May
7
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Mississippi-born Bo Diddley, born in 1928, was one of the originators of the rock and roll sound. That is to say, before rock and roll was a household term–while it still referred to “rocking” and “rolling” in dancing. As “The Originator”, he invented the “Bo Diddley Beat”, similar to hambone, also described as rumba-like. However you describe it, the effect is immediate in the eponymously titled “Bo Diddley”. Fun, flirtatious, catchy. This sort of music simply doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Enjoy.