Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger

by Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 November 1960
  • Label: Checker
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Playing off popular Western television tropes, the album continues his deployment of the syncopated 'hambone' beat alongside crude, heavily distorted electric guitar. The sessions feature prominent backing vocals from the Carnations, adding a polished texture to his gritty Chicago blues foundation.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, bluesy, guitars, groove-laden, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Gunslinger
  2. Ride On Josephine
  3. Doing The Craw-Daddy
  4. Cadillac
  5. Somewhere
  6. Cheyenne
  7. Sixteen Tons
  8. Whoa Mule (Shine)
  9. No More Lovin'
  10. Diddling

Credits

  • Bo Diddley - primary artist
  • Gene Barge - saxophone
  • Ellas McDaniel - written-by

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