Topic: Mournin' Blues

[nobro]

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[sustaireblues]

That's really nice Reggie!
Nice, mellow, rainy-day kinda blues.

Joe

[nobro]

Thanks for lending an ear Joe!

[slideaway]

some nice harp playin too! 

[nobro]

Thanks muchly slideaway!

I think the key was a little low in this rendition for my vocals. I later bumped that up a bit.

These are my verses but the chorus and the melody are based on a much older song. (Dave Macon) Uncle Dave Macon, with Sam McGee [?26, ?I?ve Got the Mourning Blues? Vocalion 15319] Jim Kweskin offered it as "Morning Blues".

I slowed the tempo to make it feel more sleepy and blue and added bottleneck slide