Diddley, Bo - I'm A Man
In the 1950s, as a founder of rock 'n' roll, Mr. Diddley - along with Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and a few others - helped to reshape the sound of popular music worldwide, building on the templates of blues, Southern gospel, R&B and postwar black American vernacular culture. His original style of rhythm and blues influenced generations of musicians. And his Bo Diddley syncopated beat - three strokes/rest/two strokes - became a stock rhythm of rock 'n' roll. Yet the rhythm was only one element of his best records. In songs like "Bo Diddley," "Who Do You Love," "Mona," "Crackin' Up," "Say, Man," "Ride On Josephine" and "Road Runner," his booming voice was loaded up with echo and his guitar work came with distortion and a novel bubbling tremolo. The songs were knowing, wisecracking and full of slang, mother wit and sexual cockiness.
CD 11 Bo Diddley 2'46 / 2 I'm A Man 3'01 / 3 Little Girl 2'34 / 4 You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) 2'48 / 5 Diddley Daddy 2'27 / 6 She's Fine, She's Mine 2'43 / 7 Pretty Thing 2'50 / 8 Heart-O-Matic Love 2'48 / 9 Bring It To Jerome 2'30 / 10 Diddy Wah Diddy 2'31 / 11 I'm Looking For A Woman 2'32 / 12 I'm Bad 3'17 / 13 Who Do You Love? 2'30 / 14 Cops & Robbers 3'26 / 15 Down Home Train [Down Home Special] 3'11 / 16 Hey! Bo Diddley 2'12 / 17 Mona [I Need You Baby] 2'22 / 18 Say Boss Man 2'32 / 19 Before You Accuse Me 3'07 / 20 Say Man 3'14 / 21 Hush Your Mouth 2'56 / 22 Bo's Guitar 2'34 / 23 Dearest Darling 2'54 / 24 The Clock Strikes Twelve 3'01 / 25 Willie & Lillie 2'18 / 26 Bo Meets The Monster 3'08
CD 21 The Great Grandfather 2'30 / 2 Crackin' Up 2'06 / 3 Don't Let It Go (Hold On To What You Got) 2'45 / 4 I'm Sorry 2'27 / 5 Oh Yea 3'09 / 6 Nursery Rhyme [Puttentang] 2'43 / 7 Mumblin' Guitar 2'49 / 8 The Story Of Bo Diddley [My Story] 2'47 / 9 She's Alright 3'56 / 10 Run Diddley Daddy 2'36 / 11 Road Runner 2'46 / 12 Diddling [Tash] 2'20 / 13 Cadillac 2'44 / 14 Let Me In 1'52 / 15 Live My Life 2'36 / 16 Scuttle Bug 2'23 / 17 Walkin' & Talkin' 2'39 / 18 Craw-Dad 2'27 / 19 Ride On Josephine 2'59 / 20 No More Lovin 2'25 / 21 Doing The Craw-daddy 2'58 / 22 Whoa, Mule [Shine] 2'28 / 23 Cheyenne 2'05 / 24 Sixteen Tons 2'30 / 25 (Bo Diddley's A) Gunslinger 1'50 / 26 Somewhere 2'25