BO DIDDLEY never before seen footage!! Diddley Daddy

I shot this footage of Bo doing Diddley Daddy in a small club. This is a different version that you've ever heard before. It is live, raw and unedited. Check out the guitar playing about 3:20 in. Bo was in a good mood and just playing around.

[@malinko69]

Mid 80s. We stumbled Into a bar in Chicago. Sat down ordered beers , sitting next to me was Bo. Had a few the he took the stage. 50-60 people in this dive bar , at the most. Probably one of my finer RnR memories

[@deweygill1973]

In 1961 my parents moved into a new home. In the basement was a small stack of 45’s left behind from the previous owners. One was “Hey! Bo Diddley.” I was 6, the record changed my life. Still have it.

[@landguy7108]

My wife and I were sitting fifteen feet to the right. We were in the basement of Beauregards in Cincinnati Ohio. His back up band , some local guys, had a very difficult time picking up the Afro Cuban rhythms. He actually took over the drums and put the syncopation into their head. It was hot and smoky very crowded down there. The room what was what amounted to a big basement with a wide stairway, It was like an old department store with low ceilings or something that was turned into a night club. it was scary down there because it has the makings of a big firetrap. .After an hour the sidemen finally got the hang of it and filled the background with field hollers and instrumental echos to Bo's phrasing and it turned out to be a one in a lifetime kickass show. Unforgetable.!

[@eldeeves]

Great hearing your first hand account!

[@steveeaton9126]

Wow! That's a great experience to hear about!

[@stewartfenton7660]

You were so lucky to be there. Those sidemen won't ever forget that they played with the great Bo and got the hang of it, too.

[@D-Fens_1632]

Lucky! What was the date of this performance?

[@TheeMikeForce]

So did you guys get home and smash, or what?

[@haroldsnellen7212]

Bo was a friend of mine in G'ville. FL. An amazing artist as this jam shows. I saw him take command of stages several times. "Walks like Bo Diddley and don't need no crutch" Bob Dylan

[@gabrieln3613]

My band opened for Bo on New Year's Eve 2002/'03 with about 900 people in the place.....then Bo came on and we backed him up for about a 2 hour show doing all his hits. Bo even did the emcee work to bring in the New Year at midnight. I have it on 2 CDs. I am a 48 year pro harmonica player and many of his early songs had harp. I got him the Roland 100 watt amp with 2 12" speakers he requested and he had what sounds like the same type effects box set up with his guitar. He did many extended solos that were cosmic like this one! After the show I have a really nice one-on-one conversation with him back stage. We talked about royalties him and others did NOT get paid. The beginnings or Rock-n-Roll- he cited Little Richard, Chuck Berry and himself as really kicking it off. He also had a wood shop at his home in Florida and enjoyed building these box guitars himself. He was kind, polite, and overall a gentle soul. ....and super fun to perform with. We had no rehearsal, met him right as we went on stage......you are expected to know all his tunes...and we did!

[@TheJallan19]

Sorry for the delayed response. I stumbled across this tonight, 15 years later. This really stands up to the test of time. Thank you for sharing. ❤

[@themagstetrcat]

I love this man in whatever mood he's in.

[@bettymadigan9355]

8th mi

[@christopherjames9843]

Only Bo can do metal, surf and rockabilly seamlessly like this.

[@martinhayman532]

That's good, I like that!

[@vernwallen4246]

I first saw BO in 1956 when i was 15yrs.never forgot it.

[@clive.winfield]

That makes you 80 then !! Hope your still with us ! I'm 63 and haven't heard a better performer yet. Long live black people !!!

[@seanmeisner3190]

There was only one Bo Diddley. I saw him at a club when I was 19, and he signed my album after. I was totally starstruck,, but he was nice and put me at ease. I think he was a bit amused that a dorky white kid was so in awe of him.

[@ariocarpusretusus6758]

This was nine minutes of my life that I enjoy listening to Mr Diddley on guitar.I wish I was there.

[@RickenbackerBassman]

Such a cool groove from a cool dude. Everytime I watch this clip it seems better than the time before.

[@BackToTheBlues]

That's lovely, the riffs, the harmonics, the groove, all of it!

[@neilrichardkelly]

i was lucky enough to play bass with bo on an aussie tour when I was a young fella, his ability to groove like this (great live footage, thanks!) set me on my life's journey....

[@christopherwood2290]

Neil Kelley, what was Bo like?

[@birdonthehorizon]

@@christopherwood2290 I met him once at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco in 1967. Very pleasant man. Someone I know spent some time with him in Chicago in the 60s and had nothing but good to report.

