i read the news today...oh boy......
bo diddley died today...he made his first electric guitar out of a cigar box.....we lost a legend folks...he lived up here near me not a neighbor but 20 miles at least....he was a great guitar played and inspired some greats....good bye bo....

the usa today bit folllows

Diddley, 79, who died of heart failure Monday at his home in Archer, Fla., was not as luminous a star as his labelmate Chuck Berry or contemporaries Little Richard and James Brown, but his influence is every bit as pervasive. He came to recording late, at 26, but like Berry arrived fully formed, with the double-sided No. 1 R&B hit Bo Diddley/I'm a Man displaying his trademark beat, wit, swagger and penchant for third-person references. (He would later write songs declaring that Bo Diddley was a gunslinger, a lumberjack, a lover and more.)

It was a startling record. As George Thorogood told Rolling Stone: "You listen to Bo Diddley and you sit there and you get numb." Keith Richards, whose Rolling Stones covered a number of Diddley tunes, told the same publication: "Bo was fascinatingly on the edge. There was something African going on there. His style was outrageous."

Rest in peace Bo and thank you.

I remember Bo Diddley well. I have a picture of the two of us taken at the Star Club, but I don't know how to put images on this forum yet. Then, we were together again in Liverpool. I remember Bo, the Duchess and Jerome, with me, Virginia and the Rolling Stones having 'tea' at the Adelphi Hotel, but someone had slipped in some small bottles of whiskey for us!
I haven't been around for a few days because I've been in Liverpool. I took part in a panel discussing the history of Liverpool music at the Hard Day's Night Hotel, then Virginia and I attended the premier of 'All Together Now.' a wonderful film. Yoko and Olivia were there, George Martin's son, Joe Brown, Mike McCartney, Steve Allen and hosts of others. An interesting weeekend, although my engine blew up on the motorway on the way back to London - we were lucky, we survived.

Glad our still with us Bill...Sounds like it was a top weekend despite the vehicle issues.
RIP Bo.

I saw Bo Diddley in the early 80's he put on a great show . So thank you for a brilliant evening Bo .

R.I.P.

RIP Bo Diddley, yet another one of the world's great's in music leaves us!  

RIP Bo

So sad, RIP Bo

I cried when I found out. It makes me so sad.

somebody drive over to bills' house and teach that guy to post a picture...just make sure you got it copyrighted william...
and i will try again shortly to teach you...but you got to come to a damn chatroom man...

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Here's my attempt to place a photo in the forum

Ok Bill: go to the site http://imageshack.us. Upload your picture there and you will be given a 'direct link' to the picture. Put that link between these things: [img] - bill's direct link - [/img]. That's all. If it won't work, feel free to sent your picture to me by e-mail and I will paste them into your posts.

A very original musician and someone who shaped rock music as we know it. Where would, for instance, the Rolling Stones have been without Chuck Berry and him?