Given the current thread on Rolling Stones' 500 top rock songs, I thought it might be fun for members to list their favorite rock arrangements of traditional songs. I would go with the following (in no order):

Tony Sheridan and the Beatles: My Bonnie
Nirvana: Where did you Sleep?
Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley (which is a version of "hambone," etc)
Grateful Dead: Samson and Delilah
Cordelia's Dad: Jersey City
Ritchie Valens: La Bamba (or maybe the Los Lobos remake!)
John Wesley Harding: Edward
Bill Haley and his Comets: The Saints Rock and Roll
David Bromberg Band: Mrs. Delion's Lament
Beach Boys: Sloop John B.
Dr. John: Iko Iko
Led Zeppelin: Gallows Pole
Steeleye Span: All Around My Hat (They did better songs, but none rockier)
Otis Clay: Banks of the Ohio
Snatch and the Poontangs: The Great Stack-a-Lee (really a traditional "toast" set to music, offensive as all hell to boot!)


Anyone want to add their own favorites? Maybe you'll steer me toward new CD purchases!