tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post2870422622259393999..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Bo Diddley: The Black GladiatorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-67070839568917405492013-01-05T08:14:39.397+04:002013-01-05T08:14:39.397+04:00Bo didn't retire in 1967. He just didn't r...Bo didn't retire in 1967. He just didn't release a new album. He kept gigging at hippie venues like the Fillmores (East and West) and releasing the occasional single.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-12329802714270786752012-12-19T06:15:54.172+04:002012-12-19T06:15:54.172+04:00And so Bo enters his Blaxploitation period. From t...And so Bo enters his Blaxploitation period. From the perspective of 2012, who DIDN'T see this coming? But if it kept his career alive, all the better. It was probably the smartest move he could make. It's also interesting to note that Bo's absence from recording studios corresponds exactly to the time that Jimi Hendrix spent as the world's leading guitar hero, and picks up immediately after Jimi's demise. I'm not insinuating any conspiracy nonsense, but it may have been that Bo sensed the opportunity to reinstate himself at the top of the guitar idol game, regardless (or willfully ignorant) of the existence of Clapton, Page, etc. Malxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260547693221778146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-81162488937041833222012-12-18T20:47:42.206+04:002012-12-18T20:47:42.206+04:00If you are born in McComb, Mississippi, 1928 you d...If you are born in McComb, Mississippi, 1928 you don't need modernisms to display a pissitude. And that's something Bo Diddley seems to have understood in 1970. Life is not wonderful, the world is even less and rock'n'roll is the perfect way to express it. A first glance at the titles already tells us what we may expect.<br />So Bo Diddley does what he does best, moreover makes sure he presents a nice set of riffs (reworked or not) and above all sounds mean. That organ even sounds Jon Lord mean - no sappy Billy Preston here. So what if Bo Diddley is jumping a bandwagon? If it means a rejuvenation? Allows the artist to explore all the bitter depths of his soul? Which were in Bo Diddley's case as bitter as any antihippie could be?<br />Just compare what the British post WW-2 baby-boom guitarists were doing at 40+.<br />By all means a damn fine record.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-27222683540097207992012-12-18T19:58:37.904+04:002012-12-18T19:58:37.904+04:00I dunno. Never heard of this one before. Looks pre...I dunno. Never heard of this one before. Looks pretty dicey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com