Topic: I've got the blues
I've changed my mind, and I now need some nice, easy, blues song suggestions and who they're by. Please help me!!!
Re: I've got the blues
if you can do pinch harmonics you could do
bellbottem blues by clapton
-its not too too hard
look into some bb king buddy guy srv stuff like that
Re: I've got the blues
Can't promise it'll be easy, but you could try "the pistol slapper blues" by Blind Boy Fuller, later covered by Rory Gallagher (Check it out on youtube). I learned it recently myself and it's a brilliant angry blues track! alternatively theres a little known Americana blues type band around at the moment called The Beauty Shop and they are fantastic, and it's all dead easy to play. Very bitter lyrics!
Good luck with it anyway.
Re: I've got the blues
you could try some easier srv songs
the accousic version of pride and joy
Re: I've got the blues
Thanks guys I'll look into them!! <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">
Re: I've got the blues
you should try this song called Spoonful by Cream(one of eric claptons first bands)
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Re: I've got the blues
<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>The Ev1l Sa1nt wrote on Tue, 15 August 2006 03:36</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
I've changed my mind, and I now need some nice, easy, blues song suggestions and who they're by. Please help me!!!
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Learn pentatonic minor scale patterns, and you can pretty much play them all.
A minor in particular.
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Re: I've got the blues
Some of my favorites to play:
Killin Foor - Howlin Wolf
I Pity the fool - Just about every bluesman out there
Why I sing the blues - B.B. King
Close to you - Muddy Waters
Damn Right I Got the Blues - Buddy Guy
Come In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
And don't forget your own blues, a story is always better when it's your own!
- Mike
"Nobody paints by ear so why would I play guitar by sight?" 
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Re: I've got the blues
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And don't forget your own blues, a story is always better when it's your own!
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Indeed! That's one of the greatest things about the blues. 12 and 16 bar blues are fairly structured, so writing lyrics for them is somewhat like writing haikus or limericks. Makes them easier to memorize, too, if you're old and your brain gets easily addled. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">
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