Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1969)

BO Diddley - Bo Diddley, from a more innocent age. Three Guys, a girl with a tambourine and a slightly bemused audience. How thing have progress, not sure for the best. I've posted Tom Petty and Bo performing 'Mona' live; great fun and worth a look.

[@perihelion7798]

Bo could hit a groove so deep that you needed a ladder to get out.

[@lukeb1751]

Screw the ladder I need rope

[@Burgerboy118]

This needs more likes

[@joedavis4150]

But not in this version

[@joedavis4150]

@@lukeb1751 ... Hemp?

[@davidcormack7658]

A three or four length ladder!

[@ndfan2872]

There is no overstating the greatness of Bo Diddley. Criminally underrated and under appreciated. Guy was amazing.

[@johnnybravo6755]

He was but he was also black so ......... 🤣

[@A_Pa-Plainjane]

Bo Diddley was definitely underrated.

[@dbd1353]

Damn right he was..Saw him in an oldies show many years ago w/Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis..in my mind he blew them all away..

[@A_Pa-Plainjane]

I would certainly liked to have seen that. thanks for the affirmation.

[@sammccue500]

Don Everly's favorite rhythm guitar player.

[@williamredfern5504]

You are right I rate him, I am a ted from the 50s in the UK,,

[@dickbird3862]

Well he certainly was by that audience. Did they know they were watching a genius?

[@jbrockettm]

I saw Bo Diddley in 1982 at the Palladium in NY. He was unannounced in a roster of performers at a benefit for... the Hell's Angels. His performance that evening blew everything else away, especially Jerry Garcia who was the headliner and so wasted by the time he got on stage he could barely move. Bo Diddley played with our heads, moving, shaking, stopping, starting, cracking up, cracking the audience up. Best ever.

[@RyanLBrown9396]

They called him The Originator for a reason

[@nednewh8913]

a three person band and all that sound.

[@ajricherson1099]

4 person technically, but yeah.

[@christopherjames9843]

Yeah, the sound is dense.

[@davidcormack7658]

You mean there's a three person band behind that girl?

[@ediricardodefreitasarneiro2077]

BO DIDDLEY, CHUCK BERRY E LITTLE RICHARD FORMAM, NA MINHA MODESTA OPINIÃO, A VERDADEIRA SANTÍSSIMA TRINDADE DO ROCK AND ROLL!

[@f.d.3289]

Bo Diddley always was something else. His rock, his soul, his funk, they all were always just 100% Bo Diddley doing his thing. Criminally underrated, that guy was one of the greatest ever!

[@chrish9852]

You know, this happens a great deal.... only a few get the fame..... but man there are people like Bo out there that are music incarnated. .. .pure magic. Lots of the 60's bands loved Bo and grabbed at any chance to play with him. . .

[@austinnightingale5134]

The audience seems oblivious to the very birth of rock and roll. No one gets it.

[@georgegardner5065]

Mean time they are there ,AND YOURE NOTTTTTTT

[@pfflam]

It's like he's performing at a funeral, what the hell is wrong with that crowd?!

[@lapsteelguy]

Must have been waiting for the "white" version of the same song.

[@lapsteelguy]

??? I was simply stressing how young white people of that era were regularly exposed to white musician's versions of great black musician's songs long before ever hearing the original. As you may know, Elvis made his name with songs written by Big Boy Crudup, and other black musicians while the original authors were shafted.

[@bluv6]

@garyp4205 But these people still sit there like stiffs at a funeral while Bo rocks the hell out of it. Like they're scared of the black guy and his loud guitar or something. It's a sorry sight to see a great performer working so hard in front of an audience that's giving him nothing back at all. Compare to the video of Bo Diddley at Madison Square Garden in NYC in 1973 where he and the audience feed off each other with tons of energy.

[@tiana1017]

Funny because in actuality it was rude for them to talk amongst eachother and not pay attention to the performer, they were being rude in all sorts of ways if anything, ruder than any american in most concerts. I would gladly take any audience who would be into my music instead of acting like these fools

[@christopherjames9843]

@@bluv6 The intensity on Bo's face palying Bo Diddley itis was incredible.

