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This is Peggy Jones aka Lady Bo (7/19/1940 - 9/16/2015). Peggy Jones was born and raised in Harlem. She studied tap and ballet dancing, along with opera, while she was a student at the High School of Performing Arts in NYC (the same high school from Fame). She already played guitar before she met Bo Diddley, but only for about two years, and during a stop at the Apollo Theater, he was surprised to see a woman walking with a guitar so he decided to talk with her. Jones recounts that Diddley had never seen a Supro guitar and laughed at it because he was fronting on her skills. She checked him, which made him stop; they played something together and that’s how she got the gig. Jones played guitar and sang with Bo Diddley from 1957-1961. Diddley taught her his tunings and styles and Jones became a key component of Diddley’s sound. She could play lead or rhythm, and would switch back and forth during songs, sometimes trading parts with Bo Diddley. You can hear her on “Hey! Bo Diddley”, “Road Runner”, and “Aztec” which she wrote and played all the guitar parts. She left Diddley’s band to work on her own band, The Jewels. Jones is probably the first woman guitarist in a highly popular band. Black musicians playing blues then rhythm-and-blues are the originators of what is called rock-and-roll or rock music. Jones was right there in the first major wave of Black musicians as they crafted a style that is still heard in music. Long live Peggy Jones, a pioneer. #peggyjones #ladybo #bodiddley #blackhistorymonth #mrkblackhistory #jaaamaccordingly (at Harlem) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtYUQqBHhEu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c4d9kawtjyzu

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Just a Peggy Jones appreciation post. As "Lady Bo," she played in Bo Diddley's band in the late fifties and early sixties. Aside from being a great guitarist and performer, she was also a songwriter and producer, and a pioneering black, female, rock and roll guitarist. On top of that, she and her husband (Bo's bassist Wally Malone) remained married for almost 50 years until her death. #peggyjones #ladybo #bodiddley #rocknroll #guitarist #songwriter #hero #idol https://www.instagram.com/p/CBn9BJVD5qs/?igshid=fg367qrq19fw