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25   "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
The Rolling Stones (1971)

The fist-on-your-door riff was classic Keith Richards, while the solo showed Mick Taylor's disciplined touch. "Mick was so lyrical on songs like 'Knocking,' " Charlie Watts has said, noting his love of the song's long instrumental coda. "That was a complete jam, one take at the end."


"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" from Sticky Fingers (Virgin)


The Rolling Stones performing "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" Live

26   "How Blue Can You Get"
B.B. King (1965)

This was King in his Sixties prime, driving home the song's frustrated lust with silver-dagger licks. Live at the Regal was both King's greatest live recording and the end of an era; two years later, he noted, "I've had a lot [more] of the white kids come than ever before."


"How Blue Can You Get?" from Live at the Regal (Geffen)


B. B. King performing "How Blue Can You Get?" live in 1972

27   "Look Over Yonders Wall"
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)

Mike Bloomfield was among the first white players to dig deep into Chicago blues — and one of the most underrated guitar wizards of all time. His hyper-charged take on Elmore James here shows why Dylan soon recruited him.


"Look Over Yonders Wall" from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra)

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