Bo Diddley - Is a Gunslinger Plus Is a Lover (2021)

Tracklist

01. Gunslinger
02. Ride on Josephine
03. Doing the Crawdaddy
04. Cadillac
05. Somewhere
06. Cheyenne
07. Sixteen Tons
08. Whoa Mule (Shine)
09. No More Lovin'
10. Diddling
11. Working Man
12. Do What I Say
13. Not Guilty
14. Hong Kong, Mississippi
15. You're Looking Good
16. Bo's Vacation
17. Congo
18. (Call Me) Bo's Blues
19. Bo Diddley Is a Lover
20. Aztec
21. Back Home
22. Bo Diddley Is Loose
23. Love Is a Secret
24. Quick Draw
BONUS TRACKS:
25. Scuttle Bug
26. Travelin' West
27. Say You Will
28. Shank
29. Lazy Woman



Legendary guitarist, gifted songwriter, master of rhythm, and snappy dresser… Bo Diddley (AKA “The Originator”) is all of these things and more. His first LPs are among the greatest in the history of rock & roll. This quintessential release includes two of his finest and most celebrated albums from 1961: Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger and Bo Diddley Is a Lover, which mark a real hitmaking stretch for Checker Records during his early years. Both albums are musical goldmines, positively gushing with the sweaty, rhythmic, bluesplastered genius of this most singular rocker. These two masterpieces have been packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 5 bonus tracks from the same period.

This Hoodoo Records release shows just how sexually charged, ominous, and outright dangerous rock & roll music could, should, and sometimes still can sound. Between hypnotic and rhythmic guitar lines, swaggeringvocals, hot numbers and solid instrumentals, these 29 songs serve up a young Bo Diddley at his raw and primal best, and confirm that even at the onset of his career, he didn’t sound like anyone else in rock & roll.

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