The Story of BO DIDDLEY - Eric Burdon & The Animals (incl. lyrics)

Rock´n Roll history lesson: A virtual concert....some vid material I cut together over the audio, to visualize this great song, rather than just posting some still pics...
Now listen here to the story of Bo Diddley
And the Rock n Roll scene in general
Bo Diddley was born Ellas McDaniel
In a place called McComb, Missississipi about 1926
He moved to Chicago about 1938
Where his name was eventually changed to Bo Diddley
He practiced the guitar everyday and sometimes into the night
Till his papa's hair began to turn white
His Pa said "Son, listen hear, I know
You can stay, but ..ah...that guitar has just got to go"
So he pulled his hat down over his eyes
Headed on out for them Western Skies
I think Bob Dylan said that
He hit New York City
He began to play at the Apollo in Harlem
Good scene there everybody raving
One day, one night, came a Cadillac, four head lights
Came a man with a big, long, fat cigar said,
"C'mere son, I'm gonna make you a star"
Bo Diddley said, "Uh..whats in it for me?"
Man said, "Shut your mouth son,
play your guitar and you just wait and see"
Well, that boy made it, he made it real big
And so did the rest of the rock n roll scene along with him
And a white guy named Johnny Otis took Bo Diddleys rhythm
He changed it into hand-jive and it went like this
In a little old country town one day
A little old country band began to play
Had two guitars and a beat up saxophone
When the drummer said, boy, those cats begin to roam
Oh baby oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll
Ya hear me oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll
Then in the U.S. music scene there was big changes made
Due to circumstances beyond our control such as payola
The rock n roll scene died after two years of solid rock
You got discs like, ah...
Take good care of my baby
Please don't ever make her blue and so forth
About, ah, one year later in a place called Liverpool in England
Four young lads with mop haircuts began to sing stuff like, ah...
It's been a hard days night and I've been working like a dog and so on
In a place called Richmond in Surrey, whay down in the deep south
They got guys with long hair down their back singing
I wanna be your lover baby I wanna be your man yeah and all that jazz
Now we been doing this number of Bo Diddley for quite some time now
Bo Diddley visited this country last year
We were playing at the Club A Gogo in Newcastle, our home town
And the doors opened one night and to our surprise
Walked in the man himself, Bo Diddley
Along with him was Jerome Green, his maraca man,
And the Duchess, his gorgeous sister
And a we were doing this number
Along with them came the Rolling Stones, the Mersey Beats,
They're all standing around diggin' it
And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'
He turned around to Jerone Green
And he said, "Hey, Jerome? What do you think these guys
Doin' our..our material?"
Jerome said, "Uh, where's the bar, man? Please show me to the bar..."
He turned around the Duchess
And he said, "Hey Duch...what do you think of these young guys
Doin' our material?"
She said, "I don't know. I only came across here
To see the changin' of the guards and all that jazz."
Well, Bo Diddley looked up at me and he said,
With half closed eyes and a smile,
He said "Man," took off his glasses,
He said, "Man, that show is the biggest load of rubbish
I ever heard in my life..."
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Oh Biddley
Yeah Bo Diddley

[@samvandam1766]

Burdons's a true genius and a true rock star.

[@ritahall2378]

Love this so much Eric and Bo Diddley 🌹

[@12whitneym]

I seriously can't get enough of this jam.

[@MD-rd7bn]

Bo’s

[@ritahall2378]

Best tributes of BD and history of R n’ R ever

[@sheripeters365]

ERIC BURDON GREATEST WHITE MAN BLUES SINGER EVER PERIOD. Bo Diddly was one of his idols. In his book he talked a lot about sneaking away to the Apollo Theater in Harlem✌️

[@caseyjones9359]

Greg Allman's not too shabby either. As far as white guys go.

[@hannesstuber222]

@@caseyjones9359 dontcha forget Chris Farlowe.

[@patriciaalice8585]

I really get a kick out of this every time I hear it. LOVE the Animals, always have, and I agree with the last comment that they were way more talented that the rest in the 60s (aka the overplayed Beatles).

[@EchoesonMars]

Beatles are by no means untalented

[@SEGAClownboss]

I took this as a general celebration of all rock, from the US to the entire British invasion scene, because the stunning truth is: It's ALL good.

[@chriswarwin7117]

No need to dis the Fab Four -- there's room for all. One of the great things about 60s music is the wide variety of influences and styles -- the huge burst of talent that came flood from all over the place.

[@taylordw]

On the same album is Burdon’s excellent cover of “bring it on home to me”

[@curandero88]

My god. I'm reminded of the real contributions to culture, courtesy Eric Burdon. AWESOME.

[@billwalthier7481]

My new favorite Animals song!!

