A performance like this can put tears in your eyes because we will NEVER see anything as great as this again. Bo was the true king of Rock N Roll and is truly missed.
JESUS, I must Bee KRAZY DRUNK. HO MENY BO 'Z DEW EYE SEA?. DEW EWE SEA?. BO, SAW IT INN TO SHRREDDZZ. MY MAINE MANIACK. LOVE YOU YOUR FRIEND LIttle RICHARD Jr
See that nerdy white guy at 2:22 minutes into the video ? THAT is the power of Bo Diddleys music ! That white guy doesn't even know what it is he's feeling, but he KNOWS he's feeling some thing he has never felt before. AND it has touched him to his very core. HE will never forget that night. ( I saw Bo 3 times in Phoenix between 1982 and 1987 ;he was a bad man.....) Howard White
I met him in the Charlotte airport. I said "People ever say that you look like Bo Diddley?" He said "I say that every morning when I wake up and look in the mirror." Talked to him about work (find what you like and don't stop) shook his hand and got his autograph in '93.
Everytime I took someone to see Bo Diddley it was like a religious experience for them. My oldest son turned to me on the way out of his first Bo Diddley show with tears in his eyes and just said "thank you".
That's also the power of Gretsch guitars at play here. The Gretsch company made drums for decades before they made guitars and when they did make guitars it was like they were meant to be played/bashed like drums, ha ha. If you like this look up some isolated tracks of Malcolm Young of AC/DC who's another famous Gretsch player. But again really simple parts just played with a lot of guttural force which you can learn if you practice that specifically. Anyway check out Malcolm's stuff and you'll see what I mean when you get there. But yeah, Bo Diddley's great for this stuff don't get me wrong. I could really ramble on about what kind of wild beatings these guitars can take but I'd reveal just how much of a nerd I really am, ha ha. Anyway hope this helps. Cheers!
I do the same! Not a lot of technical stuff here, but he had rythym and soul. He put his whole heart into what he did. I try and do it, when I play.👍😎🎸🎶
I spent an evening with Bo in Montreal. A gentleman, a real pro .. after the show he went right to the control booth and listened to it .. the aura around him was that of a leader.
Bought this icon drinks between sets back in 1974 very quiet man off stage. He sure rocked the club that night. Moncton New Brunswick. Awesome.Treasured memory.
I saw him live 1978 in Frankfurt in a R&B Show with Screamin' Jay Hawkins as opener and Johnny Guitar Watson as second guitar in Bo's band. This night I never will forget ! They don't make musicians like him anymore !!! Fats and Bo are the real Kings of R&B !!!
The best. HEY KIDS! Watch this, its not about sweep picking, a million notes a second. One chord. That is what makes people move. One chord. Go learn this.
TOTALLY AGREE!!! I love guitar guitar music rock blues, I've been playing guitar for nearly 40 years and guitar playing has evolved totally into one big blur of notes with no taste or very little anyway Bo, Albert king, BB King etc the list goes on it's about saying something with your guitar not a blur of nonsense this is totally awesome
I hosted Bo at Club Soda, Vancouver Canada. 1987. His sound check almost blew me clean back against the wall. I had no idea the voodoo blues blast I was in for. It was an amazing show.
I knew Bo was good...but DAMN! I have yet to see any other footage on Bo that tops this one...I have also watched this several times since discovering this fantastic performance!
I love this so much. Its the 70s and you have a lot of rock stars from the 50s doing the same sort of thing they were doing 20 years prior. Not going too hard with their sound. Meanwhile you have Bo godamn Diddley up here in his 40s or 50s taking his 50s sound and giving that hard grit. 50s music with 70s grit is almost its own incredible genre of music. Truly he is the original king of rock and roll.
I saw him in an oldies road show w/Fats, Jerry Lee, and Chuck..Bo and Fats stole the show..they cranked..and really put out..Chuck and Jerry Lee did ok, just looked a bit pissed they were there..
Mark Johnson, yea. Bo wasn't just going thru the motions playing his 50's early 60's stuff. He brought out " Bo Diddley Itis" which is close to being a metal tune.
