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We are in the process of adding some tunes to our expanding repertoire. What are some of your favorite blues songs? Could be anything bluesy, well known, obscure, any blues style (delta, Chicago, Texas, etc.) If you were to go and see a blues band what song(s) would you want to hear?

Right off the top of my head, I love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrVwGxlcFA

I'll have to dig around and see what else I can find. But this is definitely my favorite kind of Blues vibe.

Sitting On Top Of The World - Cream
Someday The Sun Won't Shine For You - Jethro Tull
Bullfrog Blues - Canned Heat
C'Mon - Pt II - Jimi Hendrix
Hear My Train A'Comin' - Jimi Hendrix
Highway 69 - Johnny Winter
Ain't My Cross To Bear - Allman Bros

Guilty - Randy Newman

You Can Leave Your Hat On - Randy Newman

I'm So Tired - Beatles

Back In The USSR - Beatles

Something To You - ME!!!! (heh heh heh)

Tobacco Road - too many to list

Money (That's What I Want) - I like the Beatles version, but all of them are great

Lucille - Little Richard

Tooty Fruity - Little Richard

Great Balls Of Fire - Jery Lee Lewis

Hootchy Kootchy Man - Steppenwolf

Ball Crusher - Steppenwolf

Highway 69 - Johnny Winter

It's Highway 61, not 69...even though that is a favorite number of mine...lol

Sweet Home Chicago - Buddy Guy, others

Bullfrog Blues - Rory Gallager

Life Is Hard - Johnny Winter

Loan Me A Dime - Boz Scaggs

Shame shame Shame - Kenny Wayne Shepperd

Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers

Stiletto Blues - Van Wilks

Muddy Water Blues - Paul Rodgers

Hoochie Coochie man

Rock Me Baby - BB King and everybody else

Aint Wastin Time No More - Allman Brothers

Further On Up the Road - Clapton

Before You Accuse Me - Clapton

Philby - we just added Leave Your Hat On to our songlist, played it first time at a party last weekend, my Fender Champ decided to fry itself yet again in the middle of that song...I like the Edgar Winter version of Tobacco Road best.

We're also playing several of the songs I listed, and a couple of them are on our "back burner" list too. Sweet Home Chicago and Load Me A Dime both worked out really well.

Paleopete wrote:

Highway 69 - Johnny Winter

It's Highway 61, not 69...even though that is a favorite number of mine...lol

Freud would say that was not an accident....

Philby - Also, did you know that Randy Newman wrote Leave Your Hat On? surprised me when I looked up the lyrics, but that's typical for his songwriting, great writer.

Bob - if you can find a copy, Paul Rodgers recorded "Muddy Water Blues" as a tribute to Muddy Waters. Several guitar players and a dozen or so great old blues tunes. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Standing Around Crying (great David Gilmour guitar work), Hoochie Coochie Man, Born Under A Bad Sign (that would be a good one to do, I'm thinking about adding it tou our list) and severl others.

Billy - yeah, I knew he wrote it. I'm a fan of Mr Newman's. I think he's one of the best composers out there. Have you heard his lil opera "Faust?" Amazing music in that one.

Stick a frock on Bob and do this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3y06CdH27Y

Still Got The Blues For You or anything by Gary Moore! or I Think I Love You Too Much by The Jeff Healy Band.

Little Wing , One of the most beautiful songs written , not 1,4,5, but still very deep blues.

Actually that new lady ,mellissa proctor , has one tune up here that is pretty damn good, its called gunpowder and lead. if you pulled it out of the country genre that she is pushing ,you have a cool unknown blues song. Just a thought.

Wow, thanks for all the input. We have some of these in our repertoire already, Hoochie Coochie Man, Lucille, Come On Part II (everybody seems to like this one), etc. I've also performed many others in past bands. Lots of interesting choices, I'll look into all. Right now I've got a yearning to do some Scream'in Jay Hawkins, especially Frenzy, Yellow Coat and Little Demon. Also a few Little Richard tunes, especially True Fine Mama. Too many good tunes, so little time...

Yo. bob! The absolute best love/blues song I ever heard was off of Randy Newman's "Faust." The devil sings it to Bonnie Raitt's character. It's called "Bleeding All Over The Place." I highly recommend it. You'll wanna change the key, but it's well worth the effort, man. I LOVE that song!

Or howzabuot "I Just Want You To Hurt Like I Do" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSJshUpp ... re=related - what a powerful piece lyrically!

Or "It's Lonely At The Top" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmGJQq3 ... iv-1r-2-HM

Phil, I just thought of one: "Life's One Act Play" from Savoy Brown's "A Step Further". Lotta pain in that one.