Ellas McDaniels is dead!
As influential as his 50's Chess stable mates Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, Bo was the most rock'n'roll:
"Shave & A Haircut, Two Bits" (and plainly the most stylish!
I really did briefly met him once. It was on the stairs at the Lyceum in London in about 1983. He was a lovely bloke!