Topic: SOTM October 2019 - Truckin' My Blues Away

[eric]

The C version of this tune is one of the first rags I learned and is a lot of fun to play.  I was inspired to do this tune for SOTM after John Miller gave a class at PT that explained the progression in C and G.  I associate it with Blind Boy Fuller because he had numerous versions, but there are lots of others.

Here's the progression:


I [III7] / VI7 / II7 V7 / I

I [III7] / VI7 / II7 / V7

I / I7 / IV / Idim

I [III7] / VI7 / II7 V7 / I [V7]

II7 V7 / I

and here's Blind Boy Fuller:



Memphis Minnie


Milton Brown

[eric]

Here's a couple more:

Buddy Moss:



Jontavious Willis was one of the instructors at PT this year.  He's a great player:

[lindy]

Here's the original--or at least from my limited knowledge I consider it "the original" *in terms of lyrics.* There are many other songs with the same progression ... anyone know of a predecessor with the "Truckin'" theme in the lyrics?



And a version of Chesterfield that I really love from John Jackson:

[jtbrown]

Eric, shouldn't that be a V7 chord at the end of the second line of the progression, rather than a I chord?

Todd Brown

[eric]

Good catch, Todd.  Fixed it, thanks.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here's another one of these from Buddy Moss--"Daddy Don't Care":



All best,
Johnm

[eric]

Here's another one, with an interesting theme.

[eric]