The Zombies
When I first met my husband he was a drummer who was into like Buddy Rich and the like. So to expand his vision a bit, this was the first record I bought for him
Another one from the same time. A lot of other bands covered this one. It's fun looking at them then and now.
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...that year we also did 8 Day A Week & Brown Eyed Girl.
It's not Santana at the beginning. Just a groove we came up with to drive the tune differently than other versions.
What you may have heard was a nit of Credence, because he's doing some pretty swampy stuff on guitar.
We won the thing 3 years on a row, but with a different lineup every year.
In those 3 years, we won 5 grand total, because we won individual prizes, too.
$555 per song.
If we got paid that for normal gigs, we'd have been grossing $1.7 million a year! If that happened, I'd have retired from my real job by age 50! 
This particular battle was a "Picks & Sticks" contest. Bands brought no gear at all. Just guitar picks & drumsticks.
You play what's there. Their instruments, their amps. Had to be introduced, do the three songs and off, so the next band could get ready & go on EXACTLY 20 minutes later. Cause another band to be late; DQ'd.
Very strict rules.
Because the money was so good, club acts galore tried to get in. As prior winners, we didn't have a deadline. They saved a spot for the prior year winner.
After 3 years, we figured we made our point & moved on.
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On Sweet Jane, that augmented arpeggio on the 2nd piano interlude is Monk.
On Watchtower, the feel is closest to the Dave Mason version, but it's faster. However, I play nothing like Dave. I'm much more hard rock & fusion influenced.
The Beatles song was clearly meant to still sound Beatle-ish with the chopping string section, but the locrian main guitar theme, the wah rhythm, and the orchestral hits are more modern.
Going Down was a remnant of hosting jam nights. I made the 3 guitar passes all very different, as if 3 people were playing them. The mistake is made is I should have used 3 different guitars & amps to get the tones to sound like 3 different players. I thought of it later, but was too lazy to redo
The Petty song is not influenced by anyone other than Tom. I just rearranged the guitar parts, added more harmonies & played it a little slower. It's nit influenced by The Ventures as, I don't care for surf music.
None of these were ever played live by a band I was in. These were just tunes I always liked, but wanted to do my unique versions of them.
And, yes I'm playing all the parts. There's no band involved. The advantage, of course, is that there can be no creative differences. I'm the only one there!