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    Bo Diddley The Black Gladiator

    Cadet
    Funk/Soul, Blues
    • Bo Diddley – Black Soul
    • Bo Diddley – I've Got A Feeling
    • 1. Elephant Man
    • 2. You, Bo Diddley
    • 3. Black Soul
    • 4. Power House
    • 5. If The Bible's Right
    • 6. I've Got A Feeling
    • 7. Shut up Woman
    • 8. Hot Buttered Blues
    • 9. Funky Fly
    • 10. I Don't Like You

    On his 1970 album 'The Black Gladiator', Bo Diddley turns his trademark style on its head and ventures into the unknown with a swaggering psychedelic funk sound a la such Cadet / Chess classics as 'Electric Mud' and 'This Is Howlin' Wolf's New Album'.  Remastered here on CD from the original master tapes with new liner notes by Scott Schnider.

    Other Releases by Bo Diddley

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          Soulful StringsIn Concert (1969)Cadet
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                The Ramsey Lewis Trio Hang On Ramsey! (1965)Cadet
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                  The DellsI Want My MommaCadet
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                  Ramsey LewisMaiden Voyage (1968)Cadet
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                    The DellsHallways Of My Mind (1969)Cadet
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