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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on June 02, 2008, 11:30:39 AM
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Rock Pioneer Bo Diddley Dies at Age 79
Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79.
Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation.
The legendary singer and performer, known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses and black hat, was an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, and received a lifetime achievement award in 1999 at the Grammy Awards. In recent years he also played for the elder President Bush and President Clinton.
Diddley appreciated the honors he received, "but it didn't put no figures in my checkbook."
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," he quipped.
The name Bo Diddley came from other youngsters when he was growing up in Chicago, he said in a 1999 interview.
More (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=4979656)
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Good music man, RIP.
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RIP, Bo Diddley.
and Death has working overtime on celebrities for the past few days.
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RIP, Bo Diddley.
and Death has working overtime on celebrities for the past few days.
Yeah that...RIP.
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RIP, Bo Diddley.
and Death has working overtime on celebrities for the past few days.
I guess its trying to play catch up or something but there has been alot of them.
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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bo Diddley, the rock 'n' roll originator with the rectangular guitar whose signature beat influenced musicians from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Bruce Springsteen, has died. He was 79.
Diddley died at his home in Archer, Florida, early today, according to his publicist, Susan Clary. The cause was heart failure. In May 2007, he suffered a stroke during a performance in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
He scored only a few hits in more than 40 years of recording, yet Diddley's impact on the development of rock 'n' roll places him in a pantheon with Chuck Berry and Little Richard. The maracas-fueled sound he introduced in 1955 on the song ``Bo Diddley'' evolved into what Rolling Stone magazine called ``the most plagiarized rhythm of the 20th century.''
link (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a1UqXM69ojO0&refer=us)
Rock n Roll heaven gets another great guitar player.
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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bo Diddley, the rock 'n' roll originator with the rectangular guitar whose signature beat influenced musicians from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Bruce Springsteen, has died. He was 79.
Diddley died at his home in Archer, Florida, early today, according to his publicist, Susan Clary. The cause was heart failure. In May 2007, he suffered a stroke during a performance in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
He scored only a few hits in more than 40 years of recording, yet Diddley's impact on the development of rock 'n' roll places him in a pantheon with Chuck Berry and Little Richard. The maracas-fueled sound he introduced in 1955 on the song ``Bo Diddley'' evolved into what Rolling Stone magazine called ``the most plagiarized rhythm of the 20th century.''
link (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a1UqXM69ojO0&refer=us)
Rock n Roll heaven gets another great guitar player.
merged with thread in BN
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Sorry 'bout that, WE. Missed it in Breaking News.
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Sorry 'bout that, WE. Missed it in Breaking News.
no problem