Bo Diddley

0:00Hello, hey, I'm looking for Bo diddly, please. Yeah, who's this? This is Matt chick. They're calling. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, I forgot about it Did you? Am I interrupting something Would you like me to call you back in a few then no What are you going to bed? Yeah, I'm gonna sleep. You're a rock and roll star man. What are you doing? I like the rest of these motherfuckers out here stay up all night I get rest. There you go Are you playing earlier shows then at night same time as they always been? Oh, it's not too bad. Okay, you know, I just get a lot of rest cool Well, you're playing the Silver Dollar Casino here in town Saturday, May 26 What can people expect from a show do you play the old stuff you play new stuff you doing covers?

0:48What's a set list like for you? What's it what's some of the new stuff? I'm fine Keeping it a secret. Yeah, cool. They ever played trombone or violin on stage or is it always just guitar for you? Oh, there's gone, baby long gone. Yeah, do you ever pick them up at home? No, you just play guitar? Yeah, cool. You writing anything new? What was the last time you released some new material? Well, I'm not with a company right now right now I'm just Just doing my thing, you know But don't you love it do you still love touring

2:06Yeah, well, I mean I've heard that from a lot of people that a lot of musicians And here in America, we got something called No, no one is right I'm starting to learn that after just finishing school myself, it's a It's a crazy world Let's go back to to when you first started out in the business and I wonder because you've influenced basically Well, you've influenced me as a guitar player everyone else that you know Basically has ever picked up a guitar in the past 50 years I'm wondering like you were in Chicago Europe in Chicago was muddy waters a big influence. Was it that there was the blues scene

2:54Nobody was an influence on me. I don't you know, what were you listening to them? Were you listening like not King Cole Ben Crosby that kind of stuff? Okay, and I said if he could play and Kind of like a drum in a way. Yeah. There you go. What did you listen to growing up? Who are some of the people you were listening to? You're cutting out a little bit. I can barely hear you This I got a brand new phone man, but it's a piece of crap aren't they all yeah, you know

3:40That's what I think the airway you think it's healthy for you, man. I'm scared. Oh, it is It's dangerous. I think so, too, you know, it's dangerous You know, you're talking about like going to the airport about that. That's the danger right there. That's nothing But you're putting on something something below me. Yeah me too, you know and Get to the building. Well, how do you prevent that though? Oh, I got a plan

4:52Let's see that I drew up for my airport here in Gainesville, Florida Oh, yeah, I took it out that is sure tough that to keep the people away from the place Where you get your ticket in front of the building also about idea Should be stopped down the fucking road somewhere. Yeah. Yeah, but rather than Jeopardize all the people and they're real nasty people stand around. Yeah, I would have somebody's who's got something that ain't cool, you know

5:59Yeah, I hear you it's a scary time we live in yeah, they're not doing it right I think I got a better plan Than what's going on right now? I think no offense to you But I think a small child has a better plan of security than what George Bush has right now Well, you can't are you I know you played first father didn't you you can't beat Bush up Politically Bush was told something he had to act on his information and he act and

6:47Didn't find nothing. So who is the person that told the lie? They called it a lie All right now he didn't find anything But he went looking everybody's beating him up They should leave them alone because we put him in there to do a job He did the job the best he knew how didn't go look and something would have happened. They'd still be beating about The man the man tried You know and he didn't find nothing Move that they were talking about throwing it. Oh They moved him somewhere, but they're not really here. They're well, they are here

7:33They're probably in the sand and the dirt about three or four stories down. You know and That's about my feeling about the political thing I ain't got time enough to talk to you about what I really think about what I you should write a book, you know Well, they wouldn't read it No, but I'm sure some people and I think it'd do well You got some ideas about that. You gotta get your ideas. All right. Well, see a wheel was not made by a can that came out of college That's true. All right. Yeah, okay. So that's where we go. Let's get back to rock Well, let's go through a couple of tunes then some old stuff Yeah, I mean everyone knows the bow diddly beaten, you know, obviously your songs But I mean you two desire the who's magic bus it influenced so much but that's

