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Regardless of any musical changes his sound may have experienced during the course of a long career, Bo Diddley has always been just about the toughest badass on the block.

Arguably, the classic highpoint of Bo's recorded output occurred between 1955 and 1963, but that in no way means that he was done making good music after that.

The two funky tracks on this '66 single came during something of a 'loosening up' period a few years before Bo's second big creative period in the late '60's and early 1970's.

⬅ (Bo's 'Black Gladiator' look came from that later stage)








Listen to:
Bo Diddley (with The Bo-Dettes) -
We're Gonna Get Married
Checker 45 (1966)
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Listen to:
Bo Diddley - Do The Frog
Checker 45 (1966)
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- - And by the way, if you're curious about some of the crazy soul and funk departures that Bo took during that later 'blossoming', check out this recent compilation CD of reissued brilliance,
⬅ 'Drive By Bo Diddley: Tales from the Funk Dimension 1970-1973' released on Australia's Raven Records label.

Some different and unexpected facets of Mr. Diddley, but still too tough for words!