Bo Diddley, 1928 - 2008

There are many stories about the origin of the name Bo Diddley. One story has it that it is drawn from a name for a one-string guitar native to the Mississippi Delta, a diddley bow, though Diddley himself never played the instrument.
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There are many stories about the origin of the name Bo Diddley. One story has it that it is drawn from a name for a one-string guitar native to the Mississippi Delta, a diddley bow, though Diddley himself never played the instrument.

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