Adios Lounge Interviewed by Blues.Gr

Posted by Lance Davis - February 11, 2014 - Adios Lounge, Beastie Boys, Blasters, Bo Diddley, Bob Forrest, Charley Patton, Grand Champeen, Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Li'l Cap'n Travis, Minutemen, Rolling Stones

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Father and daughter honing Roll Tide game face

A couple of weeks ago, my interview with Michael Limnios of Blues.Gr was posted to his website of the same name. Blues.Gr is “the online community of people that got the blues in Greece” and it blows me away that there is such a thing. 100 years ago, if for some inexplicable reason you […]

Phil Everly is Dead, Long Live the Everly Brothers

Posted by Lance Davis - January 14, 2014 - Beatles, Bo Diddley, Everly Brothers, Hank Williams, Tom Petty

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Phil Everly, the youngest Everly Brother, passed away on Friday, January 3, due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD what happens when you slowly suffocate to death after a lifetime of smoking. It’s a cruel way for anyone to die, but particularly so here since it literally silenced one of the most heartfelt, deeply […]

Medleying With Bo; RIP George Carlin

Posted by Lance Davis - June 23, 2008 - Bo Diddley, George Carlin

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Congratulations to Stephen Heiden of Houston, Texas, for winning the “Medleying With Bo” contest. To review, I created a medley of 30 songs featuring the Bo Diddley Beat and other assorted Bo covers. I asked y’all to send in submissions naming both artist and song, with a half-point for each correct answer. At stake was […]

The Bo Diddley Legacy – Part 2 of 2

Posted by Lance Davis - June 16, 2008 - Bo Diddley, Dick Dale, Keith Moon, Moe Tucker, Pete Townshend, Robert Palmer (writer), Stooges, Surfaris, The Who, Velvet Underground, Yardbirds

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Apologies for not posting this sooner. My two-year-old daughter went into daycare two weeks ago and apparently the first lesson they teach the youngins is how to turn into a human petri dish. Ye gods. From Sunday evening through Friday morning I had trouble forming coherent sentences. Damn punk kids, stay outta my immune system! […]

The Bo Diddley Legacy – Part 1 of 2

Posted by Lance Davis - June 7, 2008 - Bo Diddley, Cab Calloway, Chess Records, Jelly Roll Morton, John Lee Hooker, Kool Moe Dee, Louis Jordan, Muddy Waters, Robert Palmer (writer), Sam Cooke, Soul Stirrers

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“My music has a little bit of a spiritual taste, but it’s also primitive. I play the guitar as if I was playing drums.” –Bo Diddley A musician doesn’t beat a drum, he plays a drum. He coaxes multiple rhythms from that drum, in an effort to tell his story and to support others contributing […]