[@gabrieln3613]

​@@christopherwood2290 I am leaving longer comment but, when I played with Bo and chatted with him back stage, etc. he was super nice, polite, mellow and overall engaging and great to talk and share with.

[@acornslim1788]

I owe the uploader / filmer a beer or 10 for how many times I've watched this video.

[@FamousOriginalSlim]

I'm back

[@jehugo66]

Bo Diddley's guitar takes me on a journey every time 👍🏿

[@2098elk]

Great! Love it. Another artist who was not appreciated during his career.

[@1montkosh]

What a wonderful creation this universe that could produce this.

[@OBDPVCR]

This is unbelievable!!!!! Look how far ahead he still is/was!! I've never heard sounds like that out of a guitar!! thx for posting!!

[@guyreadman]

The genius that he hid from us mortals. What an artist. If I could come a fraction close to the GOD that is Bo Diddley I would be happy.....

[@1blastman]

If there's a Bo Diddley museum, this belongs in it. You should post the entire set.

[@hollyivins6190]

Yes bo has a museum in Gainesville Florida if im not mistaken

[@williamofpenge3830]

thanks for posting this. it's bloody fantastic!

[@brujaderio]

Thanks for posting this. He had a unique style of playing guitar and sing. What a cool guitar.

[@bagelforscale3306]

Ya ---- this is Bo------ thanks for posting some of the best in music history

[@jeffreybiscoe6]

Bo's sound live is much more raw than in studio ..I seen him live once and I've never heard a better version if roadrunner by him or anyone. I feel that same vibe here too 'it's a live thing'.

[@nettaglaser546]

This sound touches my soul, thank you!

[@elstongunn1385]

This rare footage is a treasure, Bo is doing a rhythmic pattern using Harmonics, awesome stuff! :)

[@ThomasDeLello]

"Elston Gunn"...is one of Robert Zimmerman's alias'. In fact, "Alias" is one of his alias' too...

[@roybean7166]

​@@ThomasDeLello serious ?

[@Vinylhead66BlogspotDe]

Super guitar ! with vibrato, chorus and delay included in the guitars body !

[@BadAzIWunnaBe]

That’s gotta be some of the best guitar playing I’ve ever heard in my life, I miss me summa that BO DIDDLEY!! Can I get an AMEN????

[@KungFuHonky]

I saw this guy right about the time this footage was probably taken. I've never seen anyone mesmerize the crowd like this guy did. I've never heard a better guitar player.

[@MrAFLANDERS]

Grooooooove on Bo! That sound is still out there in the universe..just moving in the groove that Bo cut for it.

[@valball5601]

one of the best. no one else had that unique sound. truly a nice man. RI P

[@perarvesen3986]

This is the real thing of everything in music.I have never ever heard Bo like this,but I knew that he could play the Axe !!! THANKS A MILLION TIMES TO FRED!!!😁😁😁

[@joehernandez3163]

No one else had his sound ! I always felt that he was greatly underrated , but not in my book !

[@chrisnewman299]

Agree totally Joe. Chris Newman UK - Massive Diddley fan.

[@lonewolfwfk]

One of the greatest to ever live! May he rest in peace. Gonna miss him! Dude, you definately have a treasure here. Thanks for sharing!

[@nubbins40]

Thank you for filming his hands! All the live footage available rarely focus on his magical hands-his masterful guitar playing. You captured him making his guitar talk.

[@robertkane8745]

Bo was BADD,Reminds of times I saw him in intimate settings like this small club. Remembering a time in 1962 at a fraternity party in the basement.He worked OUT.I will never forget it.

[@petermccaffrey806]

Bo Diddley's guitar playing was much more complex than most people imagined. This is fantastic.

[@stanleyellis7837]

Gob smacking brilliant........jeez.this is wonderful

[@sunnycheba]

I love hendrix and all that hey joe. But. Bo Diddley rules.

[@jenniferjuniper97]

I saw him play the Sacramento Blues Festival in 1980. Surprisingly small but enthusiastic crowd. Love his guitar.

[@richardhyde5997]

Bo is certainly one of a kind. Love it!

[@deaddog5344]

Great licks by the Originator. Heavy Metal Befor Heavy Metal.

[@needsaride15126]

WOW. Thank you for sharing this great footage. That man was a talented genius.

[@grndiesel]

The intro almost reminds me of Johny Cash's style.... And then he blows the roof off! But the rythm, beat, and melody all work even though there is so much variety in this one single jam.

[@kpcolman]

great video----Bo, Chuck and Elvis form the holy trinity of rock n roll !!!

[@jaxj3626]

Thanks for sharing.

[@xijack]

i never heard him using these effects before cool vid

[@jehugo66]

Bo knew how to play around with that axe!

