Return of the Son of Weekend Listomania: Special "Pluck Your Magic Twanger, White Boy " Edition

[I originally posted this back in 2008(!), when the world and this blog were young. As is my wont in these cases, I've done a bit of re-writing, and swapped in a song that wasn't in the original list, just so you don't think of me as the sad slacker I quite obviously am. Enjoy.]

Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Saudi Arabian PGA/LIV-certified caddy/ball-retriever Salman bin Blowme and I will be heading to beautiful Bedminster, New Jerey to attend the tee-off of Donad Trump's Make America Golf Again promotional tour.

Consequently, posting by moi will be sporadic for the next few days.

But in the meantime, here's a fun project to tide us over --

Best Slide Guitar Work On a Pop, Rock or Soul Record Under 10 Minutes Long!!!

Okay, here's my totally top of my head Top Eight.

8. Canned Heat -- Let's Work Together

The great Alan Wilson. Not to be confused with ---

7. Al Wilson -- Lodi

The John Fogerty song, of course, and as I have mentioned on numerous occasions, one of the great lost singles of the 60s. I should add that to this day there has been no definitive accreditation of who exactly is playing those amazing guitars, although given the year (1969) and town (LA) when and where it was recorded, the betting is on either Ry Cooder or Jesse Ed Davis.

6. The Beatles -- For You Blue

George Harrison: "Elmore James' got nothin on this baby."

5. John Hiatt -- Riding With the King

The unbelievably amazing Sonny Landreth on slide. Seriously -- I've seen those guys do this live, and it was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had without drugs. Those notes seemed to literally hang suspended in time and space.

4. Leo Kottke -- Louise

The definitive version of this oft-covered folkie classic, I think. Actually, If Kottke's slide solos don't make you cry, I don't want to know you.

3. Mick Jagger -- Memo from Turner

The aforementioned Ry Cooder on guitar, absolutely dripping menace and mystery. Incidentally, I recently discovered who the rhythm section is (courtesy of Rhino's 2007 Jagger solo best-of): turns out it's Stevie Winwood and Jim Capaldi. Pretty cool, no?

2. Joe Walsh -- Rocky Mountain Way

Walsh may be, in Don Henley's famous phrase, "an interesting couple of guys," but one of them is clearly an absolutely monster slide player.

And the numero uno most concise slide guitar work ever committed to magnetic tape, hands down it's so totally obvious if you try to argue with me I swear to god I'll harm you so just don't, is ---

1. The Rolling Stones -- I Wanna Be Your Man

There's tons of slide all over the Stones catalogue, obviously, but this cover of the Fabs song was the first use (1964) of slide on a pop hit ever, so I think it deserves the top slot. Brian Jones, ladies and germs, let's really hear it for him!

Awrighty then -- what would your choices be?

And have a great weekend, everybody!!!