Bluesy mando songs.

[smilnJackB]

I admit that I play more blues on acoustic guitar than on mando. #But I sure like the songs that sound 'right' on mando. #And I would like to learn more. #Here are some of my mando blues favorites.
Nobody's Dirty Business - (Mississipi John Hurt)-key G
Midnight Special - Leadbelly - key G
Alberta - Learned it from a Clapton album - key A
# (G # capoed 2)
Blues Stay Away - traditional - key G #
Move It on Over - Hank Senior - key E (D capoed 2.
# I wear a harmonica harness and blow some harp on the middle 3 listings.
# What are your favorites? #
# # Jack

[patsites]

I play a quite a few blues tunes on mando. I think the mando is an excellent blues instrument and I've actually sat in with a straight electric blues band and they love it!

Here's a few of my favs.....
Sittin' on top of the world (slower blues style, not bluegrass)
Thrill is gone (garcia/grisman style, but still blues)
Deep River Blues
Deep Elem Blues
Crossroads - Sammy Bush style
Folsom Prison Blues
Hesitation Blues
Red House
.......plus a couple of originals

[duuuude]

Thrill Is Gone
Every Day I Have The Blues
St. James Infirmary
Bloodshot Eyes
Filthy Rich
Milk Cow Blues
Blues For Dixie
Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
Viper's Drag
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out
Highway Of Sorrow (bluesy version)

Plus anything else I can throw a few sevenths at!

[GBG]

Bye Bye Blues
Mood Indigo
St. Louis Blues

[John Flynn]

Florida Blues in D

[mando bandage]

Death Don't Have No Mercy by the Rev. Gary Davis

Tab on the net somewhere

R

[bjc]

Stormy Monday the Allman version...

[duuuude]

Stormy Monday the Allman version...

Oh yeah, now yer talkin', great tune for a blues jam!

[bjc]

That chord progression really opens up a lot of possibilities..you can play straight pentatonic or a blues scale and then start adding those "outside" notes...you can follow the rising minor chords in the progression...it is a real nice ride to take...

bue monk of course...
all blues
Mr. PC (easy to throw down some bluesy leads on)
foggy mtn special i think thats the one im thinkin of... hmm
and lots more!

[mandocrucian]

Voodoo Child
Pride and Joy
I'm Ready
I Wants To Be Loved
Wang Dang Doodle
La Grange
One Way Out (Muddy ala Allman Bros)

NH

[bluesmandolinman]

Sleeping by myself ( Charlie McCoy)
Garbage Man Blues ( Willie Hatcher)
Everyday I have the Blues ( Carl Martin)
Keep on drinking ( Johnny Young )
Diving Duck Blues ( Yank Rachell )
Stomp in E ( Niles Hokkanen )

And some others ...

René

[smilnJackB]

Wow, so many songs I need to hear, choose and learn. Thanks. Jack

[ira]

too many to mention and many mentioned already. been playing around with "juanita stomp" on the s.james video- lots of fun.

[Bugs]

I really like the Jelly Roll Morton stuff-Dead Man Blues, Cannon Ball Blues (is this what we feel when someone is shooting cannon balls at us??), or New Orleans Bump (fantastic!).

Ta Ta
Emily

[bmac]

Most blues are naturals for learners on mandolin. Usually fairly slow, simple chord patterns, usually fairly simple melody. One of the learning techniques I use is to play melody or counter melody using single string picking and tremelo and slowly work on inserting two or three sting pair chords. One advantage of the blues for learners is the simple chords used in most original mandolin blues tunes.

like Ira, I too am working my way through the James Blues Video. Slow going - but there are a lot of techniques to become familiar with. Worth the effort.

[duuuude]

Yep, that Steve James video does have alot of great tips, I use alot of the basics in it every time I play it seems, and have still hardly scratched the surface.

[earthsave]

Salty Dog Blues
Folsom Prison Blues
Freight Train Blues
Sittin On Top of the World
Hot Tamales
True Life Blues
Evening Prayer Blues

[JamesBryan]

Blue Drag
Blues for Ike
Minor Blues
Limehouse Blues, c'est manouche JB

[Amandalyn]

Yeah, I love the blues too...
Who has the chord progression for Stormy Monday Allman Bro style?
Here's some I play:
Blue Grass Stomp
Watson Blues
Carroll County Blues

[Mike Bunting]

I'm working on anything I can find by Blind Willie Johnson, my fav to date and I've listened to a lot of blues over the years.

[mandroid]

Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling"

[Dennis Schubert]

A few more...

Monroe's Blues (nobody mentioned that already?!?)

Great Big Woman and a Little Bitty Bottle of Wine

I Know My Baby Loves Me in His Own Peculiar Way

[jmkatcher]

Dark Side of the Street

I thought this was good acoustic, but it's killer on emando.

[Keltic Fiddler]

A couple of you on this thread have noted a blues mandolin video by Steve James. Can anyone tell where I can find a copy of this?

Thanks