Amiram Sykes
reply to whippersnappertgrI was at that Louisville concert you mentioned 1982. It was a magical night. Bo used a local backing band and another local band, The Holidays, opened for him. For the last song, they played Mona for over 15 minutes and every musician there plugged in and played along. As I recall, including Bo, there where eight guitarist playing Mona, almost comical. It was such a festive crowd and mood no one wanted to stop, and even Bo Diddley seemed to be elevated by the night and kept the Mona going strong for one round after another. And like you observed, it seemed everyone in the place danced to every second of it. My favorite concert memory of all time owed to the great Bo Diddley.