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

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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) – 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'" (

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) – 4:50

Personnel

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

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– trumpet *Dominick Gravine,

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, Harry DiVito – trombone *Tony Price – tuba * Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone *John Leone – baritone saxophone * Michael Pickett – harmonica *Carl Lynch,

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– guitar *Ernest Hayes – electric piano * Wilbur Bascomb Jr. – electric bass *Jimmy Johnson Jr. – drums * Esmond Edwards, Montego Joe – percussion * J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams, Melvin Kent – backing vocals *

Wade Marcus Wade Marcus was a music producer and arranger associated with the Motown (music style), 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 ...

– 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