List of Songs for Gigs or Open Mics

Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,e]

  1. Farquhar's Blues - Tall Papa B (blues in E xA) audio ref
  2. Everybody's Naked (underneath their clothes) Tall Papa B (blues in E xA)
  3. Here's to You (LdM) - Tall Papa B vid
  4. No Place to Land - Tall Papa B
  5. My World Has Changed - Tall Papa B audio ref (in E xA)
  6. Neighbor John (Stern) - Tall Papa B ref
  7. Hugh Miller Tea - Tall Papa B
  8. The Things That I Used to Do Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones W ref my vid
  9. Crazy Mama - J.J. Cale - ref
  10. Key to the Highway - a blues standard associated with Big Bill Broonzy and Eric Clapton - W ref short vid ref Bc8HoLmlHMV
  11. There is Something on Your Mind W
  12. It Hurt So Bad - Susan Tedeschi - YouTube 1998
  13. medly of There is Something on Your Mind and It Hurt So Bad
  14. Hesitating Blues - traditional 1916 (capo 3) - W vid ref short vid ref
  15. Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms - traditional - W vid ref
  16. Kind Hearted Woman - Robert Johnson W ref my vid
  17. I Can't Stop Loving You W Don Gibson
  18. Birmingham Jail Leadbelly W
  19. Nobody Knows You (when you're down and out) - a blues standard written by Jimmy Cox in 1923 W my vid
  20. Saint James Infirmary W
  21. Boney Maroney - by Larry Williams 1957 reached #14 - W - ref
  22. Since I Met You Baby - an American rhythm and blues song written and recorded by pianist Ivory Joe Hunter recorded in 1956 (do it in A instead of E) - W my vid
  23. You Really Got a Hold on Me - Smokey Robinson
  24. Love in Vain - Robert Johnson video (Clapton) in A
  25. Wreck on the Highway - Dorsey Dixon W S.E.Willis
  26. I Wish I was in Heaven Sitting Down - Fred McDowell - ref
  27. Old School - Elvin Bishop ref
  28. Midnight Special - a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South - W
  29. Me and the Devil Blues - Robert Johnson - W videos
  30. House of the Rising Sun - A traditional folk song. W
  31. Catfish Blues - by Mississippi delta bluesman Robert Petway in 1941 - my video
  32. San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller 1954 - videos - W
  33. Good Night Irene (waltz) my video
  34. Never Let Me Go Joseph C Scott my video
  35. Don't Think Twice - Bob Dylan - W - ref - video
  36. Call Me The Breeze J.J. Cale W ref
  37. I'm a Steady Rollin Man - Robert Johnson ref - video - my video
    38. video of fretboard
  38. You Are My Sunshine - Paul Rice - W - my video
  39. Wondering Why - Red Clay Strays- W video
  40. Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards - W
  41. Tennessee Whisky - David Allen Coe - W
  42. It'll Be OK - Shawn Mendes ref vid
  43. Sweet Home Chicago
  44. Take a Little Walk with Me
  45. The Water is Wide W ref vid
  46. Polly Put the Kettle On ref vid
  47. Crazy 'Bout an Automobile - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Ry Cooder ref
  48. Kokomo Blues - Kokomo Arnold Alicia Marie
  49. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - Al Kooper - video
  50. I Can't Help Falling In Love - W
  51. Heart of Gold vid ref instr vid
  52. Fields Of Gold - Sting
  53. On the Road Again - W - ref vid
  54. Kibble Time - original
  55. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters W (or Baritone)
  56. Write Me a Few of Your Lines / Kokomo - Fred McDowell, Bonnie Rait, Alicia Marie
  57. Sitting on Top of the World - a country blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon of the Mississippi Sheiks, who first recorded it in 1930 - W
  58. Frankie and Johnny - traditional (open G)
  59. Lazybones - 1933, Mercer & Carmichael - W
  60. Cry to Me - Solomon Burke 1961 W
  61. Down in the Valley Slim Whitman W
  62. Malted Milk - Robert Johnson - ref - Instsructional Video

Open C Wacky Tuning [C#,A,C#,E,A,e]

  1. Crying Time - W ref - my video
  2. Under the Boardwalk - Open C (or Baritone)

Open G Spanish Tuning [D,G,D,G,B,d]

  1. Death of Freddie Gray - Tall Papa B (slide in open G xC) W my video
  2. Ghosted - Tall Papa B (slide in Open G xC) my video
  3. Old Man - Tall Papa B (Open G)
  4. IDK - Tall Papa B (Open G) my video
  5. Rolling and Tumbling - a blues first recorded by American singer/guitarist Hambone Willie Newbern in 1929 - W my video my short video
  6. Rising River Blues 1929 about- George Carter - my video in open G including LdM Improve as instrumental
  7. I Can't be Satisfied - a 1948 blues standard by Muddy Waters W - my video
  8. When the Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie - W - my video
  9. You Gotta Move - A traditional African-American spiritual - W - my video
  10. Little Red Rooster - a blues standard by songwriter Willie Dixon. The song was first recorded in 1961 by American blues musician Howlin' Wolf (cigar box) - W - my video
  11. Maybellene - one of the first rock and roll songs. It was written and recorded in 1955 by Chuck Berry (cigar box) - W - my video ref
  12. Dangerous Mood - Keb' Mo' - ref - my video (with a little Hoochie Coochie man at the end) YouTube Editor
  13. It's Nobody's Fault but Mine - a song first recorded by gospel blues artist Blind Willie Johnson in 1927 - Appleton & Ricci W
  14. Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Jimmy Reed - ref (slide on index finger)
  15. Walking Blues - Robert Johnson - W ref - video (open G)
  16. Death Letter Blues - Son House my vid reference video another vid
  17. Hello Josephine - Fats Domino ref
  18. Don't Start Me Talkin - Sonny Boy Williamson W
  19. Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cook (use a harp)
  20. Robert Johnson Recordings

Open D Vestopol Tuning [D,A,D,F#,A,d]

  1. My World Has Changed - Tall Papa B audio ref (open D tuning and slide)
  2. No Place to Land - Tall Papa B vid - Jay Turser in Open D tuning
  3. Jesus on the Main Line - recorded by Fred McDowell, Ry Cooder, Treme Brass Band, and others (vid in open D) my vid
  4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams Seasick Steve's version my audio my vid lesson
  5. Trouble In Mind - a vaudeville blues-style song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones first recorded in 1924 - W
  6. Amazing Grace - John Newton 1772 W my video
  7. You Don't Know My Mind - Huddie Leadbetter - my video
  8. Baby, Please Don't Go - traditional W
  9. Good Night Irene (waltz)
  10. When You Got a Good Friend - Robert Johnson
  11. Ramblin on my Mind - Robert Johnson - ref - video
  12. Dust my Broom - Robert Johnson - ref - W video - my video (My video is in standard tuning, key of E)
  13. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell - video in Drop D -1/2 tuning instr vid
  14. Just Before Dawn Tall Papa B instrumental my vid
  15. Leaving Town - Kenny Brown (Open D)
  16. Prodigal Son - Kenny Brown (Open D)

Kenny Brown Tunes

  1. Shake 'em on Down (single chord, G?)
  2. Gotta Boogie (A?)

Classics

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