Diddley Daddy

'Bo Knows Not to be Stupid'

"...King Blues Festival on Auditorium Shores. Now it's 71-year-old Bo Diddley, who plays La Zona Rosa on Saturday. The..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

"...slippery, churning signature U.N.C.L.E. theme -- complete with bleating trombones, muted trumpets, slippery chicka-chicka strat riffs, penny whistle, and..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

'In Philadelphia it's worth $50'

"...That line was my first exposure to Bo Diddley, delivered via his role as a pawn broker..."

June 3, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Spotlight: Eric Burdon

We prefer "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"

"...creatively? You're still writing songs, and you've got a book you're working on...."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"...decades have dealt a card or two from the bottom of the deck, but surely "Peggy Sue" or "Rave..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Critics Poll

"...BEETS Boys in a Band, Habana Calle 6..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Ten Fingers

Denny Freeman's 40-year Austin arc

"...blend of fraternity bar on one side and total bohemian enclave on the other. Out back was a biergarten..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Off the Record

Red River rolls out the red carpet with bottle service at Beauty Bar, the Jungle Rockers get down on the Bo Diddley beat, and the Kadane brothers return to Austin

"...Guitarist Jason Borkowski of the Jungle Rockers describes the Bo Diddley beat..."

June 20, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

The 100 Tunes of Oldies Rock Radio

"...who grew up in the era of hash pipes, bombed-out Camaros, and Led Zeppelin 8-tracks? There definitely aren't any..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature

The Power of Three

With ZZ Top mowing down the Backyard this weekend, the power of three – trios – comes into play

"..."The trio is," declares Billy F. Gibbons, "a nat'chul fave, doncha know!"..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tributes

"...to Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) has tried to be and embody in the latter half of the Nineties. Case in..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

ACL Interview: The Broad, Brilliant, Beautiful Musical Universe of Jon Batiste

"We take you on a journey through Black American music history, ragtime to trap."

"...guitar leads, three harmony sirens, and Batiste manning a boxy Bo Diddley guitar, alto sax, and main instrument the..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Raoul Hernandez, Not Like Everybody Else

Outgoing Chronicle Music editor on 27 years of pure emotion

"...entered the newspaper industry at age 10, as a paperboy. With characteristic storytelling flair, he deems himself the last..."

July 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Satan & Adam

The personal and musical impact of a Harlem friendship

"...the title) and the much younger, Ivy League-educated white boy Adam Gussow, who initially achieved minor celebrity together during..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

10 Questions for Geezer Butler

Bassist’s questionnaire for Black Sabbath’s final U.S. concert

"...Austin Chronicle: Bo Diddley was famously bitter he couldn’t collect royalties on..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sideshow Tragedy, Duncan Fellows

"...his town? Drummer Jeremy Harrell pounds out a beat both Neanderthal-like and full of finesse. Nathan Singleton, meanwhile, owns..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Guitar Pedals

Gas prices are down, so the boutique guitar pedal boom is up

"..."The World's Biggest Pedal Board" appeared on Facebook Dec. 30, courtesy of ex-Cult/Guns N'..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Bob Log III Q&A

One-man guitar orgy crams into Mohawk on Thursday

"...Bob Log III’s best gimmick isn’t his flamboyant getup of..."

July 21, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDnds

"...Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Live boxes up everything the music business represents. Stupidly curated and..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Wop-bop-a-loo-bop

Little Richard, the pompadour himself, raps a little

"...rest of what Macon, Ga.'s Richard Wayne Penniman was about in the mid-Fifties. The pop culture shift from Patti..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Guy Forsyth Steak (TMG)

Texas Platters

"...his originals aren't as tasty as menu staples from Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon, it doesn't mean..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Neither Fish nor Fowl

"...that there are, in fact, no references to fish, bodies of water, drowned sailors, or other aquatic matters on..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The SXSW Expansion Club

"...have official showcases like Barkmarket, and 7 Year Bitch, both of whom will be playing Emo's, which might also..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Column

TCB

Cowboys and bluesmen at the Alamo Drafthouse's new home, Moose and conjunto on the Eastside, an ailing Crack Pipe, a cranky cigarette company, and other nutty notions

"...then as they are now, so they showed old cowboy movies and booked bands to warm up. "We had..."

April 13, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

South Filthy

"...Filthy's wicked brew won't go down easy, but these Diddley daddies are more than happy to spoonfeed it down..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Bonus Tracks

"...Wright's voice is occasionally so slick he slides over boredom's edge, it's also Wright's flair for melody that more..."

July 7, 1995 Music Feature

Brittany Howard, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and More Austin Blues Festival Reviews

Standouts from the Antone’s organizers’ Waterloo Park return

"...created the Moody Amphitheater, which wound up being primarily booked by Live Nation, we’re especially grateful for the homegrown..."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

“Music America” Exhibition Makes National Debut at LBJ Library

Exhibit details American music history through memorabilia and sound

"...belonging to Thomas Edison and a 1771 hymnal from Boston. Among the modern mementos are Taylor Swift’s six-string and..."

Feb. 14, 2024 Music Post by Miranda Garza

Album Review: je'Texas

je'Texas

"...time to 1969," and sounds as if they're singing about last summer. "On My Way" starts with a vibey,..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...year, Luke the Drifter-like covers LP Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza encored: "I think there's an over-emphasis on original material,"..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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