What are some of your favorite epic rock and roll songs?

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[Mason Melchizedek]

My parents taught me to love the Big Band era

[Mason Melchizedek]

Sounds of Silence

[Bill]

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My favorites include "Stairway to Heaven", "In My Time of Dying", and "Kashmir", by Led Zeppelin, "Free Bird", by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", by Elton John, and the full version of "Roundabout" and "Close To The Edge", by Yes.

East West, Butterfield Blues Band

Interesting to note that at the same time that the Beatles were making it big with such as “I want to hold your hand” recordings as Butterfield’s East West and the Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” to name a few were released in relative obscurity

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East West, Butterfield Blues Band

Interesting to note that at the same time that the Beatles were making it big with such as “I want to hold your hand” recordings as Butterfield’s East West and the Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” to name a few were released in relative obscurity

Thanks for your post. I own the East-West CD, it's quite good.

[Bill]

East West, Butterfield Blues Band

Interesting to note that at the same time that the Beatles were making it big with such as “I want to hold your hand” recordings as Butterfield’s East West and the Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” to name a few were released in relative obscurity

Tis a business as they say...

Beatles never made much blues, although they did love Muddy or his celeb anyway. Stones were much more bluesy..

Ironically both bands copied American music, rather poorly before they were able to leave it behind & get out on their own side of the road..

[T. A. Gardner]

I'll put this here. This is what happens when you want to be a rock star and your parents make you take cello lessons...

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I'll put this here. This is what happens when you want to be a rock star and your parents make you take cello lessons...

Now THAT'S funny! Thanks for the post.

[T. A. Gardner]

Now THAT'S funny! Thanks for the post.

Your welcome. Here's another of theirs (Highway to Hell)

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Your welcome. Here's another of theirs (Highway to Hell)

Thanks, again. Cellists play AC/DC, who knew?!?

[T. A. Gardner]

Thanks, again. Cellists play AC/DC, who knew?!?

I did....

[Geeko Sportivo]

Tis a business as they say...

Beatles never made much blues, although they did love Muddy or his celeb anyway. Stones were much more bluesy..

Ironically both bands copied American music, rather poorly before they were able to leave it behind & get out on their own side of the road..

That's kind of the Beauty of Rock, Rock is based on 1-4-5 melodic Blues Progressions. The Beatles had tons of those.

"Yer Blues" was an upright total Blues arrangement where George even mentions Elmore James in the song.

But, I could just as easily hear B.B. King play "Something" and it would probably come out sounding a little more Bluesy!

[Bill]

I'll put this here. This is what happens when you want to be a rock star and your parents make you take cello lessons...

[Bill]

That's kind of the Beauty of Rock, Rock is based on 1-4-5 melodic Blues Progressions. The Beatles had tons of those.

"Yer Blues" was an upright total Blues arrangement where George even mentions Elmore James in the song.

But, I could just as easily hear B.B. King play "Something" and it would probably come out sounding a little more Bluesy!

I could be wrong but I think the Beatles stuck closer to what they called back then the mersey beat.. I dunno if that was what they wanted to do or their producer Epstein wanted/thought would be the most popular.......
~ the blues had a baby & they named it rock n roll........