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Old 02-27-2021, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by JonPR View Post
I notice you've already got a fair mix there: an 8-bar blues (It Hurts Me Too) as well as a tune some would say is not a blues (Nobody Knows You) - but only because it's not a 12-bar! (It's perfectly comfortable in a blues repertoire, and has the advantage of being well-known even among non-blues fans.)

You have a lot of Robert Johnson already, so maybe don't need any more.

No one seems to have mentioned Big Bill Broonzy yet, and he has a huge repertoire to choose from. Key to the Highway and Trouble in Mind are two more 8-bars, but IMO you need some more variety of tempo. Something like All By Myself (even if you have to strum it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzbL8tpGIZ4

or something equally jolly from Blind Blake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8aR4wwJs-0
- and another different chord sequence of course.

or a nice one-chord groove like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx29hxvjPfk

Here's a couple which both feature a very unusual minor IV chord:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_MzmRRVB2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKfy2W70Qg

Cannonball Blues is another nice one with an unusual form:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgNSDlVRHE
Tom Rush called his version Solid Gone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD0fROXfDIY

Then there's old ones like this, with jazzier sequences (belongs with Nobody Knows You...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ6w5IlqhSk

It's also important sometimes to have a blues about feeling good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2ViFwbC0Q
Here's Alexis Korner's version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=judlNuoG454
Or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPqGZNtXTE
- if you can manage that whistling, you've got the gig cracked.
You're right, I have a RJ serious problem, he is one of my essential pillars.
I'll check all your post and I'll work on it.
Thank you for your time, amazing post!
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