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Hey... Bo Diddley: In Concert

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Hey... Bo Diddley: In Concert
Live album by
Bo Diddley with Mainsqueeze
Released1986
RecordedSeptember 1984; European tour
GenreRock
LabelConifer Records
Magnum Force Records
Aim Trading Group
Alternative cover
Cover of the re-release

Hey... Bo Diddley: In Concert is a 1986 live album by Bo Diddley, recorded on a European tour. His backing band for the performances on the album were Mainsqueeze, featuring guitarist Eric Bell, previously of Thin Lizzy, and Dick Heckstall-Smith, the jazz and blues saxophonist.[1] Other members of the band included bass guitarist Keith Tillman, who, like Heckstall-Smith, had previously played with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers; and drummer Leonard "Stretch" Stretching, who had performed with Marvin Gaye and Tom Waits.[2]

The album was re-released in the US in October 2001 on the Aim Trading Group label, and has also been released with different titles.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) except where stated.

  1. "Intro / Bo Diddley Vamp"
  2. "Doctor Jeckyll"
  3. "Everleen"
  4. "I Don't Know Where I've Been"
  5. "You Can't Judge a Book" (Willie Dixon)
  6. "Roadrunner"
  7. "I'm a Man"
  8. "Mona"

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Mainsqueeze". Eric Bell official website. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Stretch at the Musician's Olympus". The Musicians' Olympus. Retrieved 17 April 2011.