Santana with Evil Ways off of their '69 eponymous debut.  Their Woodstock performance.

 

 

Ten Years After with I've Been There Too from the '71 A Space In Time LP.

 

 

Terry Reid with a brilliant rendition of Dylan's classic Highway 61 which he reframed as the melody Highway 61 Revisited/Friends/ Highway 61 Revisited.  Off of his '69 self-titled debut.

 

 

Title track Stranglehold by Ted Nugent released in '75.  Rock yer damn socks off.

 

 

The Moody Blues with the beautiful tune, The Actor.  From the classic '68 LP, In Search of the Lost Chord.

 

 

Three Dog Night's version of Freddie Mecury's Liar from their '70 Naturally LP.

 

 

Though Freddie Mercury wrote the song in '70 it wasn't recorded by him until Queens' '73 debut album.  Awesome song and not sure which version I like best.

 

 

The Godfather of Soul, Wilson Pickett giving a standout live performance of Land Of A Thousand Dances in Ghana, Africa on March 6, '71.  From the Soul To Soul film.

 

 

Iron Butterfly with Soldier In Our Town off of their '70 Metamorphosis LP.

 

 

The Chambers Brothers with their classic Wade In The Water performed live at the Fillmore East.  From their '69 Love, Peace and Happiness LP.

 

 

Badfinger and Baby Blue, off of their '71 Straight Up LP.

 

 

Best cover artist ever, Richie Havens with High Flying Bird from his '66 Mixed Bag LP.

 

 

Judy Henske's '63 performance of High Flying Bird on Hootenanny.  What a voice!  Could've give Janis a run for her money.

 

 

 

Of course, there are those who might prefer Gracie's Jefferson Airplane version off of their '66 Jefferson Airplane Takes Off LP.

 

 

Junior Walker & The All-Stars with Tune Up off of their '65 Shotgun LP.

 

 

Chicago band The Cryin' Shames with their psychedelic The Sailing Ship off of their '67 A Scratch In The Sky LP.

 

 

Traffic with Paper Sun off of their '67 Mr. Fantasy LP.

 

 

Lux Interior with Poison Ivy . . . The Cramps doing their awesome rendition of Jack Scott's '58 hit The Way I Walk.  Recorded in '77 and released on their '79 Gravest Hits EP.

 

 

Otis Redding with the gentle Try A Little Tenderness from his '66 Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul LP.

 

 

Roy Buchanan's sweet guitar on The Messiah Will Come Again from his '71 Buch And The Snake Stretchers LP.

 

 

One of the best western swing bands eva, Asleep At The Wheel performing the iconic Route 66 off of their '76 Wheelin' And Dealin' LP.

 

 

O.K., I'm a-gonna cheat.  I just gotta play The Cramps '94 version of Route 66.  Fantastic rendition!

 

 

Cajun music from The Balfa Brothers.  Parlez Nous A Boire from the 1970 NYC Concert.

 

 

Just wonderin' . . . is there a limit on how many posts you can make in a day?

 

Asking fer a friend . . . 

 

The Zombies with I Love You off of their self-titled '66 LP.

 

 

 

Lead Belly with his '44 recording of the traditional American folk song originating from two songs, "In the Pines" and "The Longest Train", both of whose authorship is unknown and date back to at least the 1870s, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

 

 

Another Hawkwind tune....

 

 

Ray Charles with his '58 recording of Night Time Is the Right Time.

 

 

Needs no intro...

 

 

Leon Russell with the short Masters Of War (Old Masters) off of his '70 self-titled debut.