"BO DIDDLEY"(ELLAS BATES): he 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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Dossier : Gun Club. Interviews : Dominic Sonic, Serge Clerc, Wayward Gentlewomen, Jack O. Leroy, Kent, The Noisettes, The Micragirls, Non!, Jellyfuzz, Wonky Monkees, Hurly Burlies. Candy Band. The Clash (nouvelle inédite de Jean-Luc Manet). Et toujours les rubriques disques, BD, livres, polars, fanzines... et la compilation CD Grand Prix Vol. 6 avec Dominic Sonic, The Primevals (Cramps Tribute), The Micragirls, Wonky Monkees, Non!, Hurly Burlies, Jack O. Leroy (feat. Kevin K), Candy Band, The Skeptics, Jellyfuzz. ROCK HARDI 3 rue Beausoleil 63100 CLERMONT-FERRAND http://myspace.com/rockhardifanzine
Une douzaine d'interviews, deux fois plus de visuels, une couverture
double dessinée par Jack O. Leroy, une compilation bonus 19 titres
(dont 13 inédits)... un numéro qui va faire date dans l'histoire de la
presse rock !
Au sommaire :
Dossier : Gun Club. Interviews : Dominic Sonic, Serge Clerc, Wayward
Gentlewomen, Jack O. Leroy, Kent, The Noisettes, The Micragirls, Non!,
Jellyfuzz, Wonky Monkees, Hurly Burlies. Candy Band. The Clash
(nouvelle inédite de Jean-Luc Manet). Et toujours les rubriques
disques, BD, livres, polars, fanzines... et la compilation CD Grand
Prix Vol. 6 avec Dominic Sonic, The Primevals (Cramps Tribute), The
Micragirls, Wonky Monkees, Non!, Hurly Burlies, Jack O. Leroy (feat.
Kevin K), Candy Band, The Skeptics, Jellyfuzz.
7 euros le n° (port compris) à Rock Hardi, 3 rue Beausoleil 63100 Clermont-Ferrand (règl. par ch. à l'ordre de Rock Hardi).
this is our new release . AUTOMATIC PUSSYCAT is a duet with KING AUTOMATIC & SAM from DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS. 3 songs . CRAMPS & EASYBEATS covers !
voici notre nouvelle sortie. AUTOMATIC PUSSYCAT est un duo composé de KING AUTOMATIC et SAM de DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS. sur ce 45 tours, on y retrouve 3 titres dont une reprise des CRAMPS et un des EASYBEATS !!!
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L'autre partie sera un DVD Live du concert des DUM DUM BOYS au Nouveau casino en Octobre 2005. C'est à ce jour le seul filmage d'un Concert de cette mythique formation Niçoise.
Hello les DDB! A quand les albums en prépa? KISS ME DEADLY est énorme, et sur scène je vous ai vus à Amiens, à la LUNE DES PIRATES, en 2003 je crois; c'était terrible! A bientôt j'espère...
2009 ok, another year for me and you with nothing to do... But a fuckin' new year for the DDB. (I was dreaming) Bon, putain, comme je suis triste, nous avons perdu un frère. Alright, vodka blanche et FunHouse. Forever. FuZZ will never die. LUV.
Rock Hardi n°37... Coming soon ! Interviews The Hives, Larcenet, The Gorgons, Dum Dum Boys, The Primevals, Red Eye Ball, Sonic Assassin. Dossiers : Finlande (Micragirls, Knuklebone Oscar, Patsy Walkers), Punk à La Rochelle (Flying Over, Pneumonias, Wild Zeros) + rubriques habituelles + CD Grand Prix Volume 5 avec Dum Dum Boys, The Gorgons, Flying Over, Sonic Assassin, Pneumonias, Patsy Walkers, Red Eye Ball, Wild Zeros, Knucklebone Oscar, The Primevals. 18 titres (+ 1 bonus live !) dont 12 inédits. 7 euros le n° (port compris) ou 5 euros le n° (port compris) pour une commande à partir de 3 exemplaires (Règl. par chèque à l'ordre de Rock Hardi). ROCK HARDI 3 rue Beausoleil 63100 Clermont-Ferrand France http://rockhardi. com
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