Bo Diddley, a legendary rock pioneer is known as a powerful and unique guitar player, he has also played custom made electric guitars with a unique rectangle shape such as the one you see above. He is one of the founding fathers of rock n’ roll music. He died today after battling months of ill health after a heart failure, he was 79. He died at his home in Archer, Florida.
After all these years, Bo Diddley never stopped doing what he loved, playing his music and performing live.
Folk singer, storyteller, and activist Bruce “Utah” Phillips died last Friday of congrestive heart failure. Utah Phillips died in his home town of Nevada City, California, he was 73 years old. Utah Phillips has been known to collaborate on music with other folk musicians such as Ani Difranco, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, and Tom Waits who recorded songs with him.
Utah Phillips also used to play gigs at our very own Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs back in the old days.
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