[@gino6394]

THANK YOU ERIC AND THE ANIMAL'S FOR THE GREAT MUSIC, AND BO

[@azkin13]

The Animals were ahead of their time...saw them at the ClubAgoGo a couple of times...

[@user-ub2bl5np1z]

being 26 years old driving a fairlane, blasting this song and acting a fucking fool.. man I loved the 60s!

[@benmcdonnell4167]

Animals were the most musically talented of all the UK 60s bands

[@jeffreybarkin3177]

THE ANIMALS and ERIC BURDON touring Solo with these AWESOME Musicians (Mostly known as WAR) is an Experience NOT to be Missed, as ERIC still sounds GR8 and the Musicianship is STELLAR... They have SO MANY CLASSICS that you'll Remember! Hope that They Tour SOON Again? TRULY! ❤ 😂 ❤

[@evabrodin3555]

Noone sings like Eric Burdon!!!!!!!

[@MuratAtici.RocknRoll]

Me

[@fw190bk1]

Thank You! Well done! Eric Burdon. Great Blues Voice. Great song. "Where's the Bar Man? Please show me to the Bar." Ha!

[@hawkman4828]

Diggin that organ player!!!

[@andyrendell7430]

Yep,Alan Price. Didn't like to fly so stayed and did his own stuff for n UK, House that Jack Built rtc.

[@pitchmanrobert3272]

Love this song

[@rayray-go1ok]

Bo diddley stopped by the shop I had in Hollywood California. Show cars and hung out for a hour are two never forget that

[@steveharris5008]

This song is right there with the ... rising sun... Great video

[@andyrendell7430]

"Shut yo mouth son an play yo geetar"-brilliant images cut with it, thanks,we used to bop around to this and love its sentiments and self depreciating humour, fantastic playing by Alan and the rest, very Brit somehow.

[@Puppenspieler100]

Das ist Musikgeschichte! Fantastisch!

[@stefanolarotonda7930]

He answered:Where’s the bar men,pls show me to the baaar,it’s in my mind since 40 years 👏

[@reneer3197]

Rootheart, thank you sooooo much for posting this incredible performance by the one and only, Eric Burdon. Your visuals are gr8! Wow. This is a treasure.

[@Slinkygal]

Best video compilation ever! Eric 💜really great too.

[@Insanesince13]

2:11 "a beat up sax-o-phone" I LOVE the way he sings that!!!

[@mutterschied]

Thanks, man! A whole damn truckload of thanks by so fine vidwork. Eric Burdon was a privileged voice stud for ever... It was a matter of time join the Animals for perform so bright rock gems!

[@alancito97173]

Very visually compelling choreography to accompany a great song. Thanks for the great work!

[@sheripeters365]

THIS IS G O L D🎵🎶👏👏👏✌️

[@danieladorazio5737]

Strepitoso Eric Burdon Forever ♥🎤🎶 !

[@hallamhal]

"It's been a haaaaard daaaaaays night... and so on" XD

[@tigershuffle1]

thank you .......and ta for Jools Holland for pointing me this way .. Eric Burdon legend

[@Puppenspieler100]

Besser kann man Ellas nicht würdigen! Den Song habe ich noch auf LP! SUPER!!!

[@lk4605]

what a great song..so well sang..!.a true love of Music..

[@stephanieatkins3825]

Oh what I wouldn't give it to have a grown up in the sixties and late 7&s 😍😍😍

[@capi1lope]

My son was born on Bo Diddley's birthday, 30 Dec. With this song and that information, you now know Diddley.

[@electrotrancemaker]

Great ! Thankx for posting. Bo was sometimes credited with creating this "Cuban Clave" rhythm but in fact it existed before he used it.

[@kidcalabria]

This is great, you've done a terrific job... thanks for making and posting this!

[@Insanesince13]

This is brilliant, I love it :)

[@jorgeluisgarcia6903]

Bien. Burdon y su banda ...

[@bau6078]

Nice story man thru story❤❤❤

[@melodybee2660]

I love this song

[@lametterey]

One of my favorite Animal tunes. Serious fun.

[@BaronTurco]

Great song and thanks for posting it.

[@MeanMrMustrd]

What a cool song/story

[@alanlane3670]

From their first LP.....1964....

[@bobdylanjager7377]

Lo mejor de lo mejor.

[@wernerbluhm2996]

Ich liebe diesen Song von Beginn an!!! Habe ich noch auf LP und CD! Eric singt spitzenmäßig!

[@namhsur]

Drummer kept beat, perfect

[@fw190bk1]

Great Song! "Where's the bar man, please show me to the bar". Gotta lovit.

