Bo Diddley Drum Loop

[blueman2]

I've been searching forever for some downloadable (free if possible) Bo Diddley-like drum loops. There seems to be absolutely nothing. Can't understand how a guy who who invented a genre has none of the drum aficionados out there interested in reproducing the beat. I could go on and on with a list of song after song of classic tunes that owe a debt to this guy. I'll save that for another thread. I'm still looking to jam along with Bo if anyone out there's got a lead on some loops

Thanks

[WickedGTR]

Found this on page one of the Google. It's a sound file, but there's several sections with different feels that you could loop.

Link

I'm guessing there's more....

[blueman2]

Good job! I gave up prior to this posting having searched many times in the past. It looks like it took his death to get somebody to remember. He still hasn't posted the mp3 and I'd still be surprised if there was anything beyond this. I'll have to find a way to record it or keep looking.

[WickedGTR]

He posted the mp3 file, zipped- Click here to download it...

[stevieboy]

Here's my own simple rendition, which you are welcome to--

Bo Diddley

[blueman2]

Thanks Stevieboy.

What did you use to make it?

[stevieboy]

My pleasure!

I did it with iDrum, a cool relatively inexpensive program. It's a little limited, but I figured out how to import other sounds (it doesn't come with any crashes or toms.) Still seems a little limited in some time things, like triplets. But I like using it and I have other methods if I need them.

I haven't had it very long and I'm still learning to adapt it to my needs, or you might say, quirks.