Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger (1960)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Gunslinger" 1:50
2. "Ride on Josephine" 3:00
3. "Doing the Craw-Daddy" 2:58
4. "Cadillac" 2:39
5. "Somewhere" 2:25
Total length: 12:52
Side two
6. "Cheyenne" 2:05
7. "Sixteen Tons" 2:30
8. "Whoa Mule (Shine)" 2:28
9. "No More Lovin'" 2:25
10. "Diddling" 2:20
Total length: 11:48
1988 bonus tracks
11. "Working Man" 3:00
12. "Do What I Say" 2:46
2004 reissue bonus tracks
13. "Prisoner of Love" 2:31
14. "Googlia Moo" 3:02
15. "Better Watch Yourself" 2:54
Bo Diddley Band Members / Musicians
Bo Diddley – lead vocals, lead guitar
Jerome Green – maracas, backing vocals
Willie Dixon – bass
Bobby Baskerville – bass
Jesse James Johnson – electric bass
Billy Downing – drums
Clifton James – drums
Lafayette Leake – piano
Otis Spann – piano
Billy Stewart – piano
Peggy Jones – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Gene Barge – tenor saxophone
Johnny Carter – backing vocals
Harvey Fuqua – backing vocals
Lily "Bee Bee" Jamieson – backing vocals
Gloria Morgan – backing vocals
Nate Nelson – backing vocals
Leonard Chess – producer
Andy McKaie – Reissue producer
Vartan – Art direction
Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger is the 5th studio album by American rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley released in December 1960 by Checker Records. The album title comes from the album's first track called "Gunslinger" and the cover art has Bo Diddley dressed in Western-style clothing. The songs for Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger were recorded from October 1959 to February 1960. Several tracks of interest[citation needed] are "Sixteen Tons" which Bo was supposed to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show,[citation needed] the title track, and "Diddling" (an instrumental between guitar and saxophone).