[@royhaglund1484]

Met Bo at a supper club in ellington ct about 30 years ago, spent 30 minutes in the lounge with him before the show started. we had a table right next to the stage, sang word for word with Bo as he did his act. One of the great moments of my life Miss you Bo

[@jp3923]

What an experience that must have been! I'm now 81 and remember when Bo first burst on the scene. We loved him and still have fond remembrances of his greatness. He is legendary.

[@jeffreywesthoff9245]

I saw Bo perform at a club in the Chicago suburbs in the early '90s. During the opening act, he came out and sat right next to me at the bar. It's about the only time I was too star struck to say hello to a celebrity. I regret not saying anything, but, man, I got to see Bo Diddley in concert. I will always cherish that.

[@mickknox1889]

How could the crowd just sit there? I would have been dancing like a fool

[@krakatoa1200]

At least one guy in the audience was enjoying the music.

[@ERIgou]

Wonderful and powerful song! It poses an important question - about life!

[@38ddkelly]

1:22....dude with the mustache and frizzy hair gets it! He knows he is witnessing a musical legend!

[@HenauderTitzauf]

Looks like the audience is hypnotized by the entertaining they are witnessing. Another great performance by a great entertainer.

[@Crazeyfor67]

They're loving it, but extremely stoned.

[@johnnybravo6755]

​@@Crazeyfor67 yes but who wasn't and who isn't everyone on drugs if not their Karen's 🤣🤣🤣

[@Crazeyfor67]

@@johnnybravo6755 You have a point, but what does if not their Karen's mean???

[@johnnybravo6755]

@@Crazeyfor67 Karen is a future robotic biatches that no one should fear kinda like the Jetsons robot but meaner 🤣🤣

[@zindy29]

I saw him twice play live, he was awesome, a legion of rock and roll.

[@misslantana52]

The audience is way to serene for this performance. This flat out rocks! ♥ WOW ♥

[@flips220]

Way too stoned, you mean.

[@misslantana52]

You might be right about that....

[@lordshiva917]

LSD is a helluva drug! lol

[@HTJB60]

Don't know how old you guy's are B U T the problem was more likely....... A white Audience listening to a black act !

[@thomasbealy533]

the audience seem to be enjoying it to me, just stoned.

[@johnwallen438]

God bless Bo Diddley

[@SciakkaPRODUCTION]

Impossible, because Bo Diddley is god!

[@oldiesrocker56]

im 60 yrs old...I have always loved the beat of Bo Diddley, just learning the guitar....and his chords are the first I wanted to learn, great stuff he had!!@

[@brabham74]

Bo was as bad as it gets. The chick in the red dress is the coolest thing I've ever seen.:))

[@THEMOJOMANsince1959]

Wonder who is and whatever happened to THAT little girl?

[@larryl212]

My fantasy in those days was seeing Lani Hall do a set with BoDiddley. Tamborine and all.

[@Maleficarvm100]

Not sure, but I think that girl is Cornelia Redmond-Chavez. articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-03-12/news/9903120209_1_bo-diddley-michael-redmond-randallstown There's a photo of her on this other link, but I don't think she's Cornelia. I think she is Norma-Jean Wofford. www.discogs.com/artist/567333-Cornelia-Redmond

[@JruHoliday]

... agreed! Her moves are dope as f**k!

[@theliberalthinker3308]

I believe you're right. The description on the article clearly fits her profile.

[@Merukun6]

This is the 1969 performance from the TV variety show “Music Scene.” Most of the crowd considered this tune something old from the Fifties, and not contemporary enough for them. At least that was the vibe from watching the show in its context and the crowd’s muted reaction after the performance. Their loss!

[@ricksalt6860]

Bo wrote the book on how to get the most milage from 1 fucking groove .

[@fatbowe]

..SO DID YO MAMA....

[@ricksalt6860]

billy fatbowe Oh daddy

[@janewhite4486]

Mr D looks healthy, sober and YOUNG in this video! From the look on Bo's face , he wonders who the hell this audience of DULLARDS are ? Next, searchin' for BO Diddley 1973. I saw him three times in Phoenix , between 1982 and 1987 ; he was the Master.

[@dannyweasner5823]

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley is very awesome.......

[@MorseCodeStutters]

Holy shit I love Chuck Berry and he's all I've known for most of my life to be a pioneer of rock n roll, but then I read an article comparing him to Bo Diddley. The influence Bo had on rock feels more appartent in terms of the heaviness rock has to this day. Bet back the deep ass palm muted chuggy riffs were so unheard of. I hope Bo is just as celebrated as Chuck as they represent two sides of what makes rock awesome these days. Chuck brings in memorable melody and Bo brings in the percussive rhythms.

