Bo Diddley Dies at 79

CNN:

Guitarist George Thorogood, a Diddley disciple, put it more bluntly.

“[Chuck Berry’s] ‘Maybellene’ is a country song sped up,” Thorogood told Rolling Stone in 2005. “‘Johnny B. Goode’ is blues sped up. But you listen to ‘Bo Diddley,’ and you say, ‘What in the Jesus is that?’”

★ Monday, 2 June 2008