Hey everybody, I'm looking for songs that follow the same chord progression as Key To The Highway. I know of Willie Browns East St. Louis Blues, but are there any others. Song key doesn't matter . Thanks,? LB
« Last Edit: April 18, 2005, 05:46:16 AM by Johnm »
Oh gosh, there are lots. I think the term you are looking for is: "8 bar blues" One I can think of off the top of my head is Carl Martin's "Old Time Blues" - a very fine song.
That was pretty quick. Thanks for the fast response. I guess it's 8 bars, but also lookin for 1 5 4 for instance, (E,B,A) instead of the norm. 1 4 5,(E,A,B). Again key doesn't matter. Thanks again, LB
Searching the Desert for the Blues - Blind Willie McTell Talking to Myself - Blind Willie McTell Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis Untrue Blues - Blind Boy Fuller Hambone - Ed Bell Becky Dean - Leadbelly
I feel like I'm missing something really obvious, though...
« Last Edit: November 04, 2004, 07:02:23 PM by frankie »
There's Bo Weavil Jackson's Pistol Blues, which is really Crow Jane, I guess.? Funny that Carl Martin's Crow Jane isn't an 8-bar at all.
A couple more:
Mistreatin' Blues - Frank Stokes Frank Stokes' Dream - Frank Stokes Every Day of the Week - Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley Rolling Mill Blues - Peg Leg Howell (not really a I-V-IV, though)
I'm pretty sure one of the songs recorded by Papa Harvey Hull & Cleve Reed is an 8-bar, but I can't find the CD at the moment...
Edited to add a gaggle of Blind Boy Fuller songs:
Looking For My Woman - Blind Boy Fuller Bulldog Blues - Blind Boy Fuller Looking for My Woman, No. 2 - Blind Boy Fuller Too Many Women Blues - Blind Boy Fuller Thousand Women Blues - Blind Boy Fuller Pistol Slapper Blues - Blind Boy Fuller (slightly different - I-V-I-IV) Somebody's Been Talkin' - Blind Boy Fuller
« Last Edit: April 18, 2005, 05:47:10 AM by Johnm »
Hi all, A couple of others occur-- * "Gang of Brownskin Women"--Long Cleve Reed and Papa Harvey Hull * "Trouble In Mind"--Richard Jones * "Married Woman Blues"--George Torey (w/instrumental extension) * "Ticket Agent Blues"--Curley Weaver * "New Lovin' Blues"--Buddy Moss (except for the solos, which are 12-bar) * "Little Woman, You're So Sweet"--Blind Foy Fuller * "Red River Blues"--Blind Boy Fuller * "Woman, Woman"--Ishmon Bracey (w/instrumental extension) Actually, I guess "Trouble In Mind", and "Little Woman, You're So Sweet", may be an 8 bar blues sub-set: ones in which the second bar is a I 7 chord instead of a V 7. Broonzy switches to this progression for the solos on his original recording of "Key To The Highway", too. Fun topic. Boy, that "Pistol Blues" by Bo Weavil Jackson you cite, Frank, is perfectly amazing, as was everything he did, I think. . . to be able to play so hard, intricate and fast--whew! All best, Johnm
?* "Little Woman, You're So Sweet"--Blind Foy Fuller
Actually, I guess "Trouble In Mind", and "Little Woman, You're So Sweet", may be an 8 bar blues sub-set:? ones in which the second bar is a I 7 chord instead of a V 7.
Just thinking this morning - if we include tunes that go the the I 7 instead of V 7, wouldn't Sitting On Top of the World and all its variants/incarnations be included?
« Last Edit: April 18, 2005, 05:48:00 AM by Johnm »
Thanks everybody. Looks like I hit the jack pot. I love it and I love this site. I think im gonna make a pallet on this floor. This site seems to have it all.
Glad you found what you were looking for, LittleBenny. It gets fun here, sometimes. Re your thoughts on "Sitting on Top of the world" and its variants, Frank, I reckon the relaxed 8-bar definition would let in "How Long" and its variants, too. All best, Johnm
Was just going to add Woman Woman Blues by Ishmon Bracey then saw that JohnM had it in his list. This is one of the coolest treatments of the 8 bar I V IV form (as John notes, with instrumental extension of the form). One of my favorite Bracey tunes, along with Saturday Blues.