“The Duchess”, born Norma-Jean Wofford, played with Bo Diddley and his band from 1962-1966. An acclaimed guitarist (with her iconic ‘Cadillac’ and ‘Jupiter Thunderbird’ Gretsch guitars), brought some style to the group amid audience requests for a female player after Peggy “Lady Bo” Jones left the scene. Norma & Bo pretended to be siblings in the public eye long before Jack & Meg White covered their first blues song.
Can’t not love that beehive & those glitter leggings.
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Bo and the Duchess. Hell yes.
Some words from Bo:
“I made ‘Bo Diddley’ in ’55, they started playing it, and everybody freaked out. Caucasian kids threw Beethoven into the garbage can.”
-Bo Diddley
“I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.”
-Bo Diddley