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Bo Diddley (Music)

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 Ellas Otha Bates McDaniel (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), better known as Bo Diddley, was an African-American Blues, R&B and Rock & Roll singer and musician who was mainly prominent in the 1950s and early '60s. He was known as "the Originator" for being one of the first artists to start playing rock and roll. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones cited him as a favorite, and Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton were directly inspired by him.Perhaps his most famous and lasting contribution was the "Bo Diddley Beat" that's still used by rock artists the world over. He was also well known for designing his own, custom-built electric guitars, most famously his distinctive rectangular Gretsch "Twang Machine" with its instantly recognizable, almost ukelele-like tone color. Rolling Stone ranks him twenty-seventh on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.Born in Mississippi and raised in Chicago, Diddley also lived for some time in Valencia County, New Mexico (where he served as deputy sheriff for a couple years in the '70s), and spent his last years in Gainesville, Florida, where a park/community plaza is named after him. His son was arrested while protesting there in 2011.
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