Day 53

Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"

#58 Dickey Betts. About where I'd place him, see if we get another back to back.

Roy Buchanan - "Green Onions"

#57 Roy Buchanan. Another heretofore unknown. Nice workout on the Booker T classic though.

Television - "Marquee Moon"

#56 Tom Verlaine. One of my favorites of all time, though I was quite late to pick up on this.

Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water"

#55 Richie Blackmore. An obvious choice, but...

Jefferson Airplane - "Spare Chaynge"

#54 Jorma Kaukonen. Was also in Hot Tuna.

Mickey and Sylvia - "Love is Strange"

#53 Mickey Baker. Another guy I know little about.

Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"

#52 Lou Reed. Probably not the last time we hear from these guys.

Free - "All Right Now"

#51 Paul Kossoff. Probably about right. Not terribly original looking back.

The Who - "I Can't Explain"

#50 Pete Townshend. Should be much higher. Article even mentions that he pioneered the frickin' powerchord.

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Birds of Fire"

#49 John McLaughlin. About 10-15 too low. I love this.

The Joe Perry Project - "Let the Music Do the Talking"

#48 Joe Perry. I know this song later appeared on Done with Mirrors, but it must be some sort of anti-American Idol thing to include this version.

T-Bone Walker - "They Call it Stormy Monday"

#47 T-Bone Walker. Old guy time again.

Les Paul - "How High the Moon"

#46 Les Paul. Obviously influential. He kept on going into his 90s.

Running count: 359 songs for 2011. More later. I had another ready to go and ran into an issue with the labels not allowing more than 200 characters.