Pretty Thing – King Biscuit Blues Fest 2019

haha – so i put this together from a few different people’s cell phone footage that i pulled off facebook and adjusted til it all lined up timewise. hope y’all like it! This is my cover of a Bo Diddley / Willie Dixon song called “Pretty Thing”. i re-ordered or substituted some lyrics but not many, and changed the music to a small degree. “Pretty Thing” was written in 1955 by bassist Willie Dixon of Chess records. Bo Diddley performed and made it famous. I highly recommend listening to the original if you haven’t heard it – it’s sooo Great. link to original below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kAhq…

from wikipedia: “Pretty Thing” was recorded by Bo Diddley on July 14, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois – the same day as “Bring It to Jerome”. Producing the session were the Chess brothers – Leonard and Phil – and Bo Diddley. The performers on the song were Bo Diddley (vocals, guitar), Jerome Green (maracas), Lester Davenport (harmonica), and Clifton James (drums).[2] Chart performance “Pretty Thing” was Diddley’s second charter on the U.S. Billboard R&B Singles chart reaching #4 sometime in 1956, and is Diddley’s third highest charter next to “Bo Diddley/I’m a Man” (#1) and “Say Man” (#3).[4] “Pretty Thing” reached #34 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]