[@Guy.WhoAsked]

Reading first sentences made me think to thought this was chuck berry

[@rufuspennypacker1893]

love it there to make a statement not just cash a check great energy

[@chrish9852]

I got to see Bo Diddley live in a super small venue called the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach CA (aka surf city--yeah!) and man was he KILLER! Probably about 30 people at tables and Bo blowing the house down. . .must have been about 1969 or 1970. Bo kicks butt!

[@Crashoverall]

i really thank old school youtbers for this kind of video. i still like youtube, but the community used to be a lot better

[@zebravox]

Classic - Music from the Glory Days - The sound of Bo's guitar is so beautiful and that lady tambourine player is a supercool mover - Nice

[@THEMOJOMANsince1959]

Wonder who is and whatever happened to THAT little girl?

[@zebravox]

Betty Boo ?

[@ehcatsfaneric2211]

hippy dope addicts deadhead deadbeats.....BO ROCKS

[@sphinxrising6563]

If you can sit still to this, your heart ain't beating.

[@randybeard6040]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe--God-mother of the Blues and Rock and Roll had a Great Influence on Bo Diddley, Elvis, Johnny Cash and Many other Musical Stars of the 50's and 60's---Look her Up--the First Black Women to Play an Electric Guitar with Passion...

[@goodun6081]

randy beard I have seen KZbin video of sister Rosetta Tharpe playing on a railroad station platform in England somewhere, to a bunch of kids on bleachers across the tracks from her. And you are right, in this video that lady is seriously rocking it!

[@41hijinx22]

This was the psychedelic era and the audience members could not understand what Bo was about. Anyway, the young lady in the middle with the astronaut wife helmet hair is hot!

[@tompaul2591]

41 Hi Jinx yes she was hot. And she did it without tatoos!

[@michaelmakes4883]

Cookie Vee?

[@williambtm1]

Bo Diddly was a legendary shaker and a mover.

[@Cheeso888]

One groovy dude in the whole crowd who's tuned in to what amazingness they're witnessing.

[@georgegardner5065]

Saw him once, I 'AM SOOO GLAD ! It was moving .

[@rosemaryjonston8529]

Little hard to sit still with this song.. not sure about that audience!!!!!😆😆💕💕

[@SunnyIlha]

They wannid to. But the College administration wuz gonna scold them all if they'all got up & turned da place out. 😁

[@fatbowe]

A short Red 💃and a Tambourine 🤩

[@charliedellacalce1734]

saw him at the tip top in Inglewood cali 67 he killed it one of the best shows ever

[@schlomovandyke7495]

Ba Ba Da Ba Ram Pam Dam! YES YES YES!!! Phantastic Music!!! :-)

[@drapedaddy]

Awesome clip. Surprised to see him without his iconic 'Gunslinger' hat at this point in time, but I guess he hadn't started wearing it yet (in the later years he was rarely seen without it).

[@peterhaynes8258]

Great Artist, Great Era, Rock n Roll will live on.

[@Darla.jane.e]

Thank you for the dance , Bo.

[@miltonkanfer4229]

The audience is so lame except for one guy. You would think they were listening to a sermon not the work of a musical genius!

[@aaronsher328]

Hypnotic

[@sheridanski]

I am becoming obsessed by this video.

[@brandonhendrixson2372]

Awesome

[@ronaldjames6067]

Wonderful ! Thanks for putting this on here, Andre.

[@joedavis4150]

... :-)... In its best drum circles, the rainbow family of living light starts out with the Bo Diddley beat. Magical things can happen.

[@frank87698]

Super !!! Music of my parents and my early years .

[@marcydenville1756]

great

[@XXplaythegamesXX]

the girls movements,are absolutely big stuff.such smooth,and fitting steps.just great. i dance the same way,on bo diddleys music.

[@bikerfxds]

Cornelia Redmond toured with Bo for 30 yrs...tragically died of cancer in 1999

[@stephaniebaldwin7645]

I like the sideways moon-walking steps :)

[@calnonhardy4002]

The "Cat's Cradle" in the Haight Asbury / San Francisco. Bo with Lady Bo. They completely rocked the joint. Mid 70's.

