''Big Bad Bo'' is the 18th studio album by musician

Bo Diddley Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates; December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, inc ...

released by the

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label in 1974.Bo Diddley Discography
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Reception

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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 Robert Charles Guidry (February 21, 1938 – January 14, 2010), known as Bobby Charles, was an American singer-songwriter. Early life An ethnic Cajun, Charles was born in Abbeville, Louisiana, United States, and grew up listening to Cajun mus ...

) – 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 Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

) – 4:50

Personnel

– vocals, guitar * Joe Newman, John Bello, Jon Faddis, Irvin Markowitz,

Marvin Stamm Marvin Louis Stamm (born May 23, 1939) is an American jazz trumpeter. Career Stamm was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stamm began on trumpet at age twelve. He attended North Texas State University, where he was a member of the One ...

– trumpet *Dominick Gravine,

Garnett Brown Garnett Brown (January 31, 1936 – October 9, 2021) was a jazz trombonist who worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, Earth Wind and Fire and others. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Arka ...

, Harry DiVito – trombone *Tony Price – tuba * Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone *John Leone – baritone saxophone *

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– harmonica *Carl Lynch,

John Tropea John Tropea (pronounced 'tro-pay'; born January 7, 1946) is an American guitarist. Career Tropea began guitar studies at the age of 12. His musical education continued at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied jazz guitar, harmo ...

– guitar *Ernest Hayes – electric piano * Wilbur Bascomb Jr. – electric bass *Jimmy Johnson Jr. – drums *

Esmond Edwards Esmond Edwards (October 29, 1927 – January 20, 2007) was an American photographer, record producer, and recording engineer. He worked for the jazz label Prestige Records during the 1950s and early 1960s. He was originally hired by founder Bob ...

Montego Joe Roger "Montego Joe" Sanders (born 1929, New York City; d. June 28, 2010, Brooklyn, New York City) was an American jazz percussionist and drummer. Career Sanders as a teenager played with a number of bands, led by top jazz musicians, including Bab ...

– percussion * J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams, Melvin Kent – backing vocals *

Wade Marcus Wade Marcus was a music producer and arranger associated with the Motown sound during the 1970s. He composed the music to the film ''The Final Comedown'' with Grant Green. He also produced albums by The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste of Honey, T ...

– horn arrangement and conducting *Gene Bianco – conductor

References

{{Authority control 1974 albums Chess Records albums Bo Diddley albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards Albums arranged by Wade Marcus