the story of bo diddley
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now lets hear the story of bo diddley and the rock n roll scene in general
bo diddley was born elias mcdaniels in a place called mccoom
he moved to chicago about 1938
where his name was eventually changed to bo diddley
he practiced the guitar everyday and sometimes into the night
till his papa's hair began to turn white
you can stay but that guitar has just gotta go
so he pulled his hat down over his eyes
headed out for them western skies
i think bob dylan said that
he began to play at the apollo in harlem
good scene there everybody raving
came a cadillac with four head lights
i'm gonna make you a star
play the guitar and you just wait and see
and so did the rest of the rock n roll scene along with him
and a white guy named johnny otis took bo diddleys rhythm
he changed it into hand-jive and it went like this
in a little old country town one day
a little old country band began to play
add two guitars and a beat up saxophone
ooh la la that rock and roll
ooh la la that rock and roll
then in the u.s. music scene there was big changes made
due to circumstances beyond our control such as payola
the rock n roll scene died after two years of solid rock and you got discs like
ah. take good care of my baby
please don't ever make her blue and so forth
one year later in a place called liverpool in england
four young lads with mop haircuts began to sing stuff like
ah. it's been a hard days night and i;ve been working like a dog and so on
in a place called richmond in surrey
whay down in the deep south
they got guys with long hair down their back singing
i wanna be your lover baby i wanna be your man yeah and all that jazz
now we've doing this number
bo diddley visited this country last year
we were playing at the club a gogo in newcastle
the doors opened one night and to our surprise walked in the man himself
along with him was jerome green
and a we were doing this number
along with them came the rolling stones
they're all standing around diggin' it
and i overheard bo diddley talkin'
he turned around to jermone green
jerome? what do you think these guys doin' our.our material?
man? please show me to the bar. he turned around the duchess
hey duchess.what do you think of these young guys doin' our material?
i don't know. i only came across here to see the changin' of the
guards and all that jazz. well
bo diddley looked up and said to me
with half closed eyes and a smile
that sure is the biggest load of rubbish i ever heard in my life. hey bo diddley