The original version of "Back Door Man"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Yes The Doors didn't write the song.

[Cicada]

1. Like all blues songs Willie Dixon wrote it

At least it seems like Willie Dixon wrote them all. He sure wrote a ton of them.

[Docreed2003]

2. Howlin Wolf is my favorite voice...of any genre...

[Merlot]

5. Love Howlin Wolf!

[The Polack MSgt]

3. Blues music is the taproot that feeds all American music

It's the grandpa that gives treats to Country, Rock & Roll,R&B, and - yes even hip hop

[Canoe52]

4. Dont forget Blind Mellon Chiltin!

Hope the link works!!

[cemaphonic]

7. Oh cool, another offshoot of the St James Infirmary/Streets of Laredo lineage

Some rare slide banjo blues:

Gus Cannon - Poor Boy a Long Way From Home:

[The Polack MSgt]

10. nice find.

"The more I learn the less I know" is certainly a true statement about music. back when I was a 30 y.o. with 1200 LPs and an attitude, I thought I knew a lot about the blues.

Then came the internet and suddenly I was dumb as shit...

here's some Fred McDowell for ya

[cemaphonic]

11. I know what you mean

I thought I had heard all the blues I ever needed to hear. Turns out I was just bored of that Memphis/Chicago electric blues that has been strip-mined for a half-century now. Discovering the sheer variety of old acoustic blues has been one of the best parts of the internet.

And yeah, love Fred McDowell and R.L. Burnside, such an awesome rhythmic drive in that style.

[Aristus]

6. Still, a Doors cover version may be considered the perfected form.

Case in point: 'Alabama Song' from The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahoganny.

It's a cringing snooze-fest:

Now The Doors cover:

[cemaphonic]

8. Yeah, Wolf and Hubert Sumlin had the stuff

[PufPuf23]

9. Willie K Alice Cooper Samantha Fish

[Iggo]

12. Fucking Led Zeppelin!!!

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