Surfin' with Bo Diddley
Surfin' with Bo Diddley | ||||
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Studio album by Bo Diddley | ||||
Released | June 1963 | |||
Recorded | 1963 | |||
Genre | Surf[1] | |||
Length | 27:12 | |||
Label | Checker LP 2987 | |||
Bo Diddley chronology | ||||
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Surfin' with Bo Diddley is the tenth studio album by American musician Bo Diddley released on the Checker label in 1963 .[2][3]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated "This is where Bo -- or, more properly, Chess Records -- really took a wrong step, starting with the fact that The Originator himself is actually on only about half of the cuts here, the balance having been recorded by guitarist Billy Lee Riley. The idea wasn't as bad as it sounded, at least on paper -- Bo had been an indirect influence on tons of surf bands, with his signature grunge guitar-sound, but the surf music world wasn't ready for a Bo-style instrumental rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II Showboat standard "Ol' Man River," ... The best tracks are "Cookie Headed Diddley" and "Surf, Sink or Swim," which come close to matching some of Bo's solid material from earlier albums and singles".[1]
Track listing
All tracks credited to except where noted
- "What Did I Say" (Ray Charles) – 2:13
- "White Silver Sands" (Charles 'Red' Matthews, Gladys Reinhart) – 2:48
- "Surfboard Cha Cha" (Billy Lee Riley) – 2:12
- "Surf, Sink or Swim" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:20
- "Piggy Back Surfers" (Riley) – 2:11
- "Surfers Love Call" (McDaniel) – 2:50
- "Twisting Waves" (Martin Willis) – 1:45
- "Wishy Washy" (Riley) – 2:21
- "Hucklebuck" (Paul Williams) – 2:08
- "Old Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II arranged by Bo Diddley) – 2:22
- "Oop's He Slipped" (Riley) – 1:57
- "Low Tide" (McDaniel) – 2:05
Personnel
Tracks 4, 6, 10 & 12
- Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar
- Other musicians unidentified but possibly include:
- Norma-Jean Wofford – guitar, background vocals
- Jerome Green – maracas, backing vocals
Tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9 & 11
- Bill Riley – guitar
- Jimmy Wilson – piano
- Martin Willis – saxophone
- Unidentified – bass, drums
References
- v
- t
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- "Bo Diddley"/"I'm a Man" (1955)
- "Diddley Daddy"/"She's Fine, She's Mine" (1955)
- "Pretty Thing" (1955)
- "Diddy Wah Diddy" (1956)
- "Who Do You Love?" (1956)
- "Hey! Bo Diddley" (1957)
- "Before You Accuse Me" (1958)
- "Say Man" (1959)
- "Road Runner" (1960)
- "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (1962)
- Go Bo Diddley (1959)
- Have Guitar, Will Travel (1960)
- Bo Diddley in the Spotlight (1960)
- Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger (1960)
- Bo Diddley Is a Lover (1961)
- Bo Diddley's a Twister (1962)
- Bo Diddley (1962)
- Bo Diddley & Company (1962)
- Surfin' with Bo Diddley (1963)
- Two Great Guitars (1964)
- Hey! Good Lookin' (1965)
- Super Blues (1967)
- The Super Super Blues Band (1968)
- Another Dimension (1971)
- Where It All Began (1972)
- The London Bo Diddley Sessions (1973)
- Big Bad Bo (1974)
- Breaking Through the B.S. (1989)
- This Should Not Be (1992)
- A Man Amongst Men (1996)
- Bo Diddley's Beach Party (1963)
- Hey... Bo Diddley: In Concert (1986)
- Live at the Ritz (1988)
albums
- Bo Diddley (1958)
- His Best (1997)
- Billy Boy Arnold
- Lester Davenport
- Willie Dixon
- Harvey Fuqua
- Jerome Green
- Clifton James
- Johnnie Johnson
- Peggy Jones
- Jody Williams
- Norma-Jean Wofford
- Category