[@Fantasticifaction]

One day God will come down and resurrect The Animals, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Queen and they well jam the earth until we all died out of epic euphoria.

[@michaelserrurier9392]

Fuck the others. Animals were far better than those other shit groups.

[@jimmysevendy1674]

+Michael Serrurier good call dude. Burdon was way better and way more classy then those assholes jagger Richards and Lennon.fuck them!

[@greatestmusiclive6175]

Jimmy sevendy Music isn't a competition. I prefer listening to EB and the animals, but im not saying the others are shit.

[@melodybee2660]

Add the who to that list

[@cutsrosescents4950]

lucky to see Bo Diddly open for Johnny Winter

[@adolfothemidget]

FYI, Bo Diddley was born in McComb, Mississippi, not McComp as shown early in this video.

[@bau6078]

Gold

[@drunkenplumber15]

GREAT JOB W/ SOUND/ IMAGES/ PLACEMENT! PROPER!

[@kennatiousc]

brilliant

[@scimsth]

Great story and lost art. Heyyyyyyyyyyy Bo Diddley!!!

[@pibetry]

So was EVERYTHING the Animals did fucking gold??

[@catherinerumsey2857]

datshitgray Yes

[@michaelserrurier9392]

Damn right.

[@palomacarmonaelizalde275]

Ha llovido . Pero lo bueno ... siempre será bueno !!!.

[@fido123456789fido]

thank you very much for posting! great music!

[@sergiogm2308]

Fantastica...gran trabajo.

[@yambag155]

Sounds like pee wee herman when he says " thats the biggest load of rubbish i ever heard." Awesome.

[@patriciaalice8585]

might be where pee wee got the phrase

[@bruceanderson5538]

Gr't fff'n story! Tells us how the Brits gave greatness back to rockin' music. Unfortunately we've returned to the dire straits of American Bandstand, courtesy of The Voice and American Idol: shameless crap.

[@someguywitharover4673]

Don’t worry there will be another county saving us from crappy music one day

[@Puppenspieler100]

Ein wirklich beeindruckendes Video! Fantastisch!

[@wcorowitz]

This is one of the tightest rhythms that came out of Brit Rock!!!

[@cicranelnaz]

How did this rythm came from brit rock? It's Bo Diddleys rythm

[@wcorowitz]

@@cicranelnaz I need to edit for clarification.

[@tapochau]

I'm floored, thank u!

[@shemanic1]

LOVEIT CHEERS!

[@fredwallin815]

This video is fantastic

[@mutterschied]

Here's an authentic videoartwork. My hat's off, Rootheart. Burdon's other higher level than the usual limey stuff today's used to call music.

[@HTJB60]

Well Thank you very much for the song and especially the Video.. A very entertaining watch. THANK YOU "ROOTHEART".....

[@bkjbs762]

nice vid, fits the song. Well done!

[@all4musica]

tooo cool..........................

[@ANDWELK27]

That's just EPIC.

[@shaneh1983]

great song

[@Puppenspieler100]

Ein Knaller!

[@gwcebc]

FIRE FIRE FIRE HOT HOT HOT

[@lowlypeasant]

Brilliant video!

[@Sueski2]

FUN!! Thanks for posting!

[@palomacarmonaelizalde275]

Que buena. Música ....

[@joelperronful]

OH WOW TY SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH

[@Evanka2]

Great work on this video! Very interesting and unique.

[@raddmann99]

nice tune - now show me to the bar

[@msradx]

IT'S BEEN A HARDDDD DAYSSS NIGHT!

[@Themaskedtalker]

After looking for this for over a year

[@charlesdupont4028]

i like bo diddley the best soul sixties super

[@jvolgelstein6278]

wow ty

[@holmes5517]

Ace

[@BaronTurco]

Check the lyrics as Eric sing them, as Johnny Otis was not white. I played a blues show with his grandson a few weeks ago, Shuggie Otis' son Junior Otis, and Johnny was light skinned, but he was Black for sure.

[@kx5e]

The town of Bo's birth is spelled McComb, MS. Pronounced [muh-kohm]

[@alancito97173]

Although it was never released on an authorized album, I believe there is a bootleg version floating out there of the Beatles doing "Take Good Care of My Baby."

