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		"500% More Man" Dec. 30, 1928 - June 2, 2008 Archer, Florida United States Profile Views: 114691 Last Login: 11/11/2009
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Member Since	5/29/2007
Band Website	http://members.tripod.com/~Originator_2/
Band Members	* The Hipsters/Langley Avenue Jive Cats: * Roosevelt Jackson (washtub bass, 1943-1954) * Joe Leon "Jody" Williams (guitar,1943-1954, 1955-1956) * Billy "Boy" Arnold (harmonica, 1950-1952, 1954-1955) * Jerome Green (maracas, tuba, 1950-1964) * R.C. (harmonica, 1954) * James Bradford (bass, 1954-1957) * "Buttercup" (guitar, 1954-1955) * Clifton James (drums, 1954-1970) * Fred Below (drums, 1955-1972) * Bobby Parker (lead guitar, 1955-1957) * Lester Davenport (harmonica, 1955-1956) * Little Willie Smith (harmonica, 1956) * Frank Kirkland (drums, 1956-1960) * LADY BO (Peggy Jones) (guitar, vocals, arrangements, 1957-1993) * Bobby Baskerville (bass, 1958-1961) * Jesse James Johnson (bass, 1960-1964) * Chester "Dr. Boo" Lindsey (bass, 1960-1977) * William Johnson (guitar, 1960-1964) * Edell "Red" Robertson (drums, 1960-1964) * Billy "Dino" Downing (drums, 1960-1964) * Duchess (Norma-Jean Wofford) (guitar, 1962-1966) * Rickey Jolivet ("Bo Diddley Junior") (guitar, 1966-1969, 1977, 1989) * Eddie Drennon (electric violin, 1966-1967) * The Bo-ettes: * Gloria Morgan (vocals, 1960-1961, 1965-1969, 1977, 1989) * Lily "Bee Bee" Jamieson (vocals, 1960-1961, 1965-1969) * Dorothy Holliday (vocals, 1969) * Della Horne (vocals, 1965-1969) * Cookie (Cornelia Redmond) (vocals, 1965-1973) * Delores Redmond (vocals, 1965-1969) * Lennie Zeringue (drums, trombone, vocals, 1970-1972) * George Ostrander (drums, vocals, 1970-1972) * Mike Fleming (drums, 1971-1978) * Wally Malone (bass, vocals, 1970-1993) * Brett Jackson (drums, 1972-1993) * Lynn Eric Powell (drums, vocals, 1972-1978) * Patrina Jones (keyboards, percussion, vocals, 1972-1980) * Jim Pollack (saxophone, 1975-1982) * Gabriel Christopher Manzo (guitar, vocals, 1975-1982) * Carlos Lopez (percussion, vocals, 1975-1982) * Rick Alegria (drums, 1986-1988) * Offspring: * Tammi Deanne McDaniel (drums, 1983-1989) * Terri Lynne McDaniel-Bridge (keyboards, 1983-1989) * Scott Deverin Smith ("Scott Free") (guitar, 1983-1989) * Ronnie Mack Haughbrook (bass, 1983-1989) * Nunzio Signore (guitar, 1995-1997) * Dave Johnson (drums, 1995-1997) * Tom Major (drums, 1995-1996) * Dave Keyes (keyboards, 1995-1996) * Jon Paris (guitar, harmonica, vocals, 1997-2001) * Debby Hastings (bandleader, bass, vocals, 1985-to date) * Margo Lewis (keyboards, vocals, 1997-to date) * Frank Daley (guitar, vocals, 2001-to date) * Yoshi Shimada (drums, 1997-2004) * Sandy Gennaro (drums, 2004-to date) * and fine session musicians including: * Otis Spann (piano) * Willie Dixon (double bass) * The Moonglows (vocals) * The Flamingos (vocals) * The Impalas (vocals) * The Vibrations (vocals) * The Carnations (vocals) * Gene Barge (tenor sax) * Ellis "Lafayette" Leake (piano)
Influences	Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker, Nat "King" Cole, Muddy Waters
Sounds Like	Bo Diddley 1955 HEY!!!BO DIDDLEY!!!
Record Label	Chess, Checker
Type of Label	Major

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ELLAS BATES was born on Sunday December 30th 1928 on a small farm near the town of McComb, Mississippi, USA, in rural Pike County, close to the Louisiana border, the only child of Ethel Wilson and Eugene Bates. He had 3 half-brothers and a half-sister. He was adopted by his mother's cousin, Mrs. Gussie McDaniel, along with his cousins Willis, Lucille and Freddie, and adopted the name ELLAS McDANIEL. In the mid-1930's the family moved to the south side of Chicago. Soon after, he began to take violin lessons from Professor O.W. Frederick at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. He studied the violin for twelve years, composing 2 concertos for the instrument. For Christmas in 1940, his sister Lucille bought him his first guitar, a cheap Harmony acoustic. It was at this time that he acquired the nickname "BO DIDDLEY" ("...BO DIDDLEY is me; to tell ya the truth, I don't know what it (the name) really is...") from his fellow pupils at the Foster Vocational High School in Chicago.The newly-named BO DIDDLEY had long been fascinated by the rhythms that he heard coming from the sanctified churches. A frustrated drummer, he tried to translate the sounds that he heard into his own style. Gradually he began to duplicate what he did with his violin bow by rapidly flicking his plectrum across his guitar strings. "I play the guitar as if I'm playing the drums....I play drum licks on the guitar." He continued to practice the guitar through his early teens. Shortly before leaving school he formed his first group, a trio named The Hipsters, later known as The Langley Avenue Jive Cats, after the Chicago street where he lived. Upon graduation he pursued a variety of low paid occupations including truck driving, building site work and boxing, playing locally with his group to supplement his income. In 1950 maracas player Jerome Green joined the group, followed a year later by harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold. After more than a decade of playing on street corners and in clubs around Chicago, BO DIDDLEY finally got the chance to cut a demo of 2 songs that he had written; "Uncle John" and "I'm A Man". After various rejections from local record labels, (most notably Vee-Jay), in the spring of 1955 he took the recordings to brothers Leonard and Phil Chess, owners of Chess Records, with studios located at 4750-2 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago. They suggested that he changed the title and the lyrics of "Uncle John" to more reflect his own unique personality.The 2 songs were re-recorded at Bill Putnam's Universal Recording Studio at 111 East Ontario in Chicago on Wednesday March 2nd 1955, and released as a double A-side disc "Bo Diddley"/"I'm A Man" on the Chess Records subsidiary label Checker Records. It went straight to the top of the rhythm'n'blues charts, establishing BO DIDDLEY as one of the most exciting and original new talents in American music.

