Level: 3
Tuning: Standard

Walk Right In was written by Gus Cannon and originally recorded by Cannon's Jug Stompers in 1929. It is the only jug band song to become a #1 hit record: the Rooftop Singers' version of Cannon's Walk Right In went to the top of the charts in 1963.

The song has also been recorded by: Dr. Hook; The Brothers Four; The Ventures; Jos̩ Feliciano; Trini Lopez; Jimmy Smith, Jan & Dean, Lester Flatt; Janis Joplin; Jerry Lee Lewis; Billy Strange; Duane Eddy and Janice Joplin. And unfortunately Gus Cannon never received credit or royalties from these numerous recordings. I approached arranging Walk Right In with my Rev. Gary Davis hat. It falls nicely on the fingerboard using various licks that Rev. Davis taught me in the key of C.