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Bo Diddley's Son Arrested for Occupy Protest in Park Named After His Father

Elias Anthony McDaniel, the 56-year-old son of rhythm and blues legend Bo Diddley, was cuffed for trespassing in a plaza named after his father. ... Read More »

Bo Diddley Takes His Six-String to Go -- Picture Book

Sporting a rectangular guitar Grestch made for him the previous year, R&B singer-guitarist Bo Diddley (far right) appears in a 1959 publicity photo for his third album, 'Have Guitar Will Travel.' ... Read More »

Rock 'n' Roll Spelling Bee: S-O-N-G-S That Have Us Spellbound

Let's face it: Spelling bee champs aren't likely to become rock stars. Yet every now and then a rock ... Read More »

In Living Color: 20 Important Black Rockers Past and Present

Jimi Hendrix plugging in his electric guitar -- that's black power. Rock music was born from rhythm ... Read More »

20 Best Buddy Holly Cover Versions

No other event in popular culture symbolizes greatness cut short like the plane crash that killed ... Read More »

20 Bands With Their Own Theme Songs: Hey, Hey, We're the ...

A musician with a theme song? Don't all artists' songs represent? While that might be the case, so ... Read More »

Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara Get to Know Bo Diddley's Beat

Did Bo know? That'd be Bo as in Diddley, of course. AKA Ellas McDaniel, the rock 'n' roll architect ... Read More »

Bo Diddley, Rock 'n' Roll Founding Father, Dies at Age 79

Bo Diddley, whose mythical tales of braggadocio married with his signature "Bo Diddley beat" guitar ... Read More »

Stage Name Stories: Bo Diddley

Born: Ellas Otha Bates What's in a Name: Bo Diddley might've swiped his lyrical stage name from a ... Read More »

PhotoSynthesis: Bo Diddley

Previous | Next New York, 1999: Bo Diddley was opening for Tom Petty at Irving Plaza, and a friend ... Read More »

The Chum Bucket: Keith Richards' Diet, Bindi Meets Britney + More

How to Lose Weight 101 by Keith Richards -- Rule No. 1: Eat cigs, not carbs. [Dlisted] Bindi Irwin, ... Read More »

Potent Quotables: Bo Diddley

"The Beatles wasn't rock 'n' roll. I don't know what you'd call it, but I don't accept the word ... Read More »

Bo Diddley Hospitalized After Stroke

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bo Diddley is listed in 'guarded' condition today at a hospital in ... Read More »