{"id":2942,"date":"2012-07-15T12:35:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T17:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2012-09-08T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T21:05:56","slug":"bo-diddley-go-for-broke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2942","title":{"rendered":"Bo Diddley – Go For Broke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Bo Diddley – Go For Broke<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope all is well in your corner of this funky world.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is a particularly good one from the old timers get (or attempt to get<\/em>) funky file (subfile: of course this is funky because why would I waste your time with an unsuccessful attempt?<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Diddley, Bo<\/strong> aka Elias McDaniel<\/strong> was not all that old when he laid down \u2018Go For Broke\u2019 in 1971 on the LP \u2018Another Dimension\u2019, thought at 43 he was a full generation beyond the vast majority of everyone else on the bench.<\/p>\n

The old school rock and blues cats in the Chess\/Checker\/Cadet stable all (with the marked exception of Chuck Berry<\/strong>) tried to work in a more contemporary style during the late 60s\/early 70s, including Muddy Waters<\/strong> and Howlin\u2019 Wolf.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As these things go, Bo Diddley<\/strong> was \u2013 at least to my ears \u2013 more committed, if not always more successful than most.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Another Dimension\u2019 LP was an odd mixed bag of uninspired contemporary cover material and interesting originals, of which today\u2019s selection is one.<\/p>\n

\u2018Go For Broke\u2019 is notable, first and foremost for the very tasty break that opens the record, played by drummer John Berganti.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song that follows basically absorbs the break \u2013 which keeps on rolling for almost a minute \u2013 and manages to be cool and jammy, if not incredibly distinctive.<\/p>\n

The whole affair has a funky, slightly jazzy vibe, with touches of psychedelic guitar, and then the horns come in and ground things for a bit before the group settles into a Traffic<\/strong>-esque feel for the remainder of the cut.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a mighty long way from the primal days of \u2018Bo Diddley\u2019 and \u2018Who Do You Love\u2019, but as fans of this period of Bo\u2019s career can attest, it\u2019s not at all out of character, and certainly worth hearing.<\/p>\n

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Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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