@bigdancd Bo was one of the first early rock stars I saw live back when I was a freshman in high school. It was at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse in May 1956. In addition to Bo, there was Big Joe Turner, LaVern Baker, The Drifters, The Platters, Clyde McPhatter, and Bill Haley and the Comets. It was really my first live rock concert. All the acts were incredible to this "green" white boy and Bo was awesome with his music and dancing moves. Bo really made an impression on me with that "sound" of his; the Bo Diddley beat. I was hooked then and as I said before, I bought everything he put out on 45's and later on LPs. Extraordinary musician!
I don't care who you've seen live... Has there ever been anyone who worked HARDER during a performance than Diddley did here? Nothing fancy, maybe, but pure, hard core and raw. Absolutely electric.
He's like that in most of his performances. If you want to see a cool, skinny Bo check out his first Ed Sullivan performance in '59. Plays some gorgeous shimmery guitar on his signature tune.
like this if any of you knew this man is the inventor of rock and roll as we know it today, listen to the rift and you might notice its what rock'n'roll might've sounded like 50 years ago, hard to believe ain't it?
One of the BEST concerts I've ever seen was Bo Diddley in Albury N.S.W. He told the audience that his next tune was the last of the show, looked at my watch and thought I would be out in about ten minutes. 45 mins later he finished, just him and his guitar no backing group. SENSATIONAL. Better than Hendrix. Bo is the right hand of the devil & Jimi the left hand. Imagine if they could have shared a stage
@@allanbriggs807 When I seen him it was about 1975/6 before I met my wife. Up until watching him in "Let the Good Times Roll" a rock & roll movie I had never heard of him and I thought Chuck Berry was the best still alive. Bo played Berry off the stage, became an instant fan. He had a conversation with his guitar & it answered him, you would swear it talked
@@Lurch211253 He is very underrated by the general population, but is revered by true musicians. In 1975 I was living in Dubbo building a career and for a few years I didn't see any concerts. Would loved to have seen him. he is unique.
@@philipconboy6108 Was never lucky enough to see Hendrix live only on social media like youtube. 1st time I seen Bo was on rock & roll movie "Let the Good Times Roll" available on here if interested
I saw Bo several times, but the one that really stood out was a Murry the K show in Brooklyn circa 1965. Bo was really on, and had two encores. When he finally he finally went off after about 40 minutes the crowd kept cheering so loud for about 10 minutes , you couldn't hear anything. The next performer up was Jerry Lee Lewis, and he refused to come out for at least an additional 10 minutes. What a show, Bo had no equal, not Chuck Berry, not anyone. He used to fry chicken in his dressing room in an electric fry pan that he took on the road with him. He was royally screwed by his record label because he did not read the fine print in his contract. (very common in the 50's and 60's).
1:55 Bo gets as much air as Pete Townshend. At 45 years old this cat is on fire. I’m blown away. Raw, sweaty rock and roll by a man who knows what he’s dong.
Although he shouts "Hey!" a lot in this song, this is actually a song called "Bo Diddley-Itis" that ended the great 1972 LP "Where It All Began." His guitar tone is so epic on this live version.
That backwards dance from 0:43 - 0:53 to is just one of the greatest fucking moves I've ever seen in my life and I can't stop rewinding and watching it again.
Bo Diddley meanest cleanest player ever my hero. Rockin the crowds in heaven. Bo Shifted into overdrive on this one. He could play as good as anyone. Stayed in his main chords. Love it
Met Bo at a supper club in ellington ct about 30 years ago, spent 30 minutes in the lounge with him before the show started. we had a table right next to the stage, sang word for word with Bo as he did his act. One of the great moments of my life Miss you Bo
the only guy in the world who makes me feel the music in soul. Its the most real music ever. I love me some BO DIDDLEY!!!!!! SSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!
No matter how bad things are going in your life, this song is scientifically proven to make you feel better.
Absofrickinlutely 😅😅😅
that s right !
A performance like this can put tears in your eyes because we will NEVER see anything as great as this again. Bo was the true king of Rock N Roll and is truly missed.
When my time machine is completed, this is my first stop.
