Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Bo Diddley" in English language version.
the biggest and baddest of all the original rock & rollers [...] there was far, far more to Bo than his patented beat and walloping gut-bucket blues [...] he could ease into dirty psychedelic funk-rock in the '70s
In 1957, he formed his own group, the Marquees, and recorded "Wyatt Earp" on the Okeh label with Bo Diddley. But it was his 1958 meeting with Harvey Fuqua, which led to a spot singing first tenor in Fuqua's smooth-harmony rhythm and blues group the Moonglows, that launched Gaye's musical career.
The drum patterns, then, have been transferred to the guitar with the one-stringed instrument as the medium of exchange. Thus the one-stringed instrument functions virtually the same way in Liberia and Mississippi. It is mainly a children's instrument on which rhythms and patterns (signals) are learned for later use on the adult instruments, the drum and guitar... The reason the blues of Mississippi guitarists should be so especially percussive doubtless lies in the fact that drums and their functional equivalent, the "diddley bow," are still played in that state.
The drum patterns, then, have been transferred to the guitar with the one-stringed instrument as the medium of exchange. Thus the one-stringed instrument functions virtually the same way in Liberia and Mississippi. It is mainly a children's instrument on which rhythms and patterns (signals) are learned for later use on the adult instruments, the drum and guitar... The reason the blues of Mississippi guitarists should be so especially percussive doubtless lies in the fact that drums and their functional equivalent, the "diddley bow," are still played in that state.
The drum patterns, then, have been transferred to the guitar with the one-stringed instrument as the medium of exchange. Thus the one-stringed instrument functions virtually the same way in Liberia and Mississippi. It is mainly a children's instrument on which rhythms and patterns (signals) are learned for later use on the adult instruments, the drum and guitar... The reason the blues of Mississippi guitarists should be so especially percussive doubtless lies in the fact that drums and their functional equivalent, the "diddley bow," are still played in that state.
