The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77095   Message #1371705
Posted By: RWilhelm
05-Jan-05 - 12:26 AM
Thread Name: Bo Diddley
Subject: RE: Bo Diddley
Azizi, You're right, maybe primitive is too loaded a word, but I'm glad you got my meaning. The hambone beat is way older than rock and roll and much closer to folk rhythms than what was happening in rhythm and blues at the time.