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Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger

Brian Case, New Musical Express, 6 May 1978

That was the title of one of the influential, flamboyant R'n'B man's hits, for you punks too young to remember. But nowadays, believe it or not, Bo Diddley's graduated to being a deputy sheriff at Albuquerque, New Mexico — the theory apparently being, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em... BRIAN CASE reports.

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