Hey people, who says you need "blues" tunes to put out a "blues" sound? While I myself have been into blues music for quite a while. I found when I was starting out that if you would take any song and just elongate the piece with a good "bluesy" shuffle and a few spicey turnarounds the crowd knew no different and all their heads were bopping because they were familiar with the original tune. For instance, Dylans' watching the river flow. Beautiful tune to use because you can speed it up anyway you want, AND, you can add to it anywhere in the piece and make it YOUR tune. The same for Kristofferson. How about Bobby McGee? Notice how Joplin changed things around for her and Big Brother.( you have to be familiar with the original recording to see my point.)OK, so you also want to know some song names...how about feels like rain:Buddy Guy,
or how about..any place i'm going beats any place I've been
Otis Rush, or...love,life and money; Johnny Winter, man the list just goes on and on and on...
Guildy