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Thr Story of Bo Diddly and The Doors "Who Do You Love?"

Four years ago yesterday the world lost one of the innovators, if not one of the creators of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Bo Diddly. Diddly influenced everyone from Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors.

Born December 30, 1928, as Ellas Otha Bates, he later recorded and wrote songs as Ellas McDaniel. Like many of the famous bluesmen he was born in Mississippi and moved to Chicago as a child where as a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church he learned to play the trombone and the violin, but it wasn’t until he attended a local Pentecostal church that he learned to play the guitar and heard the throbbing beat that would become his trademark. After he saw John Lee Hooker playing he was inspired to take up playing, by the time he was 15 he had carved out a niche for himself playing on Maxwell street in Chicago, by the time he was 23 he had a regular spot at the 708 Club and by the time he was 25 had started recording for Chess Records.

 

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