Maybe I’ve told the story, but the first real rock concert I ever saw was Creedence Clearwater Revival with Tower of Power and Bo Diddley opening. $3.50 to sit in the upper level of Cobo Hall where the Pistons played back in the day. I had no interest in Bo, but Fogarty had no stage presence and I had to admit that Diddley was a true showman, oblong guitar and all. He only had one trick but it was a good one. The ultimate tribute to the shuffle beater is Quicksilver’s Happy Trails, each side dominated by a Bo Diddley cover with the reverb amped into the psychedelic dimension…
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- alex 6-03-2008 2:09 am