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Bo Diddley's Bar Mitzvah Beat Box

Hank Bordowitz, Guitar Player, October 1993

BO DIDDLEY GETS into rap and even whips up tropical flavors on his first major-label release in 20 years, A Man Among Men. But he's still laying down that beat that made him a model rhythm guitarist and a seminal rock and roll force with '50s and '60s hits like 'Roadrunner' and 'Who Do You Love'.

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