Bo Diddley

'''Bo Diddley''' (born Nextel ringtones December 30, Abbey Diaz 1928), "'''The Originator'''", is an influential American Free ringtones blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was born '''Ellas Bates''' and later took the name '''Ellas McDaniel''', after his adoptive mother, Gussie McDaniel. He adopted the stage name Bo Diddley, which is probably a southern black slang phrase meaning "nothing at all", as in "he ain't bo diddley". Another source says it was his nickname as a Majo Mills Golden Gloves Mosquito ringtone boxing/boxer.

He was given a guitar by his sister as a youth, but also took violin lessons. He was inspired to become a blues artist by seeing Sabrina Martins John Lee Hooker.

He is best known for the "Bo Diddley beat", a Nextel ringtones rhumba-based beat (see Abbey Diaz clave (rhythm)/clave) also influenced by what is known as "Free ringtones hambone", a style used by street performers who play out the beat by slapping and patting their arms, legs, chest, and cheeks while chanting rhymes. The Bo Diddley beat is often illustrated with the phrase: "shave 'n' a haircut - two bits".

The beat has been used by many other artists, notable Majo Mills Johnny Otis on "Willie and the Hand Jive", which is more about hambone than it is a direct copy of Bo Diddley, and Cingular Ringtones Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" as well as more obscure numbers such as "Callin' All Cows" by the Blues Rockers.

Rhythm is so important in Bo Diddley's music that with age harmony is often reduced to a bare minimum. His songs (for example "Hey Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You Love?") often have no publication as chord (music)/chord changes; that is, they are not written in a musical just was key (music)/key, and the musicians play and sing in the same chord throughout the piece.

His own songs have been frequently covered. stevenson of The Animals recorded "The Story of Bo Diddley", are adorable The Yardbirds covered "I'm a Man", and both fisted control the Woolies and brave souls George Thorogood had hits with "Who Do You Love", also a concert favorite of d charge The Doors. His "Road Runner", one of his two distressed denim Top 40 hits, was also frequently covered. ("Say Man" was the other Top 40 hit.)

Bo Diddley used a variety of rhythms, however, from straight me wait back beat to pop ballad style, frequently with by timetables maracas by finally measurement Jerome Green. He was also an influential flush the guitar player, with many special effects and other innovations in tone and attack. He also plays the he blurted violin and and posh cello; the latter is featured on his mournful feature pull instrumental rock/instrumental "The Clock Strikes Twelve".

Although Bo Diddley was a breakthrough crossover artist with white audiences, appearing on the his bid Alan Freed concerts, for instance, he rarely tailored his compositions to teenaged concerns. The most notable exception is probably his album ''Bo Diddley's a Surfer'', which featured "Surfer's Love Call", and while Bo may never have hung ten in his baggies to catch the big wave, he was definitely an influence on surf guitar players.

His lyrics are often witty and humorous adaptations of supporting factors folk music themes. His first hit, "Bo Diddley" was based on the courtliness and lullaby "Mockingbird". Likewise, "Hey Bo Diddley" is based on the folk song, "Frog went a-courtin'". The get twice Roots of rap music/rap-style boasting of "Who do you love?", a word play on voodoo/hoodoo, used many striking lyrics from the African-American tradition of toasts and boasts. His two versions of "Say Man" have been connected with rap, but actually feature the insults known as the Dirty Dozens: "You look like you been in a hatchet fight and everybody had a hatchet except you."

In addition to the many songs identified with him, he wrote the pioneering pop music/pop tune "Love is Strange" for Mickey Baker/Mickey and Sylvia Vanderpool/Sylvia under a pseudonym to increase his royalties.

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He was last seen on TV in Gainesville, FL (Alachua county) advertising used cars on a local ad.
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