He was forty-five and still kicking ass and taking names. Proof that rock and roll keeps you young. Glad I got to meet you, Mr. D. Love you!
He floats like a butterfly,
Plays like a 'G',
He is the greatest,
Bo Diddley.
At 0:38 when the band comes in the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Absolute greatness. A true rock n roll pioneer
Don't forget them dance moves... My man Bo was a mad lad way before it was cool.
The baddest motherfucker with a swing n rhythm guitar and a beat that makes everyone's primal stomp happen...hell yeah!
My impeccable taste in awesome music brought me here!
that dance at :43 may be the greatest stage move I've ever seen!..Brilliant!!
I know right? MJ ain't got shit on Bo. Bo knows moves!
I had the same thought!
I get the feeling that this inspired the Blue Brothers dance
JESUS, I must Bee KRAZY DRUNK. HO MENY BO 'Z DEW EYE SEA?. DEW EWE SEA?. BO, SAW IT INN TO SHRREDDZZ. MY MAINE MANIACK. LOVE YOU YOUR FRIEND LIttle RICHARD Jr
@@littlerichierockon2663 Hit the one in the middle.
i may not know shit, but I think this is one of the greatest jams in rock and roll history, and Bo Diddley made history that night.
No doubt. 150 years from now people will write doctoral dissertations about Diddley.
You know it!
@@dieselscience I my goal is to be the first Bo Diddley PHD!
@A Pa - You may or may not know shit elsewise, but you're absolutely goddamn right about this jam.
Damn straight!
77 years old. His music still gives me a rush. Thank Mr. Mc Daniel’s
Bo Diddley was a quiet, reserved man offstage. On stage he was a man possessed.
Sounds like a rock&roll freight train rolling down a mountain with no brakes. Step back.
Saw him live many times, always amazing
My dad loved both, trains and Bo Diddley. He unfortunately passed away recently, Rip dad.
See that nerdy white guy at 2:22 minutes into the video ? THAT is the power of Bo Diddleys music ! That white guy doesn't even know what it is he's feeling, but he KNOWS he's feeling some thing he has never felt before. AND it has touched him to his very core. HE will never forget that night. ( I saw Bo 3 times in Phoenix between 1982 and 1987 ;he was a bad man.....) Howard White
You lucky, lucky SOB.
I met him in the Charlotte airport. I said "People ever say that you look like Bo Diddley?" He said "I say that every morning when I wake up and look in the mirror." Talked to him about work (find what you like and don't stop) shook his hand and got his autograph in '93.
dieselscience Mr Diddley had a GRIP like a VISE ! I will definitely look him up when I can, on the other side !
Everytime I took someone to see Bo Diddley it was like a religious experience for them.
My oldest son turned to me on the way out of his first Bo Diddley show with tears in his eyes and just said "thank you".
Whenever I'm feeling down because I'm not too technically talented and I struggle with learning theory, I watch this.
The hell with theory
There’s only 12 notes?
but unlimited amount of rhythm 🥁 who do you love just like dancing you either going through the motions or Dancing? 💃
That's also the power of Gretsch guitars at play here. The Gretsch company made drums for decades before they made guitars and when they did make guitars it was like they were meant to be played/bashed like drums, ha ha.
If you like this look up some isolated tracks of Malcolm Young of AC/DC who's another famous Gretsch player. But again really simple parts just played with a lot of guttural force which you can learn if you practice that specifically. Anyway check out Malcolm's stuff and you'll see what I mean when you get there. But yeah, Bo Diddley's great for this stuff don't get me wrong.
I could really ramble on about what kind of wild beatings these guitars can take but I'd reveal just how much of a nerd I really am, ha ha. Anyway hope this helps. Cheers!
I do the same! Not a lot of technical stuff here, but he had rythym and soul. He put his whole heart into what he did. I try and do it, when I play.👍😎🎸🎶
I spent an evening with Bo in Montreal. A gentleman, a real pro .. after the show he went right to the control booth and listened to it .. the aura around him was that of a leader.
black people need to get hip to this again this shit jams fuck that rap bullshit this is real talent
White people stole it and your biggest legacy is a drug addicted paed0phile Elvis Presley. You can have it.
