Bo Diddley -The Chess Years Disc 7/8 Soul Food & Diddley Daddy

It's hard to believe how many artists covered Bo Diddley.
That book I mentioned has a very long list of artists/songs/albums
of bands who covered or used that important "Bo Diddley sound" on
their own records. The book you should read "Bo Diddley Living Legend"
The Biography By George R. White. (Forward By Don Everly)
While it seems really nice to honor Bo, it seems
the more and more I look at records,no one hardly thanks him enough.
Here's a short list of songs/artists who owe some kind of debt:
Artists who covered the song "Bo Diddley" : The Animals,
The Astronauts, Art Neville, Sandy Nelson, Buddy Knox,
Buddy Holly, The Meters, Jimmie Rodgers, Link Wray,
The Barbarians, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Stu Mitchell,
The Bill Black Combo, The Caroll Bros., The MC5, Ronnie Hawkins,
Credence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, Warren Zevon,
Bobby Vee & The Crickets, Billy Lee Riley, Bob Seger,
The Royal Guardsmen, The Fugitives, Fleetwood Mac, The Cavemen,
and countless others...
Artists who covered "Mona" aka "I Need You Baby" / "Not Fade Away"
(Not Fade Away is a rhythmic riff from Mona)
Mick Farren, The Len Bright Combo, The Haunted, Buddy Holly,
The Iguanas, The Milkshakes, The Rolling Stones, The Troggs,
The Nashville Teens, T.C. Atlantic, The Teddy Boys, Mahogany Rush,
Bruce Springsteen, and countless others...
The song "Road Runner" was also covered to death:
The Accent, The Animals, Brownsville Station, The Gants,
The Count Victors, The Gibson Bros., The Phantoms,
Cub Coda, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Shamrocks,
Johnny Winter, The Zombies, The Thin White Rope, Les Miserables,
The Master's Apprentices, The Liverbirds, The Pretty Things,
and countless others.
And don't get me started about garage bands covered or used some
of Bo Diddley's style and rhythmic beats. There's a lot!
The New Colony Six "Cadillac" (Sentar1203),
The Preachers "Who Do You Love" (Moonglow 223)
The Remains "Diddy Wah Diddy" (Epic 10001)
The Shadows Of Knight "Oh Yeah" (Dunwich 122)
and "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover" (Dunwich LP Gloria)
The Ugly Ducklings "I Can Tell" (Yorktown Y-45001) and
"Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" (Yorktown LP Somewhere Outside)
The Woolies "Who Do You Love" (Spirit 113)
And what else? These artists covered "Who Do You Love";
Keith "Guitar" Allison, The Blues Magoos, The Doors,
Gina & The Strollers, The Milkshakes, The Steve Miller Band,
Ronnie Hawkins, Ian Hunter, The Jesus & Mary Chain,
The Misunderstood, The Mood, The Only Ones, The Yardbirds,
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Juicy Lucy, John Hammond, Roy Head,
The Hoodoo Gurus, and countless others.
Did I forget these too? The Strangeloves "I Want Candy"
The Electric Prunes did a Bo Diddley Beat in
"Get Me To The World On Time" . Even U2 use that patented beat
on "Desire" (listen to that song again-you'll see what I mean).
Then, there's tons of tracks by The Pretty Things, who built a whole
early career from that cool sound:
"Rosalyn"(Fontana TF-469), "Don't Bring Me Down" (Fontana TF-503),
they covered "Roadrunner", "She's Fine,She's Mine", "Pretty Thing"
and "13 Chester St." (actually Slim Harpo's I Got Love If You Want It set to
the Bo Diddley beat).... woah. I'm tired of writing this.
I'm just trying to show people how important Bo Diddley's music was.
He should be honored a lot more, is all I'm saying... Thanks Bo!
(the artwork is in disc 08 part 2 if you were wonderin')
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