The name Bo Diddley — who grew up as Ellas Bates — is familiar to many, but how many have heard of the "diddley bow?" The innovative rhythm and blues guitarist, who was born to Ethel Wilson and Eugene ...
COOS BAY — A group of Coos Bay fourth-graders are ending the school year on a good note. On Tuesday, Nick Krissie’s class of nine students at Sunset Middle School put the finishing touches on their ...
The blues icon died Monday at 79, but his signature sound marches on. The "Bo Diddley beat" powers acts from the Rolling Stones to the White Stripes. Musicologist Ned Sublette celebrates Diddley's ...