| Surfin' with Bo Diddley | ||||
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| Released | June 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 27:12 | |||
| Label | Checker LP 2987 | |||
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Surfin' with Bo Diddley is the tenth studio album by blues musician Bo Diddley released on the Checker label in 1963 . [1] [2]
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| AllMusic |    [3] |
AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated "This is where Bo -- or, more properly, Chess Records -- really took a wrong step, starting with the fact that The Originator himself is actually on only about half of the cuts here, the balance having been recorded by guitarist Billy Lee Riley. The idea wasn't as bad as it sounded, at least on paper -- Bo had been an indirect influence on tons of surf bands, with his signature grunge guitar-sound, but the surf music world wasn't ready for a Bo-style instrumental rendition of the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II Showboat standard "Ol' Man River," ... The best tracks are "Cookie Headed Diddley" and "Surf, Sink or Swim," which come close to matching some of Bo's solid material from earlier albums and singles". [3]
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