We lost two icons, one of folk and one blues:

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

Culture

04 Jun 08

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

04 Jun 08

Today we lost two music icons, one in American folk music, U Utah Phillips and in American Blues, Bo Diddley. They both set standards, RIP.

rwingett

Ming the Merciless

Royal Oak, MI

Joined: 09 Sep 01
Moves: 27626

04 Jun 08

Originally posted by sonhouse
Today we lost two music icons, one in American folk music, U Utah Phillips and in American Blues, Bo Diddley. They both set standards, RIP.

I had the great fortune to have seen Utah Phillips perform twice. He was one of a kind.

rbmorris

Vampyroteuthis

Infernalis

Joined: 13 Apr 04
Moves: 100353

04 Jun 08

Originally posted by sonhouse
Today we lost two music icons, one in American folk music, U Utah Phillips and in American Blues, Bo Diddley. They both set standards, RIP.

Bo Diddley died? I hadn't heard that. I saw him maybe 10 years ago, browsing in a headshop in Greenwich Village.

eamon o

the highway to hell

Joined: 23 Aug 06
Moves: 24531

04 Jun 08

Originally posted by rwingett
I had the great fortune to have seen Utah Phillips perform twice. He was one of a kind.

remember barry white ? he must have been 2 or 3 of a kind 😵

gregsflat

Guitarist

@William Penn's gaze

Joined: 10 Mar 06
Moves: 130997

04 Jun 08

Originally posted by sonhouse
Today we lost two music icons, one in American folk music, U Utah Phillips and in American Blues, Bo Diddley. They both set standards, RIP.

Bo Diddley established his own rhythm that is now a standard groove in rock and blues. Can't think of any other musician that is known for establishing a particular rhythm.

Another musician from the Jazz ranks has also departed, Jimmy McGriff, organist.

kirksey957

Outkast

With White Women

Joined: 31 Jul 01
Moves: 91452

05 Jun 08

Originally posted by gregsflat
Bo Diddley established his own rhythm that is now a standard groove in rock and blues. Can't think of any other musician that is known for establishing a particular rhythm.

Another musician from the Jazz ranks has also departed, Jimmy McGriff, organist.

And Danny Federici of E Street Band fame.