2010-04-09 at CEI in Oakland for Bread and Roses

Song List

  1. