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Originally Posted by rockabilly69

When I was in high school I lived in Belen, New Mexico. On many Saturdays, Bo Diddley and his small band, would play the Catholic Church CYO dances. He used to live a few towns over in Bosque Farms. I would stand in front of him to learn all the licks. And many years later, my duet, The Legendary Porch Pounders opened a show for him.

After the show was over, I hung out with Bo in the green room. While he was signing autographs for people, I was sitting there playing my resonator guitar quietly in the background. The next thing you know he was looking at me with an intense stare. I thought I was irritating him, so I stopped playing. But it was just the opposite, he liked the way I played, so he had me play some old traditional blues songs while he sang along. It was one of the best musical moments of my life! Yep I jammed with Bo Diddley!

That's a great story. Thanks for sharing.