Bo Diddley died yesterday. [1] We should all appreciate people before they die, but his was a great life and I can say that I appreciated his life lesson. He came to perform at Miami University, while I was in college there and I worked on the student program board, so I saw a bit of the off-stage persona, as well as the on-stage persona.
Despite his advanced age (compared to twenty-year olds), even then, he chastised the young, lethargic audience to get off their butts and move to the music.
And, after the college performance, he went up town to a local hole-in-the-wall, on his own initiative and played sets with a local band until the bar closed. Now, that's living! Bo Diddley epitomizes the spirit of rock-and-roll and I am glad to say that I met the legend in my lifetime.
Links:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley