Bo Diddley w/ Ron Wood
The Ritz
New York
25 Nov1987

Bo and Ron performed many times together as The Gunslingers in 1987 and 1988 and one of these was recorded and released commercially on Live At The Ritz and fortunately for you, that album is now out of print so I'm glad to freely trade my cd. Both Bo and Ron lay down some really rough, tough guitar licks. My only complaint is the the idiot record companies have given us a chopped up version of the show with fadeouts between songs. One song, Hey Bo Diddley is even cut short - bastards!! Most of these ten songs are Diddley originals, but Wood takes center vocals for three songs. And somewhere Mick Jagger must be cringing because Wood does an incredibly sloppy take on "Honky Tonk Women".  This won't be remembered as a top 100 kind of event but it has several very enjoyable moments of genuine rock n' roll here.  And let's not forget  - it's Bo Diddly, one of the truly great rock pioneers with an incredibly distinctive style and sound that has been copied many times over as the music evolved. What a great legacy!

  1. Road Runner
  2. I'm A Man
  3. Crackin' Up
  4. Hey! Bo Diddley >>
  5. Plynth (Water Down the Drain) - instrumental
  6. Ooh la La*
  7. They Don't Make Outlaws Like They Used To*
  8. Honky Tonk Women* > Where's Mr. Diddley?
  9. Money to Ronnie
10. Who Do You Love?

Bo Diddley - g, v
Ronnie Wood - g, v*
Mike Fink - d
Hal Goldstein - k, harp
??? - b

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