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Francesco Lenzi	Nov 12 2009 12:01 AM thanks for the add,great tribute page!
Bone Voyage Recording Company	Nov 11 2009 9:46 AM check this Bo Diddley interview/songs, 1983, at radio show FM4 (from Vienna), host Jill Zobel. for MP3 see here: http://static2.orf.at/fm4/mp3/fm4interview080603_162511.mp3 enjoy
iV4N	Nov 9 2009 2:08 AM
Benny and the Jets	Nov 6 2009 11:14 AM You know we opened for the Dolls September 22 1973 at the Michigan Palace in Detroit Mich The Dolls loved Bo Diddley and we used to back BO Time flies when your having fun We have Bo and the Dolls on our TOP 10 ............. Doing a lot of SOLO gigs now easy to move around the country famous and cheap ... great opening act! Benny www.myspace.com/bennyandthejets >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1965, promoter Bill Graham rents the building destined to become the Fillmore East for a staggering $60 … 1969, Jim Morrison gets blotto on a plane trip from L.A. to Phoenix to see The Stones … he's such a royal pain that he's arrested on arrival and charged with interfering with the flight and public drunkenness … 1971, Led Zeppelin releases their unnamed fourth album, leaving fans and Zep members alike to find a name that suits them … 1986, reinforcing the Miami Vice music connection, Willie Nelson plays a corrupt cop in a guest appearance … 1995, Michael Jackson's ATV Music catalog and Sony merge to form the world's third-largest music publishing company worth an estimated $300 million … 2004, Apple introduces a special black U2 version of the iPod with the band members' names laser-etched on the case … the unit is launched with an ad that has the band performing its new single "Vertigo" …
Tony Lo bianco Online Now!	Nov 1 2009 10:57 AM Thanks through friendship much love and peace happy Halloween Tony
Agent Ugly 0045	Nov 1 2009 1:42 AM Thanks for the add and a horrible halloween Bo xx
WILD PINK HORSE	Oct 31 2009 11:53 AM
stefan	Oct 29 2009 8:21 PM hello.thanx for adding. greetz from germany.....
farid	Oct 26 2009 12:13 AM Great profile. Many thanks for adding me..Hope you enjoy and dance to my Music. All the best wishes. Farid
THE FED UP FRIDAYS	Oct 25 2009 7:21 PM Jai guru deva
ally	Oct 25 2009 3:45 PM
STARCLUB Hamburg	Oct 25 2009 1:04 PM STARCLUB thanxx f.t. add , Rock on, new friend! Danke für die Freundschaft ! Gruss aus Hamburg STARCLUB Hamburg Robby + Jens Fort Lauderdale/Florida/USA + Hamburg/Germany/Europe --- www.starclub-hamburg.com --- --- http://www.partys-hamburg.eu --- --- http://twitter.com/Hamburg_Partys ---
pyry	Oct 22 2009 7:54 PM tanks for the add!!! lovely greetz from pyry
Bel Air Line	Oct 21 2009 7:13 AM Welcome aboard! Sam.
Garage Noir	Oct 21 2009 5:10 AM Welcome to Garage Noir. Your comments are invited. GN
Livestock Davies and the Lowdown Snakes	Oct 21 2009 1:51 AM HEY BO DIDDLEY!!!!
MiSS OLiViA	Oct 20 2009 11:08 PM BO DIDDLEY BO DIDDLEY HAVE YOU HEARD ... XOXOXOXOXO YOUR MUSIC IS ALWAYS WITH US AND IN MY HEART... GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU ... MUCH PEACE N LOVE ... XO MiSS OLiViA OX
Benny and the Jets	Oct 13 2009 1:14 AM yes we used to back BO
lex misterio	Oct 7 2009 10:02 AM eeeeeee bo didley¡¡¡¡ the best
Rola ™	Oct 3 2009 6:07 AM Thanks for the add. Greetings from Hungary.
Ed	Oct 2 2009 3:44 AM Thanks for the add...And for the Blues!
The Gb's [groovebuster] Online Now!	Sep 20 2009 12:23 PM Thx for adding the Gb's Greetings
Les Galantines	Sep 14 2009 12:21 PM THANKS FOR THE ADD!!!
kelly	Sep 12 2009 5:35 AM Hello Bo. My love to you. You are a shining star.
ガソリンユンボ　Gasoline Yunbo	Sep 4 2009 7:49 AM Thanx for the add !!! Greetings from Tokyo,NIPPON.

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