OK, stand aside and lemme get to the stage. Spotlight over here, please!! Good evening and here we go!
1. That Lovin' I Crave - Blind Blake 2. Kindhearted Woman Blues - RJ 3. All My Friends Are Gone - RGD/McTell arr Grossman 4. Hey Hey - BBB 5. Slow Drag aka Cincinatti Flow Rag - various 6. Walking Blues - Son House 7. Arrangement for Me - Bo Carter 8. Tear It Down (Bed Slats and All) - Memphis Jug Band
and for an encore and to please the wimmin
9. When Did You Leave Heaven - Big Bill
Hey! Tell that Campbell guy not to bother!!
Cheerily,
Gerry C
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I done seen better days, but I'm puttin' up with these...
If solo 1. If I Lose, Let Me Lose (a chestnut to try to get some mojo going) 2. Hesitation Blues (and another one, to try again) 3. No More Cane on the Brazos (stretching a bit) 4. Old Jim Canaan's (and a bit more) (drop sixth string to D, change the mood, and back to familiar ground) 5. Delia 6. Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer (back to standard) 7. Hey Hey Daddy Blues 8. Denomination Blues (to Spanish tuning, while judging whether an encore might be right, and if so) 9. Trouble Soon Be Over (Blind Willie Johnson via Geoff Muldauer)
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... but it's a slow consumption, killing me by degrees
Hmmmm.... tonight the list would be, in no special order, and if I didn't have my banjo with me:
Cincinnatti Flow Rag - RGD Spike Driver's Blues - MJH Railroad Blues - Sam McGee Falling Down Blues - Robert Wilkins Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me (or maybe Beans) - Bo Carter You Can Never Tell - Blind Boy Fuller Night Time is the Right Time - Mance Lipscomb The Train that Carried the Girl From Town - Frank Hutchison
My choices would be largely driven by a limited repertoire... But...
1. Hey Hey- Broonzy 2. Hard Time Blues- Scrapper Blackwell 3. Falling Back down- Me 4. 99 Year Blues- Julius something or other.. 5. Travellin Man- Pink Anderson (soon to debut on the Backporch) 6. Sweetheart Blues - Me 7. Woman Woman- Ishmon Bracey 8. Youll like my Lovin
1. How Long - L.Carr arr Tampa Red 2. Broke & Hungry - S.J.Estes, own arrangement in Spanish 3. Voice of the Blues - T.Dorsey/Tampa Red 4. Drop Down Mama - S.J.Estes (as for 2) 5. Midnight Hour - L.Carr 6. Pony/Jinx - Son House 7. M&O Blues - W.Davis, own slide arrangement in V'pol 8. Sittin on Top of the World - W.Vincson arr Tampa Red
No encore - leave 'em wanting more/get out while you can!
Some of the tunes are for mandolin, so hopefully I could shanghai a guitarist to help me on those!
Broke and Hungry Sleepy John Estes Divin' Duck Blues Yank Rachell Levee Camp Moan Son House It Hurts Me Too Tampa Red Hellhound On My Trail Robert Johnson Come Back Baby (in DADGAD tuning, my own arrangement based on a recording Eric Bibb and I did more than 20 years ago, which he said he based on a version he heard from Dave Van Ronk) 32:20 Blues Robert Johnson Big Road Blues Sam Chatmon's version, which I LOVE and can't get enough of!!!
Okay, Love me,baby love me (Moss) Traveling riverside blues (Johnson) Little queen of spades (Johnson) Long Haired Doney (Burnside) Lawton, Oaklahoma (Ray&Glover) Doctor Jazz (Morton) Lovin Spoonful (Davis) Rake and a rambeling boy (Derroll Adams)
1. framer's blues... eli framer 2. t & t blues... mooch richardson 3. double crossing blues... texas alexander & little hat jones 4. t'ain't nobody's business if i do (part 2 mostly)... frank stokes 5. midnight blues... willie moore 6. hard time killin' floor blues... chris thomas king (blasphemy!) 7. goin to leave you blues... big boy cleveland 8. country blues... muddy waters
encore...
9. screamin' and hollerin' the blues... charley patton.
when i get screamed on for a second encore i'll just play it by ear i think