Where It All Began
| Bo Diddley
Where It All Began
Where It All Began - Johnny Otis and Pete Welding produced this surprisingly successful soul effort by Bo, which succeeded in reshaping his sound, not as a Sly Stewart wannabe or a lounge act covering Creedence Clearwater Revival hits. Bo at least sounds comfortable and natural doing songs like "Look At Grandma" and "Woman," and the latter is a pretty damn good song -- Bo finally emerged as a soul singer in his own right, and it worked, artistically at least.- All Music
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All Music
Unfortunately, none of this mattered to the people who still cared about Bo Diddley -- they wanted the beat and the old sound, which was present here.
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Robert Christgau
How bad can a Bo Diddley record be? A lot worse than this. It might have horns, or feature his versions of the latest hits, only Bo and his producers (Pete Welding and Johnny Otis) know better than that.
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Only Solitaire
2012 Amazing as it seems, there is not a single weak cut on the record. A heavily underrated groovy jam masterpiece here — dig it out and learn how to surprise your local hipster parties. Thumbs up.
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Slacker
Bo finally emerged as a soul singer in his own right, and it worked, artistically at least. "Hey Jerome" even recalls tracks like "Say Man" in a not-unflattering light.
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