[@trevormitchell8388]

Great to see Cornelia Redmond dancing so nimbly to this, holding the tambourine. It would have been nice to see her more close-up.

[@joegongora2200]

He really knocked it out of the ballpark.

[@harveymushman2219]

Audience suffering the effects of Pot...lol...

[@BreakTheStereoRadio]

How is the audience not totally blowin up?!...this is nuts!

[@davidcormack7658]

Let us also give a shout out to the lovely young woman in the performance. Is she still alive and well? I hope so.

[@mickthompson584]

The Rolling Stones took Bo Didleys music onto the future.

[@Exakta66]

Great stuff...I did get to see him live in '82 at some club in NYC...the opening act was 24 Karat Soul, and Bo played for about 45 minutes...don't remember much more at the moment...

[@rogeralsop3479]

Excellent!

[@fritshits65]

MAGNIFICENT footage....and rare too ...the One and Only King of the `Bo`Riff!!!!....thnx so much for posting!!

[@Falwiz]

Seen Bo play live 4 times in Ottawa in small venues

[@Hearty82726]

They shouldnt let crowd sit, its a dance party for god sake

[@fooser1]

I wonder if this entire show exists anywhere?

[@oysterlady]

So good love this

[@semperfidelis1550]

He crushing that beat!…🔥🔥🔥

[@lovemycornyrex]

this is good...

[@drstevie]

Fab filmage.

[@janathmer2587]

GREAT!

[@jimmymcc1941]

Pure talent

[@williamredfern3232]

Is it rock, n, roll is it jungle music ? I dont care its beat is great , why is he not more popular,,,,,,,,

[@joes369]

that's an old Mississippi beat

[@peteking4331]

I didn't know they gave valium to the audiences back then.

[@photoslum]

BADASS!!!!!!

[@ward9457]

. Great, he & Chuck Berry fathered "The Rolling Stones" and "The Who".. .

[@Romanian-gy1sc]

Great Music 🤘🏻😎

[@LULUBELLEIII]

Fantastic footage!

[@grindfreakmike5754]

always loved his guitar sound, at :54 and 1:28 into the tune is the best. Id say the start of bigger and better to come

[@seeaclip]

This can't be from 1970. Take a look at him in the 1969 Live Peace in Toronto concert and he looks much older. There appears to be exactly one dude who is in to this...the only enlightened one in the group. If you really want to see a version of this song that will make your eyes tear up because you weren't there...search Bo Diddley 1973.

[@abeb63]

Bo Diddley is the real King !

[@detlefzimmer3956]

That`s life !

[@terrya.1066]

Good stuff man

[@isaybub]

Wow. The crowd of zombies just didn't get it. LOL.

[@devastator226]

This is so bad ass !!!

[@LeonAllanDavis]

Everybody is stoned on dope. Just sitting there looking at all the pretty colors.

[@fosterglantz6682]

r.i.p bo

[@vincentdeluca5065]

Who is that woman dancing....damnnnnnnnn

[@danthedewman1]

Is that Cornelia Redmond??

[@RyanLBrown9396]

That beat is vicious

[@Cheeso888]

2:12-2:14 The sound overloads, gloriously.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

We were never innocent!

[@robertyoung5061]

The damn best!

[@lawrencescott2824]

House Rockin', who do you love?

[@SunnyIlha]

She be shakin dat tambourine. She be steppin to da riddim and shimmyin her hips like dat I know y'all's know what ahm talkin 'bout.

[@peterbliek8614]

Hey Hey Hey Bo with the Duchess gurantees a good time

[@theatomicclap5328]

Sunny Island hell ya I'm with ya sunny😍

[@martysquire1054]

love you kid. stay angry.

[@fatbelly27]

Bo was at his best with a small group and a good looking female vocalist/guitarist

[@johndavies1506]

Do we have a name for her?

[@fatbelly27]

@@johndavies1506 I believe that was Cornelia Redmond, also known as Cookie V

[@johndavies1506]

@@fatbelly27 Thank you.

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

Fuckin Europe! Badass Yank shredding it and no one dancing

[@davidcormack7658]

Most of the audience looked spaced out on whatever illegal substances they had ingested. Their loss. An amazing performance.

[@danielbloomer1095]

Don't look so excited kids

[@aristilus27]

I love Cornelia Redmond ❤