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Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« on: May 18, 2016, 03:25:31 PM »
What do you think? Some of my candidates are

Eric Clapton - Crossroads
The Doors - Back Door Man
Led Zeppelin - You Shook Me
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2016, 01:21:27 PM »
How about Creedence's Born on the Bayou
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2016, 02:13:48 PM »
Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2016, 09:10:32 AM »
Piece of My Heart -- Janis Joplin
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2016, 09:36:39 AM »
Summertime -  Janis Joplin
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2016, 09:42:03 AM »
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2016, 10:06:49 PM »
Lucille - Little Richard

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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2016, 10:49:12 AM »
I Can't Quit Her - Blood Sweat and Tears (Al Kooper era)
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2016, 08:57:33 PM »
I'm Tore Down -- Eric Clapton
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2016, 11:53:55 PM »
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2016, 12:32:58 AM »
Very difficult to post just one but here is a good one too.

Bobby McGee by the "Killer", Jerry Lee Lewis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDevnAeoyqI

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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2016, 10:11:04 AM »
I'm thinking "Little Wing" by Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan is pretty cool right now.

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Re: Best Rock and Roll blues songs ever
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2016, 11:37:29 PM »
Piece of My Heart -- Janis Joplin
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