Since this is JazzFest week, we'll do a song about New Orleans.....or at least a house that's in New Orleans,

Listen to some of the much earlier versions on YouTube...great/interesting stuff.....(Georgia Turner is from 1937)

I like the Blind Boys of Alabama's version...they sing the lyrics of "Amazing Grace" over it.

Animals, with Frijid Pink's fuzz-tone freakout version second.

The Animals.

I voted for the animals but bobs version rates special mention, especially the band version found only on the CD Rom issued years ago.

Same here.

The Animals, hands down. Great, great song.

I hadn't heard the Frijid Pink version before though... and I like it!

The Frijid Pink version was a left-field Top 10 single in 1970.

There are too many versions on AMG to look at everything. The one that comes quickest to mind is a tape i used to have of Josh White jr doing it. he said the arrangement came from his father.

Weird story about that circa 80's concert: White JR, gave a long lecture in the middle of the show about not using hard bristled tooth brushes! (I'm serious). I met him, & other than that bit of weirdness he seemed like a nice guy.

I've actually never been all that fond of the Animals version.

The Animals version was played on the radio a lot when I was growing up, and it was one of the first songs I remember specifically disliking as a kid. I can appreciate it more now but there are still numerous Animals songs that I'd rather hear on a typical day.

As for the other versions, I'm sure I've heard a couple but I guess none of them stuck with me.

No love for Andy Griffith?

Or Santa Esmeralda with Jimmy Goings?

My pick is the Animals, although a special note should be given to Tracey Chapman, who does it from the perspective of a woman who works in the House.

Jason