They don’t know Diddley
45 years old the man could still jump around and show off his energy...man had cool, when cool was cool!
Bought this icon drinks between sets back in 1974 very quiet man off stage. He sure rocked the club that night. Moncton New Brunswick. Awesome.Treasured memory.
I saw him live 1978 in Frankfurt in a R&B Show with Screamin' Jay Hawkins as opener and Johnny Guitar Watson as second guitar in Bo's band. This night I never will forget ! They don't make musicians like him anymore !!! Fats and Bo are the real Kings of R&B !!!
The best. HEY KIDS! Watch this, its not about sweep picking, a million notes a second. One chord. That is what makes people move. One chord. Go learn this.
absolutely agree (saw him live, many years ago, in Pistoia Blues festival, italy). Bo Diddley's rhytm is pure Africa. tribal
Actually about 3 chords but I totally agree!
Don't forget them dance moves... That smoothness can't be topped...
I say this all the time. The guy made people feel the music. I saw him years ago and he was awesome!👍😎🎸🎶
TOTALLY AGREE!!! I love guitar guitar music rock blues, I've been playing guitar for nearly 40 years and guitar playing has evolved totally into one big blur of notes with no taste or very little anyway Bo, Albert king, BB King etc the list goes on it's about saying something with your guitar not a blur of nonsense this is totally awesome
Raw as hell, he is unbelievable, you don't need much more than that. Goose bumps all the way!!!!!!!!!
Saw him live many times, incredible
I Love Bo Diddley Everytime he came on stage hooked up and started playing he was someone else. Lost in the Music ... how its done.
I saw him open for Creedence in 1971, he absolutely owned the place. What a thrill. Many thanks for posting this video.
Who needs fancy when you can execute simplicity to perfection.
Writing that one down right now.
I hosted Bo at Club Soda, Vancouver Canada. 1987. His sound check almost blew me clean back against the wall. I had no idea the voodoo blues blast I was in for. It was an amazing show.
hard, brutal, violent jam from the Black Gladiator. I love him. What a hero.
Pure energy. One chord. Just Rock n roll.
HEY HEY HEY MR BO DIDDLEY...
I knew Bo was good...but DAMN! I have yet to see any other footage on Bo that tops this one...I have also watched this several times since discovering this fantastic performance!
Saw the man live many times here in Santa Monica Ca. He autographed a CD cover for me.
His best.
Bo is definitely shredding this a kick-ass performance!!!
I love this so much. Its the 70s and you have a lot of rock stars from the 50s doing the same sort of thing they were doing 20 years prior. Not going too hard with their sound.
Meanwhile you have Bo godamn Diddley up here in his 40s or 50s taking his 50s sound and giving that hard grit. 50s music with 70s grit is almost its own incredible genre of music. Truly he is the original king of rock and roll.
I saw him in an oldies road show w/Fats, Jerry Lee, and Chuck..Bo and Fats stole the show..they cranked..and really put out..Chuck and Jerry Lee did ok, just looked a bit pissed they were there..
Mark Johnson, yea. Bo wasn't just going thru the motions playing his 50's early 60's stuff. He brought out " Bo Diddley Itis" which is close to being a metal tune.
Jen Lennon...I believe your my spirit animal♥️
@bigdancd
Bo was one of the first early rock stars I saw live back when I was a freshman in high school. It was at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse in May 1956. In addition to Bo, there was Big Joe Turner, LaVern Baker, The Drifters, The Platters, Clyde McPhatter, and Bill Haley and the Comets. It was really my first live rock concert. All the acts were incredible to this "green" white boy and Bo was awesome with his music and dancing moves. Bo really made an impression on me with that "sound" of his; the Bo Diddley beat. I was hooked then and as I said before, I bought everything he put out on 45's and later on LPs. Extraordinary musician!
listening to this at the office. having serious trouble sitting still here!
Such a great song. The footwork makes it .👍👍👍👍👍
I don't care who you've seen live... Has there ever been anyone who worked HARDER during a performance than Diddley did here? Nothing fancy, maybe, but pure, hard core and raw. Absolutely electric.