[@user-js6el7vn2r]

"История Бо Диддли" Теперь давайте послушаем историю Бо Диддли и рок-н-ролльной сцены в целом Бо Диддли родился Элиас МакДэниелс в местечке МакКум, штат Миссисипи, примерно в 1926 году. Он переехал в Чикаго примерно в 1938 году, где его имя в конечном итоге было изменено на Бо Диддли. Он практиковался на гитаре. каждый день , а иногда и в ночь Till волосы его папиного стали белеть его Ра сказал Сын, слушать слышат, я знаю , что Вы можете остановиться , но что гитара имеет только должен идти Так он надвинул шляпу на глаза кочан для них Western Skies I думаю, Боб Дилан сказал, что он попал в Нью-Йорк Он начал играть в Apollo в Гарлеме Хорошая сцена там все бредят Однажды, однажды ночью, приехал Кадиллак с четырьмя фарами. Пришел человек с большой, длинной, толстой сигарой, сказал: «Да ладно , сынок, я сделаю тебя звездой». Бо Диддли сказал: «Эээ ... что в нем? для меня? Мужчина сказал: «Заткни рот, сынок, поиграй на гитаре, и ты просто подожди и увидишь» Ну, этот парень сделал это, он сделал это по-настоящему большим И так же, как и остальная часть рок-н-ролльной сцены вместе с ним И белый парень по имени Джонни Отис взял ритм Бо Диддли. Он изменил его на ручной джайв, и все пошло так. Однажды в маленьком старом городке заиграла маленькая деревенская группа. Добавьте две гитары и битый саксофон. Когда барабанщик сказал, мальчик, эти кошки начинаются. бродить о, детка, о, о, о, о, о О-ла-ла, этот рок-н-ролл. Ты слышишь меня, о-о-о-о-о-о-о- ла-ла, тот рок-н-ролл. Потом на музыкальной сцене США произошли большие изменения. Из-за обстоятельств, не зависящих от нас, таких как пайола . из твердого рока, и у вас есть диски вроде: " Ах ... Позаботьтесь о моем ребенке, пожалуйста, никогда не делайте ее синей и т. д. Примерно, ах, год спустя в местечке под названием Ливерпуль в Англии. Четыре молодых парня со стрижками шваброй" начал петь что-то вроде, ах ... Это был тяжелый день, ночь, и я работал, как собака, и так далее. В местечке под названием Ричмонд в Суррее, далеко на юге. У них были парни с длинными волосами. пение Я хочу быть твоим любовником, детка, Я хочу быть твоим мужчиной, да и весь этот джаз. Сейчас мы играем этот номер, Бо Диддли, в течение некоторого времени Бо Диддли посетил эту страну в прошлом году. Мы играли в клубе A Gogo в Ньюкасле. наш родной город открылись двери одна ночь , и к нашему удивлению , шел в самом человеке, Бо Диддли Вместе с ним был Джером Грин, его маракас человек, и герцогиня, его великолепная сестра и мы делаем это число Вместе с ними пришел Rolling Stones, The Mersey Beats, Они все стоят вокруг и копают, И я слышал, как говорил Бо Диддли. Он повернулся к Джермон Грин и сказал: «Эй, Джером? Как вы думаете, что эти парни делают для нашего .. нашего материала? Джером сказал: "А где же бар, дружище?" Пожалуйста, покажите мне бар ... Он повернулся к герцогине и сказал: "Эй, герцогиня ... что вы думаете об этих молодых парнях, делающих наш материал?" Она сказала, я не знаю. Я пришел сюда только для того, чтобы увидеть смену гвардии и все такое прочее . Что ж, Бо Диддли поднял глаза и сказал мне с полузакрытыми глазами и с улыбкой: Он сказал: Человек, снял очки, Он сказал: Мужик, это определенно самая большая чушь, которую я когда-либо слышал в своей жизни ... Эй, Бо Диддли, О Бо Диддли, Да, Бо Диддли, О Бо, Диддли, Да, Бо, Диддли.

[@palomacarmonaelizalde275]

The animals

[@1951Fidel]

Excelente

[@stephanieatkins3825]

Is this video the actual video for this song or is it footage from a different one??? If it is to a different one anyone know what it is??

[@PAULLONDEN]

Funny track....

[@willpn100]

Several artists recorded Bo Diddley´s beat.. The Rolling Stones were his biggest disciples.

[@haolefly]

"...that's the biggest load of rubbish I ever in my life"-Bo Diddley to Eric! Wrong!

[@finally39]

@atpforever1 Eric says in the song that Johnny Otis sings it.

[@MuddyRawwr]

What are the songs inside this song?

[@bender138]

Eric Button and the Animals were who Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones wanted to be. Unfortunately for them,Burton was and is nuts,and nobody could get along with him for long.

[@chelyguz]

bender138 burdon, BURDON!!!!

[@atpforever1]

who sngs the original of this: In a little old country town one day A little old country man begin to play

[@fantastico363]

Not a great song but damn, it’s honest. Respect!

[@josephtesta5100]

not a great song? omg are you kidding me? It has everything, the roots of rock and roll, a beatles cover, a joke and a history lesson all in one. this is my #1 favorite animals song ever.