RIP Bo Diddley.
A member of rock's Holy Trinity alongside Chuck Berry and Little Richard, Bo Diddley was a true original. He has now past on to the big guitar in the sky.
And a forgotten one for a long time until the late 1980s and early 1990s when Nike ingeniously put Bo Jackson and Bo Diddley together for a commercial. All of a sudden, everyone knew who "Daddy" was - a term coined by Tom Petty I believe.
Imagine. One of the true architects of rock'n roll and it took a shoe company to revive him. Like everyone from that time, some dubious record exec of questionable character made millions of his talent and back.
That's in the past and now Bo has passed on to another world. His music remains for us mere mortals.
"Bo, you don't know Diddley!"
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