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My Brush with Greatness
Hey Bart-mon,
In 1971, I was freshly out of the Air Force and had rejoined the
band that I was in before I enlisted.
We lived in Anchorage, Alaska and gigged regularly. The music
scene in Anchorage was fairly vital those days.
We set up a blues revue that included Ellas McDaniel. I was asked
to pick him up at the airport in my MG.
I showed up on time and welcomed
Bo Diddley to Alaska.
As I drove him to his hotel, we chatted and joked easily. Mr.
Diddley (It cracks me up to call him that.
I think about In the Heat of the Night - They call me MISTER Diddley!)
was a very nice gentleman with
no obvious pretense or ego. He will always be remembered by his
Dum DiDum DiDum Dum Dum.
Blaze