"Must know" blues tunes. Need list.

[Mongeaux]

In the 90s I played nothing but jazz and there is a set of Jazz tunes that EVERY Jazz player knows. I could go sub for another bass player with no worries as all the Jazz groups in town knew this basic list of standards.

Now that I have gotten sick of playing jazz for the time being I am working on learning classic blues styles. I feel good with my basic feels but now need to learn a list of tunes I can use for open jam sessions. I have always found gigs by going to open jamz and meeting new players. There are so many great blues tunes I don't know where to start. Many tunes don't require any special bass line and for those I can just play what feels right but many others do have specific bass lines or hooks.

Any links or suggestions are welcome.

[kiwlm]

Do a search on "Blues" just on the title:

Here are a couple that turned up

Listening homework: Blues
Cool Blues Tunes
Blues music
Tunes to know for blues jams - HELP!

There are a couple more... but I am lazy...

[wulf]

Erm... how about "I Woke Up This Mornin'"

How about going to some of the blues based open jam sessions in your town and seeing what the local definition of 'standards' is? Like most genres, blues is pretty diverse once you get down to it so it will help to focus on what's going down among the people you want to play with.

Wulf

[Bard2dbone]

The Thrill is Gone, Stormy Monday, Statesboro Blues,Boom Boom Boom Boom,Crossroads, Hellhounds On My Trail, Ain't No Good Life...

Just look around. These are the first classic titles I thought of. I stopped trying to come up with new ones as soon as I started typing.

[Rick Blanc]

Sweet Home Chicago
Kansas City
Crosscut Saw
Going Down
Keys To the Highway
Born Under A Bad Sign
Love Her With a Feelin'
Hey Bartender
Hoochie Coochie Man
Five Long Years
Tore Down
Before You Accuse Me
Walkin' Blues

Artists to check out are
B.B. King
Freddy King
Albert King
Wynonie Harris
Koko Taylor
Professor Longhair
Buddy Guy
T-Bone Walker
Jimmie Whithers
Floyd Dixon
Willie Dixon
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Bullmoose Jackson
Big Joe turner
Amos Milburn
Little Walter
John Lee Hooker
Elmore James
Magic Sam
Howlin' Wolf
james Cotton


There's alot more but it's a start.

[Matt Till]

If you can handle jazz, blues is cake.

I'm in a band that does a ton of blues tunes, and I'm a jazz moron.

[baba]

Stormy Monday is fun. Blues with an unexpected twist.

[Adam Barkley]

Baby Please Don't Go - everybody and their mother has covered it, including Aerosmith currently.