Big Bad Bo
| Bo Diddley
Big Bad Bo
Big Bad Bo - Tough collection of Funk cuts featuring musicians J.R. Bailey, Ken Williams, Melvin Kent, John Leone, Wade Marcus, Jimmy Johnson, Jr, Wilbur Bascomb, Jr, Ernest Hayes, Bo Diddley, Carl Lynch, John Tropea, Michael Pickett, Esmond Edwards, Montego Joe, Willis Jackson, Dominick Gravine, Garnett Brown, Harry DiVito, Joe Newman, John Bello, Jon Faddis, Irvin Markowitz, Marvin Stamm & Tony Price.-vinyl exchange UK
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Bo moved into a jazz vein on this record, and the results are not bad, but not they're not really Bo, either
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Jazzman records
Heavy funk from the legendary Bo Diddley – one of his amazing comeback albums from the early 70s for Chess. Trading in the scratchy guitar mode of his classic work for a sweeter, tighter funk-based sound. A bit more electric jazz touches than some of the other Chess blues funk records from the time – but the overall sound is still bound to please any funk fan.
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Sounds of the Universe
Early seventies heavy funky blues from the legendary Bo Diddley! Features the ultimate breaks and beats, heavily-sampled cover of Odetta's 'Hit Or Miss' used by everyone from Method Man, De La Soul, Ghostface Killah to DJ Q-Bert and loads more. Available for the first time in generations on CD, 'Big Bad Bo, is a timeless classic!
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Fifth Element
Bo Diddley first forged a legend for himself in the early 1950s on the rnb scene and he was already well into his forties when he dropped funk LP Big Bad Bo in 1974.
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Qobuz
Having tried everything else in his search for a new sound, Bo moved into a jazz vein on this record, and the results are not bad, but not they're not really Bo, either.
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Krauted Mind
Heavy funk from the legendary Bo Diddley -- one of his amazing comeback albums from the early 70s for Chess, all of which are plenty darn great! For this set, Bo's traded in the scratchy guitar mode of his classic work for a sweeter, tighter funk-based sound.
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Jukebox Rebel
It features a powerful performance by The Originator, who working for most of its length with a relatively stripped down band; this one number should’ve been the model for the whole album.
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Only Solitaire
Anyway, thumbs up for Big Bad Bo — a winner both in terms of spirit and impressive, if not utterly jaw-dropping, musicianship, and not a bad way to say goodbye to the label that had been Bo's home for twenty years.
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