June 8, 2009 - Bo Diddley was honored Friday (6/5) night when the city of Gainesville, FL, unveiled a new mural to commemorate the recently-renamed Bo Diddley Community Plaza, according to the Gainesville Sun. Artist Robby Rucker presented the painting in front of hundreds of residents including many from the town of Archer, where Diddley lived.
November 5, 2008 - As a child, Steve Winwood was already learning to play drums, guitar and piano--even performing live with his family at the tender age of eight.
June 2, 2008 - Rock-and-roll pioneer Bo Diddley, whose distinctive guitar style informed generations of performers who followed in his footsteps, died early Monday. He was 79.
May 29, 2007 - Former Creed frontman Scott Stapp was arrested Sunday (5/20) for allegedly throwing a bottle at his wife's head, according to published reports.
July 8, 2004 - Contemporary acts including Lenny Kravitz, Velvet Revolver and Wyclef Jean will share the bill with rock pioneers like James Brown and Bo Diddley for "Rock Through Time," a two-day New York City concert event that caps Rolling Stone magazine's "50 Years of Rock and Roll" summer.
April 16, 2000 - Bo Diddley has filed a lawsuit against Nike, Inc., alleging that the company is illegally marketing T-shirts bearing the inscription "You Don't Know Diddley," the catchphrase of a Nike ad campaign that ran between 1989 and 1991 and that featured the blues guitarist with sports star Bo Jackson.
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