When he joined the Roosters at age 17, even Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley seemed "poppy" to them, he said.
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Following the deaths of Bo Diddley and Les Paul this summer and last, it's obvious that we still greatly misunderstand the music of their particular edge, on which Eckstine was a fellow traveler.
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Check out this song, which borrows the melody of early rock classics by Bo Diddley and the Dixie Cups.