This is the week that was in matters musical … 1949, RCA introduces the first 45rpm record … some record labels actually release extended classical works on sets of 45s with the playback interrupted every 4 or 5 minutes while listeners swap discs … 1952, Sun Records, future home...

If you read and/or commented on my last post, please see the update.                     This past weekend was chaos; controlled chaos to be certain, but chaos nonetheless. Friday evening and Saturday afternoon were initially set aside so that I could officiate at some friendsR...

Instead of making it a sad and depressing funeral, the family and friends of rock and roll legend and pioneer Bo Diddley, wanted to make it a fun and enjoyable one, to celebrate the life of a rock and roller, who changed the world of music. This man Bo Diddley is the true inventor of Rock and Roll m...

Yep, ya heard it right, people! The oh-so-smooth sounds of crooner Al Martino is set to accompany the man himself to a UK tour this September (okay, so he’s not a rocker, as such. But a lotta readers dig him!). Martino, who had the very first number one record in the UK, Here In My Heart, way ...

Go for your gun “Listen - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (PLAY THIS LOUD)- MP3″ Greetings all. I have to start this emergency/late post by thanking those of you who took the time to meet the outstretched hand of Funky16Corners with your extremely generous contributions to the 2008 Pledge Drive...

We're doing News & Notes again! They've set up five topics, though we rarely get past two. Here they are Post primaries --- what now, especially for Clinton? Bo Diddley and Black Rockers – follow up to interview with Rob Fields Confederate Flag Could Fly Near Tampa Violent Brawls between Stude...

Deathblog: Bo Diddley 1928 - 2008 So it’s kind of gutting to get back from abroad to find that Bo Diddley’s up and died. He of course having a better claim than just about anyone of being the originator of all that crazy, rackety rubbish I went over there to see and hear. Don’t know if I’ve ...

Yesterday I didn't get a chance to post -- I didn't even get caught up with reading my friends list -- what with our library having its 50th anniversary and the Penguins winning in triple overtime (Go Pens!) and all, but I wanted to post about Bo Diddley. The quote from my title comes from that grea...

…hey Bo Diddley. Sad news at the passing of one of rock and or rolls pioneers, there aren’t many of the originals left folks, Mr Ellas Otha Bates, aka Ellas McDaniel, aka Bo Diddley at the age of 79 yesterday. With his hambone style played on the trademark unconventional Gretsch guitars,...

Bo Diddley, 79, the blues singer and guitarist whose propulsive beat and swaggering stage presence helped set the foundation for rock-and-roll, died yesterday at his home in Archer, Fla. He retired from active performing after a stroke in May 2007....