FREAKS GALORE 9
THE GOSPEL OF FREAKDOM
according to Luke Haines and Sonic Smith-d
BO DIDDLEY
Well, as things sometimes do, they get out of order. Well, I’ve got Freaks Galore 9 ready before volume 8. And as I wanted to give you something before the years closes, I just couldn’t wait, that’s why it is here.
I mentioned in one of the other volumes of Freaks Galore there was almost unlimited supply of Freaks in music… but maybe there was no greater Freak than Ellas McDaniel, the man with the big feet and the odd-shaped guitar. He was the master of the kneetrembler and had the incredible Duchess (or Lady Bo at times) play the rhythm guitar, shake the maracas or thump the tambourine, sing background vocals and swing her hips. To everybody‘s delight!
I've got a shelf full of albums by his majesty. A friend of mine once said that I knew more Bo Diddley songs than Bo himself… today it’s true. One of the great inventors of Rock music has gone in 2008. Why couldn’t he live forever? He would have supplied us with his unique tunes.
His Bo Diddley Beat was inspiration for thousands of musicians and his songs have been covered a million times… by acts diametrically opposed to each other.
Here’s a cross section of his work throughout the years. Enjoy it.
As there’s so much great Bo Diddley stuff, I might add a 2nd volume. Or even a 3rd one.
01. bonus track CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE: HEY BO DIDDLEY
02. THE GREAT GRANDFATHER
03. DOING THE CRAW-DADDY
04. SOUL FOOD
05. RIDE THE WATER
06. ELEPHANT MAN
07. COOKIE HEADED DIDDLEY
08. MUMBLIN‘ GUITAR
09. LET ME PASS
10. AFRICA SPEAKS
11. I‘LL LICK YO‘ FACE
12. ROOSTER STEW
13. WE‘RE GONNA GET MARRIED
14. LIMBO
15. SAD SACK
16. GREASY SPOON
17. YAKKY DOODLE
18. CHEYENNE
19. PUT THE SHOES ON WILLY
20. THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE
21. BABES IN THE WOOD
22. MR. KHRUSHCHEV
23. GET OUT OF MY LIFE
24. DO THE ROBOT
25. bonus track THE WOOLIES: who do you love
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