Bob Dylan Debuts Bo Diddley’s “I Can Tell” in Memphis

Bo Diddley: Say Man! The Singles & More 1955-62 - Spectrum Culture

Unusually for a rock ‘n’ roll musician of his generation, the guitarist, singer and songwriter Ellas Otha Bates, or Ellas Bates McDaniel — far better known as Bo Diddley — was an albums artist rather than a prolific releaser of hit singles, and so this enjoyable album is surprisingly modest in its proportions. “The singles” of the title are three A-sides from 1955, one each from ’56 and ‘57, four from ’59, one from ‘60 and one from ’62. The “mor…

Bob Dylan Debuts Bo Diddley’s “I Can Tell” in Memphis

Bob Dylan Debuts Bo Diddley’s “I Can Tell” in Memphis Rob Moderelli on June 30, 2025 Bob Dylan, photo by Alberto Cabello from Vitoria Gasteiz On Friday, June 27, Willie Nelson’s traveling Outlaw Music Festival rolled into Memphis, Tenn., for a staging at Radians Amphitheater. Following sets from Tami Neilson, Trampled by Turtles and Nathaniel Rateliff, and preceding the show-closing finale of the Shotgun Willie and his Family band, Bob Dyla…

Bob Dylan Debuts Rocking Bo Diddley Cover In Memphis

Bob Dylan unveiled a cover from rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley on Friday during the Outlaw Music Festival Tour stop in Memphis.