diddley on tour in japan japanese band bo gumbos
over decades, diddley s performing venues ranged intimate clubs stadiums. on march 25, 1972, played grateful dead @ academy of music in new york city. grateful dead released part of concert volume 30 of band s concert album series, dick s picks. in 1970s, soundtrack of ground-breaking animated film fritz cat contained song bo diddley , in crow idly finger-pops track.
diddley spent years in new mexico, living in los lunas 1971 1978, while continuing musical career. served 2 , half years deputy sheriff in valencia county citizens patrol; during time purchased , donated 3 highway-patrol pursuit cars. in late 1970s, left los lunas , moved hawthorne, florida, lived on large estate in custom-made log cabin, helped build. remainder of life divided time between albuquerque , florida, living last 13 years of life in archer, florida, small farming town near gainesville.
in 1979, appeared opening act clash on tour , in legends of guitar (filmed live in spain in 1991), b.b. king, les paul, albert collins, , george benson, among others. joined rolling stones on 1994 concert broadcast of voodoo lounge, performing love? .
diddley performed number of shows around country in 2005 , 2006 fellow rock , roll hall of famer johnnie johnson , band, consisting of johnson on keyboards, richard hunt on drums , gus thornton on bass. in 2006, participated headliner of grassroots-organized fundraiser concert benefit town of ocean springs, mississippi, had been devastated hurricane katrina. florida keys katrina relief had been set october 23, 2005, when hurricane wilma barreled through florida keys on october 24, causing flooding , economic mayhem.
in january 2006, florida keys had recovered enough host fundraising concert benefit more hard-hit community of ocean springs. when asked fundraiser, diddley stated, united states of america. believe in helping 1 . band used bo during concert put bo s long-time close personal friend , fellow musician, charlie tona. all-star band included famed artists clarence clemons of east street band, joey covington of jefferson airplane, alfonso carey of village people, , carl spagnuolo of jay & techniques. in interview holger petersen, on saturday night blues on cbc radio in fall of 2006, commented on racism in music industry establishment during career, deprived him of royalties successful part of career.
his final guitar performance on studio album new york dolls on 2006 album 1 day please remember this. contributed guitar work song seventeen , included bonus track on limited-edition version of disc.
in 1989, diddley entered licensing agreement sportswear brand nike. wieden & kennedy produced commercial in bo knows campaign, teamed diddley dual sportsman bo jackson, , resulted in 1 of iconic advertisements in advertising history. agreement ended in 1991, in 1999, t-shirt of diddley s image , don t know diddley slogan purchased in gainesville, florida sports apparel store. diddley felt nike should not continue use slogan or likeness , fought nike on copyright infringement. despite fact lawyers both parties not come renewed legal arrangement, nike allegedly continued marketing apparel , ignored cease-and-desist orders, , lawsuit filed on diddley s behalf, in manhattan federal court.
in 1996, released man amongst men, first major label album guest artists keith richards, ron wood , shirelles. album earned grammy award nomination in 1997 best contemporary blues album category.
on may 13, 2007, diddley admitted intensive care in creighton university medical center in omaha, nebraska, following stroke after concert previous day in council bluffs, iowa. starting show, had complained did not feel well. referred smoke wildfires ravaging south georgia , blowing south area near home in archer, florida. nonetheless, delivered energetic performance enthusiastic crowd. next day, heading home, seemed dazed , confused @ airport; 911 , airport security called, , taken ambulance creighton university medical center , admitted intensive care unit, stayed several days. after tests, confirmed had suffered stroke. diddley had history of hypertension , diabetes, , stroke affected left side of brain, causing receptive , expressive aphasia (speech impairment). stroke followed heart attack, suffered in gainesville, florida, on august 28, 2007.
while recovering stroke , heart attack, diddley came hometown of mccomb, mississippi, in november 2007, unveiling of plaque devoted him on mississippi blues trail. marked achievements , noted acclaimed founder of rock-and-roll. not supposed perform, listened music of local musician jesse robinson, sang song written occasion, robinson sensed diddley wanted perform , handed him microphone, time performed publicly after stroke.
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