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Top 30: Special Guest Appearances

31 songs / 232:07

By: Concert Vault

Playlist Description

Here are our 30 favorite instances of special guests sitting in throughout the Vault. It's not always tight, and it's not always pretty, but it's always a recording to behold. The list of special guests is as follows (there are 31 tracks because tracks 22 and 23 are from the same show):

1. Duane Allman
2. Bonnie Raitt
3. Robert Fripp (of King Crimson)
4. John McLaughlin (of Mahavishnu Orchestra)
5. Keith Richards
6. Sting on vocals, Shankar on violin
7. Jerry Garcia
8. Johnny Winter
9. Paul Butterfield
10. Albert King
11. Elton John
12. David Allen Coe and Warren Haynes
13. Albert King
14. Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) and James Moody (sax)
15. Phil Lesh
16. Carlos Santana
17. Los Lobos and Bobby McFerrin
18. Sha Na Na, Roberta Flack, and Stevie Wonder
19. The Beach Boys
20. Leslie West and Stephen Stills
21. Peter Haycock (guitar) and Colin Cooper (sax) of the Climax Blues Band
22 - 23. Johnny and Edgar Winter
24. Neil Young
25. Elvin Bishop
26. The Joy Of Cooking
27. Chet Baker
28. David Bromberg
29. John Popper
30. G. Love
31. Muddy Waters

  1. 1 Grateful Dead / Hurts Me Too 10:42
  2. 2 Little Feat / Rock & Roll Doctor 4:06
  3. 3 Peter Gabriel / All Day And All Of The Night (Featur… 6:08
  4. 4 Jeff Beck / Power 5:54
  5. 5 Dave Edmunds & Rockpile / Let It Rock (featuring Kei… 4:47
  6. 6 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band / The River 6:13
  7. 7 The Allman Brothers Band / Whipping Post 11:57
  8. 8 Son Seals Blues Band / Mother-In-Law Blues 7:26
  9. 9 Steve Miller Band / Song For Our Ancestors 7:32
  10. 10 B.B. King / Sweet Sixteen 8:57
  11. 11 Kiki Dee / Don't Go Breaking My Heart, featuring Elt… 5:03
  12. 12 Betts, Hall, Leavell and Trucks / Ramblin' Man 6:36
  13. 13 Booker T. & the MG's / Overhaul Junction 3:35
  14. 14 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Got My Mojo Working 5:22
  15. 15 Wilco / Ripple (w/ Phil Lesh) 5:20
  16. 16 Blues Traveler / Mountain Cry 20:11
  17. 17 Santana / Oye Como Va 8:49
  18. 18 John Lennon / Give Peace A Chance 7:40
  19. 19 Grateful Dead / Okie From Muskogee 3:42
  20. 20 Jorma Kaukonen / Volunteers 13:03
  21. 21 Wishbone Ash / Where Were You Tomorrow 14:35
  22. 22 B.B. King / B.B. King Tells A Story 10:51
  23. 23 B.B. King / Going Down Slow 6:06
  24. 24 Nils Lofgren / Believe (with Neil Young) 3:31
  25. 25 George Thorogood / One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 12:53
  26. 26 Steve Goodman / Mama Don't Allow 6:46
  27. 27 Stan Getz Quartet / But Not for Me (Feat. Chet Baker) 5:27
  28. 28 Linda Ronstadt / Silver Threads & Golden Needles (Ou… 3:17
  29. 29 Grateful Dead / Wang Dang Doodle 5:44
  30. 30 Leftover Salmon / Blues In The Bottle 6:25
  31. 31 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band / Got My Mojo Working 3:29