A year after his death, Bo Diddley in new spotlight
Written by vintage on May 30, 2009 – 2:48 am -Fri May 29, 2009 5:13pm EDT By Gary Graff DETROIT (Billboard) - Bo is gone. But his beat goes on. It's been a year since Bo Diddley died of heart failure at age 79 in his home in Archer, Fla., after a prolonged illness. His June 2, 2008, passing ended one of the most influential careers in pop music history, a 54-year run during which the man born Ellas Otha Bates earned the rightful title of the Originator as he helped merge blues into rock 'n' roll. On such hits as "Bo Diddley," "Hey Bo Diddley," "Say Man" and "Who Do You Love," Diddley created a staccato, second-line-style beat that became an intrinsic part of rock's foundation. Diddley's array of inventions included his trademark, square-shaped Gretsch guitar (three models of which are now... more
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Gibson Guitar Ignites Feud Between Rockers Montrose, Moore
Written by vintage on May 30, 2009 – 2:44 am -Marin Independent Journal - Staff Report Posted: 05/29/2009 01:01:00 AM PDT Nearly 37 years ago, a 25-year-old Sausalito guitarist named Ronnie Montrose was in the midst of a musical coming-out party, wielding his guitar on tour with the Edgar Winter Group and tearing through soon-to-be hits like "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride." As Montrose saw it, he had an ace in the hole: a 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar he'd just bought from J. Geils for $800, an instrument he believed emitted an exquisite tone. On Oct. 10, 1972, the guitar was stolen when the Edgar Winter Group performed at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass. Montrose's guitar has been valued at as much as $500,000, according to Tiburon vintage guitar collector Michael Indelicato. But now, after... more
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