8:23I wish somebody would come forth and do the right thing. Yeah. Well little Richards has the same thing sometimes Oh, I know it's you know But the people that yeah, you know the artist you take like the rolling stones of my friends, you know But don't you get royalties from that Really no, that's what I'm talking about. I know seeing no money from these people. That's ridiculous, man

9:20You should I don't you just do them or something Yeah, I would think so Is a rocker what I own Own it from working on the road. Did you used to do those tours in the van with like a hundred like 17 different bands together and you'd all travel across. Yeah, that's who were some of those people that must have just been awesome though some of the in the pictures is like the drifters and Bill amazing name you don't hear every day

10:06Anthony's did she do his thing man. He's doing great. Yeah, you know, we know what the speech is made for me like to be man There's no actors today. Mm-hmm. Just a bunch of dudes on music is great. Yeah. Yeah, I've heard that Because Children are listening to this and I ain't happy about that No, that's true But I mean if you go back to the original days of hip-hop or even back to man you kind of started rapping back in

10:53The no dirt. No, no never anything like well, you know, they were suggestive lyrics though But they never you know, they implied stuff. They didn't flat out say it. No, no, it wasn't What I say is I'm a man I'm not no chick was wrong with No, not not that tune But I'm just thinking I'm thinking stuff like a whole lot of shaking going on shake rattle and roll that kind of Well, that's a rally role. It was not a suggestive meaning it became that way though. Well, that's what people thought Okay, that's what people thought see like, uh, you know My aunt is so shopping and it's the way that they think and she tell me I don't know

11:44People back there would try to put ideas in your head if you weren't careful Mm-hmm. Yeah, you start trying to figure out what you're talking about. Then you said oh my goby, you know That's a good point. Does anyone still call you Ellis? But you know my girlfriends come on there. Yeah Cool. Just curious. Oh Go through a couple more songs. Who do you love? Yeah, there's a tune that got massive Have you haven't seen royalties from that either? No, I mean all wrote this one method We got to do something about this. It sounds weird No, but I but I mean I've heard this from a lot of older musicians or just it's just weird, but see The courts when you go and try to get something from a record company

12:34If they ripped you off, they're not gonna pay taxes on that money So they got a lot of money to fight you with your money. Yeah, exactly Yes, and the fight you with your money and Damn thing you can do about it. Then they come up with something called statue of limitations Hmm, it's a damn shake. You would like to think so. Yeah

13:24That's what I was to be honest don't do devil man, and I'm not still I can't help you. That's a good song lyric Yeah back in the day. Did you guys record everything live off the floor or did you do the overdub kind of thing? No, no floor. How many takes would it take to hit a song for you guys? Not many. Well, I don't know for a song like the first one even Bo did Lee speaking There was a lot of takes on that was there really yeah getting used to the studio that kind of thing Yeah, why'd you give your name a shout out in that song? I've always wondered that right you're singing about yourself Yeah, no one ever does that and I've always wondered why well, this is my name

14:13I use the name in the song and it's great and I kept using Fair enough Before you accuse me Eric clap and made it big we're spinning that Eric clapping tune on the station Yeah, tell me about writing it I Tell you I wrote it My mother law Makes sense now Because she's to mess with me all the time Like it is that song coming out in the set list live Thank you I do my rap rap. I'll probably do it. Oh, yeah old folks rap. Yeah, what's that all about?

15:01Well, let's say I'll tell you it says Now they say that old for mode delay taking on that but I could really do my new outlet See, there's a suggestive lyric No, no, no, that's true a kid would listen to that and have no idea it's true But yeah five quick questions just one word answers yeah vinyl or CDs Nice CDs screw up they finish Lennon or McCartney Neither one you don't listen Beatles. No, I got nothing. I got nothing for I don't understand what they're doing

15:50Never have really. Yeah, I'm just a lot of Clinton music really like the new country stuff or like Johnny Cash kinda Whatever comes on, you know, I like Okay, the next one is alcohol or marijuana Hey, I ask every band those questions Yeah, but that that's what you know that I don't even like neither one of them

