"I'M A ROADRUNNER, HONEY, AND YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ME."
PIC INFO: Spotlight on one of rock and roll's founding fathers, "The Originator" himself -- the late, great Bo Diddley (1928-2008), artwork by William Stout for his "Legends of the Blues" portraits series.
"For a while, Bo Diddley lived in nearby Granada Hills. He gave a free concert one afternoon at Cal State University, Northridge. The guitar player in my band, James Demeter (now a famous musical equipment maker to the stars), attended CSN and caught the concert. Unfortunately, Bo’s band got frozen in traffic and never made it to the show, so Bo decided to play his entire set solo.
After hearing that Bo had lost his backing band that afternoon, I asked Jamie: “So, how was Bo, how was the show?”
“It was simply the greatest concert I have ever seen.”
One of my favourite Bo Diddley songs is "Road Runner," hence the inclusion in his portrait of the cartoon character who inspired the song – along with Bo’s trademark rectangular guitar. "Beep beep!""
-- WILLIAM STOUT (American artist/painter/illustration)
Source: www.budsartbooks.com/product/legends-of-the-blues-card-set-by-william-stout.
