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08-07-2004, 05:10 AM
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As I posted in a previous thread, I am thinking about jumping back into playing with a band. The Blues thing is happening around here and I've decided this is probably the direction I want to go. There are a number of open jams around town that I'm going to start attending and eventually participate in as a way into the local scene.
So far, my practice time has been rather scattershot--a little of this, a little of that, hey, this is fun, etc.... Now I need to focus on some definite goals.
What I'd like help with, is developing a list of Blues standards that are likely to be called out. I know that there are probably hundreds, but I have to start somewhere.
Throw a few in the hat.
Thanks a lot!
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08-07-2004, 08:20 AM
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08-07-2004, 08:37 AM
|  | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | Stormy Monday
Statesborough Blues
One Way Out
Whipping Post (Sorry, old school guys, but it is practically a required song.)
Crossroads
The Thrill is Gone, and anything else from BB King
Pride and Joy, and anything else from Stevie Ray Vaughn
Others I haven't thought of yet...
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08-07-2004, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Bard2dbone Stormy Monday
Statesborough Blues
One Way Out
Whipping Post (Sorry, old school guys, but it is practically a required song.)
Crossroads
The Thrill is Gone, and anything else from BB King
Pride and Joy, and anything else from Stevie Ray Vaughn
Others I haven't thought of yet... | I want to join this band!
"Wang Dang Doodle!"
"Back Door Man"
"Big Boss Man"
"I put a Spell on You"
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08-07-2004, 11:26 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: kcmo | | | Yeah, I've been working on some of the SRV and Allman Bros. stuff, as well as some of the more rock oriented Johnny Winter (from Still Alive and Well) and A Big Man, by John Mayall.
I'm thinking that I should look at some of the compilation CD's that are available to see if I can get a number of the traditional tunes in one package.
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08-07-2004, 05:58 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Still in Margaritaville | | Confessin' the Blues
Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Gambler's Blues
Lucille
Paying the Cost to Be Boss
Rock Me Baby
Sweet Little Angel
Why I Sing the Blues
Every Day I Have the Blues
Crosscut Saw
Shame, Shame, Shame
Little Dab-a-Do
Trouble Blues
Cold Day in Hell
Midnight Blues
Still Got the Blues for You
Separate Ways
The blues Is All Right
If Trouble Was Money, I'd Be a Millionaire
Further on Up the road
CrossRoads
Spoonful
Aberdeen
Red House
Voodoo Chile Blues
Mannish Boy
Boom Boom
Basin Street blues
Sweet Home Chicago
Everyday I Have the Blues
Hoochie Coochie Man
Double Trouble
Little Red Rooster
Worried Life Blues
St James Infirmary
Smokestack Lightening
Tain't Nobody's business If I Do
Tobacco Road
Who Do You Love?
Cry, Cry, Cry
Bright Lights, Big City
Let the Good Times Roll
Green Onions
Flip, Flop and Fly
634-5789
I'll Play the Blues for You
I Got My Mojo Workin'
Pride and Joy
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Born Under a Bad Sign
Mystery Train
The Sky Is Cryin'
Stormy Monday
Worried Life Blues
Down Home Blues
Trouble No More
That's All Right
Dust My Broom
Rollin' and Tumblin'
T-Bone Shuffle
Kansas City
Baby, Please Don't Go
Who Do You Love?
Big Boss Man
Pity the Fool
Come on in My Kitchen
For other ideas and an interesting history og the blues and the most important blues styles, check: http://www.allmusicguide.com
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08-07-2004, 06:15 PM
| | The emperor has no clothes! | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Burbank CA USA | | The ones I most frequently hear at blues jams around here are:
Stormy Monday
Sweet Home Chicago
Red House
Pride and Joy
Tore Down
Bright Lights, Big City
Hoochie Koochie Man
Born Under a Bad Sign
Further On Up the Road
Sleepin' in the Ground
I'm Ready
My Baby's Gone
Big Boss Man
Dust My Broom
Worried Life Blues
Trouble in Mind
Key to the highway
Walkin' the Dog
Cold Shot
Every Day (I Have the Blues)
Rock Me Baby
Take Out Some Insurance
Louisiana Blues
Goin' Down
... that's about as many as I can remember at the moment. 
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08-07-2004, 07:05 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: kcmo | | | Great! Thanks for the lists. I'll print them out and head for the used CD stores (and library) tomorrow. |
08-07-2004, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Boplicity Kansas City | Now, how does that one go?  |
08-07-2004, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by emor Now, how does that one go? | "I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come.
They've got some crazy lookin' women there and I'm gonna get me one."
"Gonna be standin' on the corner, Main Street and One
Gonna be standin' on the corner, Main Strret and One
They got some crazy lookin' mommas there and I'm gonna get me one.
"Oh, I might take a plane. I might take a train. But if I have to walk, Im goin' just the same."
I'm going to Kansas City, etc...
(I might have the name of that street wrong. It has been some time since I have played that song, though it remains one of my favorites.)
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08-08-2004, 07:20 AM
| | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | I had no idea that I was still this much of a blues geek. I was reading these lists and actually exclaiming (loudly) things like "Spoonful! How did I forget that one? Mannish Boy! Oh my God!" I am sure my wife thinks I've lost it.
But definite corroborative votes for:
Spoonful
Mannish Boy
Further On Up the Road
St James Infirmary
Key to the Highway
Hoochie Coochie Man
Who Do You Love?
and one I have only heard from Lynnyrd Skynnyrd, so I don't know who did it originally...'Ain't No Good Life'
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08-08-2004, 10:27 AM
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08-08-2004, 11:59 AM
| | Bye Millen! Hello? | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Great Lakes State | | | I haven't seen this yet...
You gotta know the Killin' Floor riff if you're gonna be in a Blues band...
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08-08-2004, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe_Atlanta | Thanks. |
08-08-2004, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Slater You gotta know the Killin' Floor riff if you're gonna be in a Blues band... | I have the Albert King version (from Years Gone By).
Do you have a particular version in mind? |
08-08-2004, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by emor I have the Albert King version (from Years Gone By).
Do you have a particular version in mind? | I just posted about Killin' Floor because there are many songs that use the "Killin' Floor Riff", even though they are not actually Killin' Floor. I think Howlin' Wolf's version would be the best example of the song, since he wrote it.
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08-08-2004, 05:06 PM
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Awesome.
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