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Last week’s competition, featuring Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” was a blowout, with 55% of all respondents preferring the acoustic Paul Kelly version, to the more produced Frankmusic version, which only got 23% of the vote. 20% of you didn’t care for either version, and the only “other” responses suggested the Hot Hot Heat version, and two opposing opinions on the version from the TV show, “Glee”.

Since I get accused of not playing enough blues on Coverville, let’s take a listener suggestion and listen to two versions of a 12-bar blues song that is often attributed to Muddy Waters as the writer and original performer, “Rollin’ And Tumblin'”. Ian in Raymond, WA pointed me to several different versions of the song, as well as this Wikipedia article. I’ve decided to make this a Yardbird battle – with versions by Jeff Beck (featuring Imogen Heap on vocals), and Eric Clapton. (Coincidentally, The Yardbirds recorded a version back in 1967, as well).

Which one has you diving like a duck into a river of whiskey?

Listen to the podcast featuring both songs:
[audio: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/backbeat.cachefly.net/coverville/audio/Coverville-WDIB-008-RollinAndTumblin.mp3]
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