Bo Diddley To Heart Attack: Nice Try, Fool
is convalescing in a Florida hospital and thankfully now on the stable list, according to Rolling Stone. The attack comes after a stroke a few months ago, and you might think surviving two such incidents so close together is remarkably hardy for a 78-year-old. But look at that feral guitar break about 1:20 into the above clip, where Bo actually seems to be reining himself in for the studio audience so his playing won’t take those screaming heads clean off. If I was death, I wouldn’t want to fuck with Bo Diddley either. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.
Following a heart attack last Friday–which seems to have at least happened while he was already at the doctor’s office–and attendant surgery, rock legend Bo Diddley Bo Diddley In Stable Condition After Heart Attack [Rolling Stone]