Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Stars What Sell. #5: Bo Diddley RIP

The utterly wonderful Bo Diddley died the other day. This is an ad he appeared in for a Dutch recruitment agency in 2005. It features him playing the blues, rather than the unique brand of rhythm-heavy rock 'n' roll he invented in the mid 50s (often described as 'Bo's Beat').



But this is more like it - Bo (and The Duchess on second guitar) knocking 'em dead on US TV in 1966:

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