The Rolling Stones‘ frontman Mick Jagger has added to the tributes to Bo Diddley.
The legendary guitarist died yesterday (June 2) after suffering a heart failure.
Jagger joined the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Slash, The Grateful Dead and Albert Hammond Jr in paying tribute to Diddley.
“He was a wonderful, original musician who was an enormous force in music and was a big influence on The Rolling Stones,” said Jagger. “He was very generous to us in our early years and we learned a lot from him. We will never see his like again.”
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For more on Bo Diddley and a biography visit Bo-diddley.com or check out Bo Diddley’s Wikipedia entry.
Bo Diddley was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987.