Good Blues Songs?

[Mlucas]

Hi chaps and chapettes, my band is currently just building up a few blues covers for emergency use etc, but are struggling! We are a 3-piece band, so no prog keyboard solos! So far we have done:

Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers
Help! - The Beatles
The Forecast Calls For Pain - Robert Cray

Can anyone think of any chilled out blues we can cover?

Edited February 8, 2011 by Mlucas

[misrule]

Since I've Been Loving You -- Led Zep.

Nice bass line, too.

Or Tea For One (Zep again) -- obscure but tasty.

Cheers

Mark

Edited February 8, 2011 by misrule

[misrule]

Oh, and of course the blues version of Don't Believe A Word as a tribute to the late, great GM.

Cheers

Mark

[geoffbyrne]

Sorry, wouldn't consider *any* of the above as Blues.

Look at:

Jimmy Reed, Frank Frost, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, BB King, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Boy Williamson to name but a few.

That's Blues.

(Cream may have covered some of the above, but twisted them for their own purpose, Cream was set up as a free-form improvisation band)

G.

[niceguyhomer]

Agree with Geoff - try some Robert Johnson, early Fleetwood Mac, Howling Wolf to name but a few

[phil.i.stein]

more of a funk-blues thing really, but awesome for bass.

the eponymous l.p. is well worth seeking out, especially their version of Dylans' 'ballad of hollis brown', and their version of 'voodoo'.

of course getting someone with a voice like Aaron Neville is the hard bit..

[Happy Jack]

I can't get my head around the concept of describing [i]Help! [/i]as a blues song. That is just plain weird.

Go with Geoff & Homer (above) if you're after classic, pure blues. Fleetwood Mac especially are a treasure trove of late 60's /early 70's British blues, or you could go back a bit further and try some Chickenshack.

If you want a rather rockier version of the blues, check out stuff like The Doors and The Allman Brothers Band, maybe some early Johnny Winter or even The Groundhogs.

But if you want blues played with real style, for me it has to be Freddie King.

[foal30]

Jerry Jemmott era BB King and Freddie King
40 years on it's still a musical high water mark
'Completely Well' is on MF'er of an album.

[Bassman Sam]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1120728' date='Feb 8 2011, 10:14 PM']I can't get my head around the concept of describing [i]Help! [/i]as a blues song. That is just plain weird.

Go with Geoff & Homer (above) if you're after classic, pure blues. Fleetwood Mac especially are a treasure trove of late 60's /early 70's British blues, or you could go back a bit further and try some Chickenshack.

If you want a rather rockier version of the blues, check out stuff like The Doors and The Allman Brothers Band, maybe some early Johnny Winter or even The Groundhogs.

But if you want blues played with real style, for me it has to be Freddie King.[/quote]


+1

All these bands are influences on my playing and my love for the blues. Check out Albert King and Albert Collins.

[franzbassist]

You could have a lot of fun with these two. Dead easy to learn.

[Hamster]

Another very easy one -

[waynepunkdude]

And you can make your own bass line.

[razze06]

Hoochie Coochie man
High Heeled Sneakers

[KevB]

And if you want to go for more modern era blues rock types then people like Joe Bonamassa and Jeff Healy are obvious candidates.

[Hobbayne]

Bad Case Of Lovin' You - Robert Palmer
Need Your Love So Bad - Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac
Yer Blues - The Beatles (Prbly a better choice than Help)
Still Got The Blues For You - The late great Gary Moore.

[Conan]

One track that I played for years in my last band (and really enjoyed!) was Robert Cray's 'The Welfare'. Interesting bass line and certainly works as a three piece...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2JDRfrnzP4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2JDRfrnzP4[/url]

[Rich]

I was in a blues-rock trio many years ago, was an absolute hoot and I really miss it. Gary Moore's back catalogue is worth raiding, I always particularly liked playing 'Walking By Myself'. Also how about ZZ Top's 'I Need You Tonight'? Very chilled out, and a great excuse to drop D Yeah yeah, it's not Proper Blues, but who cares as long as it's fun?

[yorick]

How about some Creedence?

[geoffbyrne]

[quote name='yorick' post='1121033' date='Feb 9 2011, 09:58 AM']How about some Creedence?[/quote]


I *love* John Fogerty, but Blues he ain't.

G.

[rasher80]

Born Under A Bad Sign by Albert King's a cracking tune to play along to

[derrenleepoole]

You could try Muddy Waters Mannish Boy as done on the album Electric Mud. It's a lot more of a funk under current to it with a nice drive and push, but still bluesy as hell!

[Wil]

Chilled blues?

[gary mac]

What is becoming clear through this thread, is that one mans idea of the blues can be very different to the next.

[markstuk]

I'm enjoying playing this one at moment (bass in one band and keys in the other - don't you love it when a plan comes together!)
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByTWDV5edOc"]Give me one reason[/url]



[quote name='gary mac' post='1121286' date='Feb 9 2011, 12:54 PM']What is becoming clear through this thread, is that one mans idea of the blues can be very different to the next.[/quote]

[Mog]

Not all blues but we get great responses to these at blues sets.

Eric Sardinas - Cherry Bomb
Steve Vai - Juice
Eric Johnson - Zap
SRV - Honey Bee
ZZ Top - Tush