Comments on: Bo Diddley Goes to Heaven

By: Skinny Tie

Skinny Tie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:51:28 +0000

Great Post! Keep up the good work. Bookmarked your blog for future reference.

By: the best of bill medley

the best of bill medley — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:07:02 +0000

[...] Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.??

By: Drummer5359

Drummer5359 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:29:19 +0000

“He wasn’t a wild child like Richard or Jerry Lee, a virtuoso guitarist and writer like Berry, or a looker like Elvis.”

Jason,

I think you answered your own question. Why was he was the forgotten man? I appreciate his talent, but his contribution is not on the level of the others that you mentioned.

By: tina oiticica harris

tina oiticica harris — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:30:08 +0000

I was lucky to see Bo Didley at the Santa Monica Peir in the late eighties. My friend, The Laureate Poet, Had told me about Bo. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known about him. He was right in that he didn’t get enough recogntion.
I’m glad he performed for the love of music, though.

By: Dan Leo

Dan Leo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:34:31 +0000

So many of the great 60s groups that made rock ‘n’ roll into rock loved and learned from Bo Diddley.

How many groups covered “Who Do You Love?” Damn, I remember “Happy Trails” by Quicksilver, where they covered it for a whole album side.

By: wwolfe

wwolfe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:37:09 +0000

The closest Bo came to a bio-pic was the Animals’ very funny, mostly true “Story of Bo Diddley.” It ends with The Man Himself looking at the Animals playing his music, and declaring, “Man, that’s the biggest load of rubbish I ever heard in my life!”

Thanks for the well-deserved tribute.