Word: diddley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most flagrant is its tendency to overload its hour and a half show with acts. As big a problem is the tendency, in the first show at least, to mix white-oriented and black-oriented acts. Kopkind's point about the apparent change in audience to white for Bo Diddley's set is easily explainable. His lack of understanding of it does nothing but further display as ignorance introduced by his demand for the concert as "upbest emotional experiece." Bischnees does not guarantee a black audience. There are any number of examples. BR King rarely plays before black audiences anymore...
Side Three starts off with "Happy," a nice enough rock song that sounds just like all that stuff on Side One. "Turd on the Run" is an ineffective pastiche of the worst elements of Bo Diddley. It's the worst cut the Stones have done in quite some time and is followed by "Ventilator Blues," which is not a whole lot better and bears an uncomfortable resemblance to "Come Together." "Just Wanna See His Face" is an exceedingly weird quasi-spiritual and one of the most distinctive and memorable cuts on the album. The side closes with "Let It Loose...
...hundred different changes it had always carried with it the birthmark of '50s rock and roll. Born in a burst of post-war energy, rock music periodically returns to its roots for reassurance and rejuventation. The greatly admired fathers of rock and roll--Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley and the Comets--continue to live on in just about every live rock performance. It's as though every group feels a need to pay homage to the originators. The Stone's always include one or two Chuck Berry numbers in their concerts, Jimi Hendrix always liked to play...
...Diddley. The giant of rock and roll is back in town. K-K-Katy...
...interest in non-classical music. He improvised on the violin with records of Eastern music, mostly Ravi Shankar. Federer left B.U. in 1970 just one course short of graduation, unsure of what he would do. August saw him at Stonehenge jamming with anyone who was willing--including Bo Diddley and finally Guns & Butter...