Blues band standards

[Florida_RRoe7_A]

that is a great suggested song list for anybody to go over.

[iamthewalrus]

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='836264' date='May 13 2010, 03:32 PM']Ask them for their set list & go off & learn it.

A few goodies to have in the bag if they're not in the list:

The Thrill Is Gone - BB King (has a surprise 6th)
Tore Down - Freddie King, loads of others (stop-tastic!)
Crosscut Saw - Albert King (Rhumba)
Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan, BB King & others (II-V-I turnaround)
Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker (straight I-IV-V), and The Allman Brothers (not) - you'll be needing both.
Bright Lights, Big City and Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Jimmy Reed
Key To The Highway - Clapton amongst loads of others (I-V-IV)
Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix (aka The Lemon Song off Led Zep II)
My Babe - Little Walter (Swinging I-V-IV verses, Walking II-V-I on the solo)
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker.

Pete.[/quote]

Good list of Blues classics there, can I add:

Further On Up the Road (have only heard the Gary Moore version on Blues Alive)
Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
The Welfare (Turns its back on you) - Robert Cray

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='iamthewalrus' post='838449' date='May 15 2010, 09:17 PM']Good list of Blues classics there, can I add:

Further On Up the Road (have only heard the Gary Moore version on Blues Alive)
Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
The Welfare (Turns its back on you) - Robert Cray[/quote]

Hoochie Coochie Man is compulsory (along with its variants I'm A Man and Mannish Boy). Robert Cray might be a bit "modern" though

Here's the original Bobby Bland version of Farther On Up the Road:

Very different from Mr Moore's interpretation & vitally important get the stops right otherwise it descends into chaos (I speak from experience & will no longer play it with one particular guitarist). Robin Trower's take on it is worth a listen too.

P.