Bo Diddley - Rest in Peace

I was lucky to have caught Bo 2 years ago at Bumbershoot in Seattle.
RIP...

Glory -

If there is a jam session for Bo, it's likely to be a doozy. Think of it: With Bo Diddly laying down the signature beat, there's Jimi on lead guitar, trading riffs with Stevie Ray. Janis on vocals. Half of Lynyrd Skynyrd. L.B.J. over there whippin' up some ribs on the grill. If they're lucky, Lionel will break out into a vibe solo if we can get him out from behind the drum set. Perhaps, during kit changes, poetry readings by Kerouac and Ginsberg.

As for your questions, they are all good questions to which no one really knows the answers. It is fun to imagine, though.

Enjoyed learning in his obit that his unique guitar sound was achieved with bowing techniques learned through years of training in classical violin during childhood. Also that in hard times during the '70s he became a deputy sheriff in New Mexico. And after years of disputes with record companies, that he liked to advise musicians "Don't trust nobody but your mama, and even then, give her a real good look."

A true pioneer.

RIP

Still get a hoot out of Bo's Pawnbroker character in the movie
"Trading Places".

"You got a receipt?"

RIP