Categories: Luncheonette, News
June 2, 2008
The news: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Spokeswoman: Rock and Roll hall of famer Bo Diddley has died at 79 in Florida.
What it's so much more than: "I'm a Man." Bo Diddley had his own beat, for pete's sake, sort of "clave goes to Mississippi and eats a ton of catfish."
Makes me homesick just thinking about it. Sing it, McComb.
Sad news, to be sure. It brought back a favorite memory of seeing him play at the Real Texas Chili Factory in Santa Barbara in 1985. He stuck around after the show to talk with a dumb and star-struck 19 year-old drummer. It made me feel cooler than I ever was (or ever will be, for that matter).
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