[dfwgator]

And of course the first rock song any learning guitarist tries to play is the House of the Rising Sun.

[Frantzie]

I thought it was Louie Louie or Stairwell to Heaven? The first lead guitarist in Pink Floyd (Bob Close) said he and Sid Barrett played Bo Diddley blues riffs as young kids.

[Brookhaven]

And of course the first rock song any learning guitarist tries to play is the House of the Rising Sun.

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Which is a traditional delta blues song so old nobody even knows who the author is.

The animals did a great version, but it always bothered me that they somehow have gotten credit for originating the song.

[dmz]

And of course the first rock song any learning guitarist tries to play is the House of the Rising Sun.

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Became a rock song ... was a folk song for decades prior. First recording of the song is believed to have been in 1933.