16:40Cool. Well that's a yeah, it's a good answer then a lot of people said that too I don't want this shit around me period. You know, I used to be a cop you used to be a cop Yeah, I was a sheriff in New Mexico really? Yeah, Los Angeles New Mexico I ain't about that shit. So when was this before music or when was this? Well, this is back when I was in in the seven or something other Wow So after music you went to become police officer. I was doing that while I was doing doing my rock and roll I had time off to go. I like the gig but I wouldn't have the shit today Wow, I heard you you very much don't like police dogs though. No, I don't like police dogs. You know, why why because that's an animal Just a vicious animal and that's how much as no no he can't hold no conversation with me

17:32Yes, sir. Yes, sir. If I say vital Oh Let me file all of us He can't talk to me who was this police shit we turn it into something that Germany and we as Americans here is letting this shit go on and see a girl The reason why I started talking this shit is because the girl that I know and she missed You know, we found out that was well at that time she was about a hundred Mm-hmm and and they'd say to myself I started to ask go to him and I just

18:42Yeah, this is not a is it that the police care gun and the dog decided to turn on and what are you gonna do? He's gonna shoot it. He don't want to get bit So why are we dealing with that this is crap that goes on with somebody like somebody you should write a book I'm telling you you should write a book. They did that crap, but this is not this is not for us Yes, you got six cops standing in the hole on a little bitty woman and they're talking about she might have a gun Yes, that you got six dudes that it up and they do some shit like that. No, that's not acceptable man. I'm acceptable

19:28It's true. No, this excessive force Unscalable fucking Joao Little ankle bite. Oh, yeah The dog I don't know it's just the dog is not a policeman train that dog We're the few what we call a free society Germany is not a free society. Well, it is now well probably is now But I don't know how they do their things over there, but that shit's just stay in Germany not here Yeah, okay You know if they got a dude that's a man murderer dude Killing people go get him with whatever you can

20:21Yeah, but sticking a dog on a helpless woman No about this shit Because as long as they we accept it they'll keep doing their come up have a goddamn What's them damn look like a giraffe a llama badge on him? If you don't come in Spit on you because send the llama in That's funny that is not a policeman that's an animal and Can't hold a conversation with me they check us together Yeah, we we we can't go to the show say man

21:11You know come on go to show with me we're gonna look at we're gonna look at something He can't do that because the cat put a dog on me Be look when I did get free I lied to end up in the electric chair because I'd look for the sucker that suck that dog on me For the law you gonna put that they tried to kill me in the first place if they put that dog on Cuz I don't will kill you. That's true Put the dog jumped on the woman and the man couldn't pull him off over Let me ask you something when you were a police officer And you did when you arrested someone or went up to someone did anyone ever ask you for your autograph? Oh, yeah, and really I was a type of dude that didn't go I believe in this very

21:56Hardly, I believe I get you for the role. I believe my job is to Tell you next time I catch you you're gonna be gone Let me get you no more. Yeah, because I don't have no authority my name thing. Yeah, you know like drugs Yes that That ain't cool. So if you want to be stupid enough to be smoking and chewing that shit, you know

22:44I'm gonna be happy enough to carry your ass and lock you up Get you off the street because I'm like this with games that I look nothing in my audience You smoke it anywhere you want it, but don't smoke it in my audience and I smell it I don't want that shit in my lungs and fair enough. Yeah, that's okay. I mean that I walk off stage Wow You can smoke whatever you want us tree roots after I leave. Mm-hmm, but not while I'm doing it, baby I'm I'm Think the morning is that way What kind of people are at your shows are there a lot of kids a lot of kids that old folks really? Yeah, so the kids are getting involved that music that's amazing Oh, yeah Good cuz they should know the roots and know who wrote those old songs and then and know all that kind of trying

23:32They're trying to revive some of them now because ain't nothing going on. No, it's very boring now. Yeah, nothing going on That's interesting. Why do you think that is? Nobody been told nothing School them up It's too easy. I don't have to learn nothing. Just learn how with button approach. Yeah, exactly Okay, have you recorded with any of the new technology? Do you like it I don't let it be what you call the foundation of what I'm doing. Mm-hmm fair enough. Well, thank you very much Okay, my man. It's been good talking to you