Who does your favorite version of "Sweet Home Chicago"?

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Magic Sam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow7OvsQtVQc&feature=related
Buddy Guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRhaDrnlWo&feature=related
The original by Robert Johnson, Freddie King, Foghat, Clapton, Luther Allison, other?

Martin · Accepted Answer

At the risk of being pedantic, I have to say I prefer Scrapper Blackwell's original Kokomo Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZEGJfes1c

That Magic Sam cover was great. In addition, I enjoy Robert Johnson's version, as well as those of Johnny Shines and Robert Jr. Lockwood (whom everyone on You Tube seems to list as Robert Lockwood Jr. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWm5lRkejM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qhba3Q8So8

BlueLaser · Answer

The Blues Brothers Version is my favorite without a shadow of doubt but Foghat is a close second.

hookerln · Answer

i've always liked the live version done by The Alligator Allstars at the Alligator Records 20th anniversary concert.

^glen^magnific^ ^mufflerdent^ · Answer

how about;
Floyd McDaniels with Dave Spector and the Bluebirds ... http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Sweet+Home+Chicago/pEOq6

aaa could be;
Roosevelt Sykes .... http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Sweet+Home+Chicago/1LRGar

bababa maybe;
Crossroadz ..... http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Sweet+Home+Chicago/2fhNOc

Now strings on the loose. ... Jano Letelier; http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Sweet+Home+Chicago/2BY7HZ

sax ... The New Vintage Blues Band; http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Sweet+Home+Chicago/2rnw5G

Never leave home with out it, Taj Mahal; http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Sweet+Home+Chicago+Live/1QvMet

Magic Sam really got a .... getcha going down the road feel it. Been wanting to visit my uncle Junior for years man. He's in Portsmith, by the railroad tracks.

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Who does your favorite version of "Sweet Home Chicago"?

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