Bo Diddley
Juicy Lucy
Juicy Lucy were saucy blues-rockers, formed in 1969 from the ashes of the cult garage band The Misunderstood, uniting vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn “Ross” Campbell and keyboardist Chris Mercer. The group later picked up guitarist Neil Hubbard, bassist Keith Ellis plus their drummer Pete Dobson.
The band immediately scored a UK Top 20 hit with their cover version of the Bo Diddley track 'Who Do You Love'. Their debut album then fell just shy of the Top 40 in the British albums chart.
Personnel changes came quickly as ex-Zoot Money singer Paul Williams, guitarist Mick Moody and drummer Rod Coombes, replaced Owen (who exited for a solo career), Hubbard and Dobson for 1970’s Lie Back and Enjoy It. Bassist Jim Leverton assumed Ellis’s duties for the follow-up, 1971’s ''Get a Whiff of This''. The constant turnover took its toll on the group both creatively and commercially, with co-founders Campbell and Mercer exiting before the fourth Juicy Lucy album, 1972’s '''Pieces''. This was recorded by a makeshift line-up of Williams, Moody, keyboardist Jean Roussel and the former Blodwyn Pig rhythm section of bassist Andy Pyle and drummer Ron Berg.
Juicy Lucy disbanded shortly after.
Founder member Ray Owen revived the name in 1995 for the albums 'Blue Thunder' and 'Here She Comes Again' which found Mike Jarvis (guitar), Andy Doughty (bass), and Spencer Blackledge (drums) rounding out the band. A couple of years later this version of the band broke up but Owen wanted to keep on going, especially when he formed a musical partnership with guitarist Mr Fish. Legal problems kept the new band from using the Juicy Lucy name, so they gigged as Ray Owen’s Moon.
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By 2004 bassist Fudge and drummer Fletch had joined the band and the legal issue was settled. The new Juicy Lucy spent 2006 working on a new album (subsequently titled Do That And You’ll Lose It), and touring Britain with fellow veterans Nazareth.
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Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, the American blues singer was born on 28th December 1928 as Otha Ellas Bates. He started his career as a boxer and got the nickname “Bo Diddley”. Diddley entered into the world of music influenced by Muddy Waters, Louis Jordan and John Lee Hooker.
In the early days Bo Diddley sung for the blues clubs of Chicago and in 1954 joined with Billy Boy Arnold, and recorded "Bo Diddley" and "I'm A Man". The song "Bo Diddley" became huge hit in the country and became one of R&B’s top hit songs in 1955. Bo’s amplified, colored and customized rectangular shaped guitar turned out as his trademark.
One of his songs “Say Man” appeared in the list of US Top 20 hit during 1959. Likewise his "Hey Good Lookin'" and "Pretty Thing" also reached the UK charts in 1963. After that Bo was treated as an R&B ‘legend’ courtesy of the UK’s beat boom. As a multi-instrumentalist he could play violin, piano, electric piano, guitar, organ, percussion, synthesizer and drums. His unique style influenced many of the Sixties blues based bands and musicians including The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, John Mayall, and Eric Clapton.
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The Rhythm and Blues Foundation and National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy) honoured him by giving Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him, as one would expect.
Bo Diddley died on 2nd June 2008 aged 79.
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