Big Bad Bo is the 18th studio album by musician Bo Diddley released by the Chess label in 1974.GRT Consolidated Chess/Cadet Album Discography (1971-1975) accessed September 23, 2019Bo Diddley Discography accessed September 23, 2019
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars with reviewer Bruce Eder stating "Having tried everything else in his search for a new sound, Bo moved into a jazz vein on this record, and the results are not bad, but not they're not really Bo, either. ... For the first time, the Bo Diddley beat appears nowhere on one of his albums".
Track listing "Bite You" (Tammi McDaniel, Terri Lynn) – 4:20 "He's Got All the Whiskey" (Bobby Charles) – 4:40 "Hit or Miss" (Odetta F. Gordon) – 3:40 "You've Got a Lot of Nerve" (Connie Redmond, Kay McDaniel) – 3:23 "Stop the Pusher" (Kay McDaniel) – 5:15 "Evelee" (Ellas McDaniel) – 6:23 "I've Been Workin'" (Van Morrison) – 4:50
Personnel Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar Joe Newman, John Bello, Jon Faddis, Irvin Markowitz, Marvin Stamm – trumpet Dominick Gravine, Garnett Brown, Harry DiVito – trombone Tony Price – tuba Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone John Leone – baritone saxophone Michael Pickett – harmonica Carl Lynch, John Tropea – guitar Ernest Hayes – electric piano Wilbur Bascomb Jr. – electric bass Jimmy Johnson Jr. – drums Esmond Edwards, Montego Joe – percussion J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams, Melvin Kent – backing vocals Wade Marcus – horn arrangement and conducting Gene Bianco – conductor
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