James Brown would give him a run for his money. They didn't call him, "The Hardest Working Man In Show Business." for nothing.
Saw the man live many times, always high energy
@@gimmeeinboxback3860 true, but I'm still betting Brown's monicker came during a lapse in Bo's touring schedule!😂
He's like that in most of his performances. If you want to see a cool, skinny Bo check out his first Ed Sullivan performance in '59. Plays some gorgeous shimmery guitar on his signature tune.
like this if any of you knew this man is the inventor of rock and roll as we know it today, listen to the rift and you might notice its what rock'n'roll might've sounded like 50 years ago, hard to believe ain't it?
Thank goodness we have stuff like this to remember Bo
Not sure how many times I made my mom & dad listen to this from the basement in our house.
My mind. Blown. This is what music is all about, and this is the true spirit of performance.
Can it better than 42 seconds into this. Simplicity like us mere mortals can never imagine let alone play....the GOD of Rock & Roll.
Fantastic! And the way Bo zips around the stage while playing,it's amazing! He was great!
Simply the greatest music Video on RUclips
I see Hendrix, Prince, James Brown, Blues Brothers, Chuck Brown all in 1 amazing performer.
One of the BEST concerts I've ever seen was Bo Diddley in Albury N.S.W. He told the audience that his next tune was the last of the show, looked at my watch and thought I would be out in about ten minutes. 45 mins later he finished, just him and his guitar no backing group. SENSATIONAL. Better than Hendrix. Bo is the right hand of the devil & Jimi the left hand. Imagine if they could have shared a stage
Man that woulda blown minds bo on doing the beat and jimi doing the alien licks!
I never got to see him while he toured Australia.
@@allanbriggs807 When I seen him it was about 1975/6 before I met my wife. Up until watching him in "Let the Good Times Roll" a rock & roll movie I had never heard of him and I thought Chuck Berry was the best still alive. Bo played Berry off the stage, became an instant fan. He had a conversation with his guitar & it answered him, you would swear it talked
@@Lurch211253 He is very underrated by the general population, but is revered by true musicians. In 1975 I was living in Dubbo building a career and for a few years I didn't see any concerts. Would loved to have seen him. he is unique.
@@philipconboy6108 Was never lucky enough to see Hendrix live only on social media like youtube. 1st time I seen Bo was on rock & roll movie "Let the Good Times Roll" available on here if interested
Such a brilliant performer, one of the early pioneers of Rock N Roll, an all time great if ever there was one. R.I.P Bo!
Heart, style, chops, swagger, danger, and showmanship...that is Rock N' Roll, and that my friends is Bo Diddley!!
Damn he was "The Man"...square guitar sounded like a tank groovin n crunching
We used to call him The Square Guitar Man - in awe
That guitar is called Bo Diddley's Mean Machine.
I saw Bo several times, but the one that really stood out was a Murry the K show in Brooklyn circa 1965. Bo was really on, and had two encores. When he finally he finally went off after about 40 minutes the crowd kept cheering so loud for about 10 minutes , you couldn't hear anything. The next performer up was Jerry Lee Lewis, and he refused to come out for at least an additional
10 minutes. What a show, Bo had no equal, not Chuck Berry, not anyone. He used to fry chicken in his dressing room in an electric fry pan that he took on the road with him. He was royally screwed by his record label because he did not read the fine print in his contract. (very common in the 50's and 60's).
Good Lord, full throttle , Bo Diddley Doin Work Like he is on fire SHOWSTOPPER
Bo Diddley is Rock & Roll! Rock & Roll is Bo Diddley! One does not exist without the other...
This is on a level of coolness seldom encountered.
I think that what I just witnessed might be the coolest thing these eyes have ever seen.
Uh...there never has existed, nor will there ever exist, anyone cooler than this motherfucker.
Bo Diddly makes me proud to be human.
This guy makes me HAPPY
Same, no words.
This was the very first RUclips video I ever saw. Still one of my favorites.
1:55 Bo gets as much air as Pete Townshend. At 45 years old this cat is on fire. I’m blown away. Raw, sweaty rock and roll by a man who knows what he’s dong.
I regret that I never got to see him live. ABSOLUTLEY the best!!!!
