Damn. I saw Bo perform in Central Park back in 1989, and went up and talked to him for a few minutes before the show. he was friendly and gracious. Then he put on a show that brought the house down. Two years later, I went to a John Lee Hooker tribute show at Madison Square Garden. Through most of the show the audience (aside from a few hollers) had been all chin-strokey and quiet, for some reason. Bo gave the audience a long look and said "Everybody get the fuck UP!" and lit into a volcanic "I'm A Man." One of the great rock and roll moments of my life.

RIP, Great One.

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Seems like they're dropping like flies lately.

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This makes three, doesn't it? Bo Diddley, Yves St. Laurent and Harvey Korman.

Happy to say I saw him a couple of years ago at the Little Steven GarageFest. Good show. He really knew how to work the crowd.

I saw him there too, hellbient. He was great, even given there was a hurricane passing overhead :)

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