Good War Story: "One night backstage at Fitzgeralds between sets I asked Bo Diddley if it would be cool to take some photos with his opening band Dr Rocket and the Sisters of Mercy together with him," Griesser recalls. "He said, 'Sure, is that a Leica M2?' Talk with me while I shave -- got to look good for the women.'"

I said no, it was an M3... and we talked about how photography was like music trying to catch an early feeling a monument in time. He asked if I had any photos that I took that he would love to see them after the show. After the show, I showed him my prints as he was changing of Dr. Rocket [Rock Romano] and he said they were great and he looked forward to seeing the photos from the night's gig. He pulled his camera bag out of a guitar case and put his camera on and starting taking photos of me, and then a few minutes later of Rock.

I saw him a few months later he had called and told me I had my name at the door. The people I worked for did not believe me when I said I need a day off because Bo Diddley wanted me to photograph him. I had sent the photos of that night to him in Florida. He had a print of me and him standing in front of the mirror. Mine did not come out so good, but my band shots he liked.

Dr Rocket had given him my album to sign my album and I showed it at work the next Monday. The people I worked for thought I just had someone else sign it -- til he came in the store a few months later and asked for me by name. I sold him a Minox 35ML and a few darkroom items and took a Polaroid photo of us together. Sadly, I lost them.

Griesser also told us a story about Charlie Daniels at Gilley's that's just about as good. Maybe we'll tell that one next week.

Music Scene Pet Peeve: "Young, earnest musicians and their drunk friends with cell phones all talking at the same time they want to film and show their friends," he sighs, also singling out "Big pitchers of beer drinkers doing shots and acting like it's spring break in Mexico and are not there for the music."

Five Desert Island Discs:

• Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
• Bob Marley & the Wailers, Kinky Reggae
• The Clash, London Calling
• Paul Simon, Graceland
• The Beatles, The Beatles ("White Album")

Best Concert You Ever Saw: "Texas International Pop Festival 1969, Dallas"

First Song You Fell In Love With: Griesser says both Joey Dee and the Starlighters' "Peppermint Twist" and the Beach Boys' "Surfin Safari": "It's 50/50 on these two."

Griesser's 18-year Last Concert Cafe (1403 Nance) retrospective starts Thursday. See who else has joined The Rocks Off 100 this year on the next page.