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Classic Rock

Chess Records Tribute

31 songs / 175:14

By: anonymous

Playlist Description

When it comes to electric blues and early rock and roll, the importance of the Chess Records catalog can not be overstated. Artists like Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy, and Etta James all cut recordings through Chess; many of those singles are now considered blues standards, while others are recognized as seminal moments in the birth of rock. This playlist compiles 30 live versions of those tracks, with recordings of Waters, Diddley, Berry and Willie Dixon along with a number of covers that speak to just how far the recordings' influence reached.

  1. 1 Muddy Waters / I Can't Be Satisfied 3:06
  2. 2 Chuck Berry / Let It Rock 3:48
  3. 3 Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley 7:29
  4. 4 Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter & James Cotton / Rocket 88 2:29
  5. 5 Chris Smither / Maybellene 2:45
  6. 6 Willie Dixon / Move Me, Baby 5:29
  7. 7 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers / So Many Roads 11:40
  8. 8 Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Blues Band / Help Me 10:28
  9. 9 John Hammond / First Time I Met the Blues 5:32
  10. 10 George Thorogood / Who Do You Love? 6:46
  11. 11 Kingfish / Hidden Charms 2:42
  12. 12 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Stage Banter 0:15
  13. 13 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Long Distance Call 5:43
  14. 14 Climax Blues Band / Seventh Son 5:03
  15. 15 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band / My Babe 4:42
  16. 16 Bruce Springsteen / Mona (I Need You Baby) 3:42
  17. 17 Pete Townshend / Eyesight To The Blind With The Pete… 4:19
  18. 18 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Hoochie Coochie Man 2:49
  19. 19 The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers / Roll Ove… 2:20
  20. 20 Quicksilver Messenger Service / Smokestack Lightning 11:08
  21. 21 Chuck Berry / Johnny B. Goode 6:07
  22. 22 Grateful Dead / Wang Dang Doodle 5:44
  23. 23 The Outlaw Blues Band / Back Door Man 4:21
  24. 24 Lightnin' Hopkins / High Heel Sneakers 5:06
  25. 25 Creedence Clearwater Revival / Suzie Q 12:05
  26. 26 Taj Mahal / Killing Floor 5:26
  27. 27 Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Blues Band / Juke 2:04
  28. 28 Muddy Waters / She's Nineteen Years Old 5:59
  29. 29 The Rolling Stones / Sweet Little Sixteen 3:57
  30. 30 Cream / Spoonful 16:39
  31. 31 Chuck Berry / My Ding-A-Ling 5:31