Cover songs that are better than the originals.

I have never seen that footage and in my youth and ignorance probably would have flipped to another channel when they were on SNL. That's right about the time my homeroom teacher was trying to improve the tastes of a room full of Philistines, preppies and Saturday Night Fever wannabes who thought he was nuts. For me it was all Zep, Who, Kinks, etc.

I will see if I can find that footage on YouTube. Would love to see it.

Warren Haynes - One

@n80, I got to see/hear both The Kinks and The Who live in '68 and '69, and both were really great live. You expect that of The Who, but not necessarily The Kinks. Ray Davies in one of my favorite writers ("Waterloo Sunset" !), and he was also a great performer, very entertaining. Believe it or not, The Kinks were louder than The Who. Ray's Telecaster was piercingly bright, to the point of painfulness.

"Mercury Blues "The Steve Miller Band"

slaw, is that the David Lindley "Mercury Blues"? Must be killer, 'cause David's is fantastic. Great recorded quality, too.