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Bo Diddley

Title: Have Guitar Will Travel + In The Spotlight

Label: Hoodoo Records

Cat No:263405
Format:CD

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• This quintessential release includes two of Bo Diddley’s finest and most celebrated albums: ‘Have Guitar, Will Travel’ (1959) and ‘In the Spotlight’ (1960) - both recorded for the Checker label, a subsidiary of Chess.

• Special collector’s edition, which also includes 5 bonus tracks from the same period.

• Bo Diddley was a legendary guitarist, gifted songwriter, master of rhythm, snappy dresser - and one of rock’s true architects whose influences still reverberate far and wide. He was a true giant of the genre, much imitated but never duplicated.

• Personnel : Bo Diddley, vocals and lead guitar, plus: Jody Williams (guitar), Peggy Jones (guitar and background vocals), Willie Dixon (bass), Frank Kirkland, Clifton James (drums), Lafayette Leake, Otis Spann (piano), Jerome Green (vocals & maracas), Gene Barge (tenor sax), Billy Boy Arnold (harmonica), among others. Originally produced by Leonard and Phil Chess. Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, 1955-1960.

• Total Time: 78:57 mins. - 28 tracks - also includes: 16-page booklet, rare photos, vintage visual memorabilia & detailed liner notes.

Track Listing for Have Guitar Will Travel + In The Spotlight
Have Guitar, Will Travel
01. She’s Alright 4:11
02. Cops And Robbers 3:33
03. Run Diddley Daddy 2:49
04. Mumblin’ Guitar 2:56
05. I Need You Baby 2:30
06. Say Man, Back Again 3:07
07. Nursery Rhyme 2:56
08. I Love You So 2:31
09. Spanish Guitar 4:13
10. Dancing Girl 2:30
11. Come On Baby 2:01

In The Spotlight
12. Road Runner 2:47
13. Story Of Bo Diddley 2:51
14. Scuttle Bug 2:26
15. Signifying Blues 2:37
16. Let Me In 1:55
17. Limber 2:33
18. Love Me 2:24
19. Craw-Dad 2:30
20. Walkin’ And Talkin’ 2:41
21. Travelin’ West 1:47
22. Deed And Deed I Do 2:19
23. Live My Life 2:39

Bonus Tracks
24. Lazy Woman 2:56
25. Let Me In (Alternate Take) 2:21
26. Bucket 3:17
27. Heart-O-Matic Love 2:49
28. Cadillac 2:49

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