[@tee-Long4018]

All of Chicago knew about him being my grandpa the real blood and I now know where I get my talent from! Yes, they told me and just knowing was like winning the lottery. I am so proud of him having so much courage to do this with all the fans this man had wow huge. The Beatles, Marvin Gaye songs for him and his beats.

[@chrisnewman44]

Brilliant & Stinging experimental "Live" version of one of Bo's famous anthems & probably Thee best version of all - even minus the likes of the Moonglows (backing vocals)or the fantastic Little Walter(on the harp from hell). Or alternatively the jamming right in there confrontational version with Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf. This latter one, like this one here, features a great reverberating guitar. However this You Tubed version is edgier, more raw, having also a sparkling metallic sound. Still including though, toward the finish, the wah-styled sound built into his guitar. Bo also used this particular daddy-lick on one or two other superb trax such as "Let Me Pass" . The Stones also of course break into the riff during"19th Nervous Breakdown". Thank you so much for posting. Yours in Rocking Blues:- Chris Newman. P.S. All you Diddlers out there, also check-out if you haven't already - The"Live" Hey Bo Diddley(Bo Diddley-itis) film clip from "Let The Good Times Roll" That too has the sort of magnetic & unique hypnotic power Bo Diddley had - when taking care of business.

[@luigidimarco629]

Fantastic what a sound like Bo Diddley can do lv it thanks!! 9/14/16

[@A_Pa-Plainjane]

you done good, fredvs, thank you for this up close and personal look at one super fine human, the one and only Bo Diddiley.

[@klmullins65]

Sounds great! I'm surprised you were able to videotape him... I saw him twice in his later years, and both times he told the audience, after the first song, that all video cameras and recording devices had to be turned off, saying he'd given us "one free one". One concert, he threatened to hurt one guy who kept filming, and said he could see the red "recording" light on! But the guy must've turned it off, because he kept playing, and was fantastic! Bo had been ripped off by the music industry so much, he wasn't going to stand for being bootlegged.

[@charlesbireland1780]

I have heard a song done by someone titled "PAY BO DIDDLEY."

[@klokjerond1967]

Eternal thanks for sharing these unique recordings!!!WOW!!!

[@rockingronniewalker1870]

This is stupendous!!.

[@dianestrauss9699]

This is amazing, thank you for recording and posting. Bo was a gem.

[@Nucc3]

The King of the Beat

[@pinglauwa]

His generation (later generations as well) of rock is all about rocking out, like Cream for example they would just go off in the middle of a song and just play for 10 minutes and then finish of the song. And that's awesome!

[@fknows1]

loved it thanks for putting this on you tube

[@douglasjackson5007]

I loved watching his hands and the use of harmonics. I've never seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing this with the world.

[@nicksavage4763]

Once Into His Groove🎶 BO’s Guitar🎸Alone was like the Most Massive Steam Locomotive 🚂 Ever Made Flying down the Rails Shaking Every Atom of Reality into the Sounds of 🇺🇸Freedom🇺🇸. CLEAR THE TRACKS ITS BO

[@treerat1627]

Now this is real music. This version is much, much better than the original. Shows you Bo knew how to play and knew how to jam. Thank you so much for posting this. I really enjoyed it.

[@janecarbone1504]

I last saw Bo Diddley in 2005 up in the park in Poughkeepsie New York he changed one of the songs to turn it into the price of gas that year which was sky high almost $4 a gallon. There were no more than 300 people in the crowd and I was right there in front of the stage with two little girls teaching them how to dance I never had so much fun

[@MsOldGregg]

I have not heard this song before. Love it !

[@LJCloves]

Wow! Thank you : )

[@URUnique2day]

Thank you for sharing the video

[@Windvaleblue1]

OH BO Diddley !! damn he's GOOD !! :O

[@tommydeamon7657]

Wow just listen to master didley do his thing to say one of the greatest is such a understatement wow brother thank you for this ,youve made today tottaly kick ass thank you for sharing this beautiful performance

[@elbertderf803]

thank you much..heaven

[@colinperkin8142]

Absolutely Brilliant No More Needs To Be Said.

[@freedomworks3976]

amazing

[@chrisnewman299]

Wonderful raw inventive & unsurpassed version of an early Diddley classic. Utterly unique artist, nobody like Him. I'm a massive fan - always have been & will be. Soulful vocal power & Amazing innovative Guitarist who plays rhythm/lead with shuddering tremelo/reverb, and a welter of other effects thru the years. These actually built into an army of different shaped guitars. Saw him in Bournemouth UK in 78. He was in beguiling form and blew the place apart. Audience did not want Bo to leave the stage. Love, peace & rockin' blues. Bo fan Chris Newman , Southampton, England.

