt seines afrikanisch anmutenden Markenzeichen-'Shave-and-a-haircut'-Rhythmus entschied sich Bo bei You Can't Judge A Book für einen geraden, wie eine Dampflok abgehenden Rock-'n'-Roll-Groove. Im letzten Break verspielt er sich, aber der akzentuierte 4/4-Beat seiner Gitarre ist so kraftvoll, dass es wahrscheinlich nur wenigen aufgefallen ist.
Seit wir Bo auf CD 2 von Teil 2 mit Who Do You Love zuletzt begegnet sind, hatte er für sich selbst ein 'Bigger-and-badder-than-life'-Image aufgebaut: Auf einer Platte präsentierte er sich selbstbewusst als 'Lover', auf einer anderen als 'Gunslinger'; später informierte er seine Zuhörer, er sei Holzfäller. Diddleys rechteckige E-Gitarre war genauso einzigartig wie die spacigen Effekte, die er aus ihr rausholte. Checker Records probierte alle möglichen Stilrichtungen bei seinen Alben aus: 1962 gab es eine Twist-LP von ihm, ein Jahr später kam 'Surfin' With Bo Diddley' (auf der er zum größten Teil gar nicht dabei war) sowie das Livealbum 'Bo Diddley's Beach Party'.
Fast alle Beatbands der 'British Invasion' verehrten Bo, doch sein immenser Einfluss spiegelte sich nur selten adäquat in Charterfolgen wider. Nach You Can't Judge A Book schaffte es nur noch seine soulige 67er-Single Ooh Baby knapp in die US-Hitparade. Bo blieb bis 1973 bei Chess, bevor er weiterzog. Sein unerschütterlicher Status als einer der wichtigsten elektrischen Gitarristen des Rock 'n' Roll ist in den Annalen der Musikgeschichte festgeschrieben, und Bo wurde natürlich auch in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aufgenommen; er starb am 2. Juni 2008 in seinem Haus in Archer, Florida, an Herzversagen.
"Er hatte seinen eigenen Stil",sagt Billy Boy Arnold, Bos erster Harpspieler."Er hatte unablässig diesen Beat am Laufen."
Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois
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His music had a unique beat, individuality and attitude, and it formed part of the basic structure of rock and roll during its heyday in the mid-1950s to early 1960s.
Here is an absolutely superb album with a real legend - Elias McDaniel - better known as Bo Diddley. He was born in Mississippi in 1928 and came to Chicago at an early age, where he was signed by Checker, a Chess subsidiary, in the mid-1950s. A pioneering rocker presented as only the artist himself can. His music had a unique beat, individuality and attitude, and it formed part of the basic structure of rock and roll during its heyday in the mid-1950s to early 1960s. During those years, it could be said that there was a Bo Diddley record on the American R&B charts every year, and five of them also made it onto the pop charts. The instantly recognizable Bo Diddley beat was copied by many, but I can't recall anything weaving all the pieces together like the good Bo. But there are some fine attempts here like "Not Fade Away" with Buddy Holly or Johnny Otis's recording of "Willie And The Hand Jive", even Freddy Cannon's "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It" can probably be counted among the best as well. His biggest hit was "Bo Diddley" which reached number one on the R&B charts in 1955, unfortunately his only one, but of his productions on this release there are a whole series of great tracks like "My Story", "Diddley Daddy", "Who Do You Love?" (Feel free to listen to Ronnie Hawkins' version as well), "Road Runner", "Ride On Josephine", "Before You Accuse Me" and "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover" to name a few. The album is put together by Martin Hawkins with great lyrics by Bill Dahl, and the lovely photos come from Bill Millar's collection.
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