Bo Diddley News

Rating: 9 Eleven new desert blues tracks from British guitarist Justin Adams in collaboration with Gambian one-string spike fiddler Juldeh Camara.

Newly arrived U.S. Marines are taking on well dug-in Taliban fighters in what is likely to be a bloody summer as Washington tries to turn around a bogged-down, eight-year-old war with a surge of 21,000 troops.

Blues-rock guitarist George Thorogood , and his houserockin' band the Destroyers, return to the land of major labels for the July 29, 2009 release of The Dirty Dozen .

Blues master John Hammond will strut his stuff at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 6 at the Earlville Opera House , located on East Main Street in Earlville.

Jun 7, 2009 11:00 am US/Eastern GAINESVILLE, Fla. 1 of 1 Singer/songwriter Bo Diddley is widely credited with beginning the transition from R&B to rock and roll in the 1950s.

Published: Friday, June 5, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 7:12 p.m. Yulee Railroad Days rumble into Gainesville and Archer this weekend with events today through Sunday.

Wed Jun 3, 2009 4:20am EDT - Legendary blues guitarist Bo Diddley performs at the 35th annual Bumbershoot Seattle Arts Festival in Seattle September 4, 2005 .

Know what's really Creepy? Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet huffing nitrous and shrieking, "I SAID DON'T LOOK AT ME." But that is such a good movie.

It's been a year since Bo Diddley died. His death on June 2, 2008, of heart failure at age 79 ended one of the most influential careers in pop music history.

Bo Diddley is gone. But his beat goes on. May 29, 2009 02:20 PM Mention Bo Diddley's name and most everyone thinks one thing - the beat.

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.

May 14 1936 The late great Bobby Darin is born Robert Walden Cassato in the Bronx, New York.

Tim 'Too Slim' Langford and his band the Taildraggers, a funky and appealing roots-rock, Americana and blues power trio, perform Thursday, May 7 at the Rockfish Grill.

The big news regarding the New York Dolls' second album since their reactivation five years ago is the return of Todd Rundgren as producer.

IN his first exhibition outside London in five Years, Elvis Davis is showing a selection of silkscreen prints and paintings of Icons at Bank Street Arts from next week.

Genre: Blues, R&B, Jazz Web site: www.t-bonepruitt.com Legendary bluesman Tommie 'T-Bone' Pruitt remembers his days with a cigar box and $12 dollar guitars.

Through the years, Howlin' Wolf's 1964 performances in Germany have reached legendary status.

I like our president - I really do - but he blew it last week. I'm not talking about Afghanistan, the U.S.-Mexico border or stimulus package.

Before Pat Stacey, better known as Down Pat, moved to North Carolina and then New York, his band the Groove Thangs were a South Florida staple for lovers of blues, soul, calypso fusion funk.

Hometown: Austin, Texas Band Members: Black Joe Lewis , Zach Ernst , David McKnight , Eduardo Ramirez , Darren Sluyter , Bill Stevenson , Matt Strmiska , Ian Varley Album: Tell 'Em What Your Name Is For Fans Of: James Brown, Skip James, Howlin' Wolf When you watch Black Joe Lewis enthrall a crowd of hipsters with soul riffs hotter than Bo Diddley's ...