[@ivanolsen8596]

10 against! Christ, there is no pleasing some people.

[@lukehauser1182]

That's just ten more "likes" with bad aim

[@m_recordz]

They aren't people.

[@ivanolsen8596]

@@lukehauser1182 Wouldnt want to stand next to them in the urinal.

[@mario7frankielee]

you tube is better than any university with stuff like this🎉 thanks for recording &uploading

[@dreamwell2020]

His graceful dismount from this fine performance is his most eloquent statement I've seen of the premise underlying his work - "Less is more."

[@abeb63]

quand les yeux se ferment, la soirée qui se termine et l'aube approche, papa diddley est là pour vous faire faire de bo rêves!!!

[@jefferyalbergo]

thank you very much. jeffery

[@stevenmederi4266]

With out a doubt the greatest guitar player in the world , had the pleasure to watch Bo live in Melbourne Australia a long time ago unforgettable

[@lynnbarron1]

Got a chance to see Bo in Tahoe when he was 78. The Fabulous Thunderbirds opened for him. My Dad and 3 of his friends in their 70's tagged along, all of us LOVED the show!

[@jbowman2]

WOW. Incredible! Bo will live on in our hearts FOREVER. Anyone know if there is a professional recording of Bo sounding like this anywhere?

[@ianthomsonnewman4048]

Ese gallo fue increíble. Entre los mejores LP de todos los tiempos fue su "Go" Logré verle tocar, en Manchester, alrededor de 1965, y Sydney, en más o menos 1972. Gracias por el clip.

[@andrewfenno8107]

This is incredible !!

[@blueasblueis]

Thank you, Fred!!!!

[@michaelquinlan1168]

Thank you ever so much fredvs for posting this video.I've never seen it before---just GREAT!!!!!!!!! I've been a Bo Diddley fan since 1957 when I bought his first LP[for those in the age of high tech .. and digital formats, an LP was a 33 and a third long playing vinyel record]. Well recorded,fredvs----thanks a million

[@dkorwan]

Thanked you for this some years ago. Thanks again. I saw this version of Bo a couple of times in the 80's and they're still some of my favorite memories of live music. He would show up in town and play with a local band- for me this happened in Rochester, NY and Roanoke, VA...I mean how ridiculously cool is that. I wish I could find more of his stuff from this period.

[@iblackbeard]

I don't think I have heard anything like this WOW AWESOME!

[@Chromepink]

This is a great, great piece of film. Fantastic. Like all your stuff on youtube. Thank God for those like you who grab bits a history for the rest of us. Never saw BD live but regard him as the great 'Source' for most else since. Thanks.

[@Latashalong2]

Grand-Pa doing his thang'....Amazing and I dig it! Your my mother Atonya Rose twin!!!

[@shellovski]

Wow! how good is that? !!! Thanks for sharing.

[@cynthiacupler8005]

Bo Diddley, good performer,Miss Him.R I p

[@jbudgie]

Great.

[@grahamnichols5506]

Bo is one of my all-time favorites. This is a fabulous find for me. thanks for posting it

[@MSYNGWIE12]

THANK YOU, THIS IS PURE GOLD! Namaste from Canada ( saw Bo long ago in Montreal) WOW! I got Interrupted before- incredible! Not a musician so I can't describe "properly", don't know about tuning etc, all I know is I LOVE BO'S MUSIC, HIS PERSONA, THE HAND JIVE RHYTHM...SO ENERGIZING...Hey Bo Diddley...I use a cobra snake for a necktie....take a little walk with me, tell me, who do you love...

[@phillott4181]

you guys know I love my Bo....he was a treasure...

[@dougallsdiscs]

This is STUPENDOUS.....thank you for posting it,I can listen to it now....whenever I want to...slainte...

[@VanceMacdonald]

This is fantastic. A different side of Bo.

[@burkie9970]

The soundboard guy changed settings at 1:15 from good to bad. Too bad! But, even bad sound cannot kill good music.

[@ThomasDeLello]

Bo Diddley did a show at Ron Wood's club called "Woody's" in South Miami Beach in the 1990's. I was there. My friend Grahm Drout's band "Iko Iko" backed him with Ron Wood on stage too. I saw television monitors in the club focused on the stage at high levels so I must also assume that this video must have been recorded on tape. But I have yet to find it on KZbin. Somebody is selfishly sitting on that video. It will be very excellent stuff if it ever surfaces.

[@blueasblueis]

Much credit to the band here! Keeping the focus on Bo while still showing chops.

[@freedomworks3976]

Damn that’s good stuff