First Show

It happened! I was late, there's no podcast, but it happened and I'm excited!

...Just had to get that out of my system, lol.

This week's show sort of showcased Bo Diddley's first single the eponymous "Bo Diddley" and the b-side "I'm a Man," and also some of the work inspired by those two pieces of music. Bo Diddley is notable for a number of reasons, especially his influence on rock n' roll as a genre in it's early years, but he is also notable for his use of maracas and playing square guitars... which is pretty awesome.

Anyways, here is a brief video introduction to Bo Diddley and some derivatives of his music:



maracas



Dunh duna dun nuh That riff was originally appropriated by Bo Diddley from a Muddy Waters' release of Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man" and in turn reinterpreted by Muddy Waters.



I mentioned maracas, right? Here's mick playing four of them with Brian Jones on harmonica and keith chugging out one of Bo's trademark riffs on their cover of Buddy Holley's "Not Fade Away," at NME 1964. They even close with with "I'm Alright".

Anyways, expect more news and blues next week, also an mp3 version of the show, hopefully.