Saw the man live many times here in Santa Monica Ca. He autographed a CD cover for me.
When Bo Diddley let's it out, he let's it OUT!
WHAT!!⁇ BO DIDDLEY IS THE DAMN KING!!!!!
Stunning !!
The inventor of rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....In the summer of 2021...We are taking it back..Buckle up...
I didn't have dance steps like that when I was 45...Wait...I didn't have dance steps like that ever.
This is awesome!!!
This performance is on different level ..... dammit, unreal !
Thanks for the video !
Greatest guitarist ever. Inventing rock music with that box.
Love that guitar tone
I've already played this 15 times in a row, love it 😂❤
Although he shouts "Hey!" a lot in this song, this is actually a song called "Bo Diddley-Itis" that ended the great 1972 LP "Where It All Began." His guitar tone is so epic on this live version.
Thank you! Was looking for this for ages with no success!
That Footwork... dayummmmm.Get Down🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Blown away! Chill inducing performance!
That backwards dance from 0:43 - 0:53 to is just one of the greatest fucking moves I've ever seen in my life and I can't stop rewinding and watching it again.
My absolute favorite music video!
BO can dance & rock with the best of them!!!!! The foot shuffle is legend!!!!
The only rock and roll that give me chills. No one else in the world could have done this . HAIL HAIL BO DIDDLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bo Diddley meanest cleanest player ever my hero. Rockin the crowds in heaven. Bo Shifted into overdrive on this one. He could play as good as anyone. Stayed in his main chords. Love it
I am speechless. WOW! Proves once and for all that one can be an absolute rock n roll Titan in coke bottle glasses.
Shit! That dude has no equal, nobody played like him.
yapa,,
yapa
This has to be the best video on you tube
Met Bo at a supper club in ellington ct about 30 years ago, spent 30 minutes in the lounge with him before the show started. we had a table right next to the stage, sang word for word with Bo
as he did his act. One of the great moments of my life Miss you Bo
Got his autograph on a CD cover, very gracious man
Just a thought: Can you imagine Bo jammin' at the Super Bowl halftime show. Have Mrcy!
The backup band is off the chain.
The way they came into the rhythm blasted the gates of heaven on fire, They don't make bands like that anymore.
Man, you nailed it. The intro w/the drums kicking in was orgasmic.
absofuckinglutely
It's almost like nobody has that kind of talent and energy anymore.
@@dieselscience
Maybe the talent, but not the feeling.
@@marty6779 I don't call preprogramed autotune 'talent.'
How lucky that crowd was to see a Master entertainer at his absolute peak.
One of the True Kings of Rock & Roll.......
In 1956, the Harlem newspaper the Amsterdam News, on first seeing Elvis Presley perform, claimed he had “copied Bo Diddley’s style to the letter”
love the guitar riffs always loved this and the tune Bo Diddley. Just some thing about bo and his guitar i love.
This is awesome .
Dec.30: Happy birthday Bo Diddley (1928-2008) Thank you and God bless
So cool!
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is real music. Long live rock n roll ................
the only guy in the world who makes me feel the music in soul. Its the most real music ever. I love me some BO DIDDLEY!!!!!! SSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!
Now I see where the "Rock n Roll" musicians get their moves from...AWESOME footwork!
Often imitated, never duplicated !
have a guitar pick that Bo gave me 😎
You're looking at the absolute best here!!!! Like Bo says here: Get into it!!!!! Thanks --------- Laurence H.
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🎸a force of nature the man with 🎸
🎸rock n roll in his head in his 🎸
🎸hand in his bag miss you BO 🎸
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there is no substitute
💜🎸BO🎸💜
Just heard it on the pre concert video montage at Morrissey, and it’s a great mood lifter.
What charisma and stage presence. Kids today.. watch this and learn something about performing :)
Best one chord jam ever!!!
Feel the joy!
Stalked the stage like a panther
King of the electric guitar!!
Amazing , the guitar tone is awesome as fuck absolutely brilliant. Seen this 100 times and blows me away every time 🤘🏴
This man is a king in the music field
you can only watch with open mouth and wonder how somebody can make such a performance!!!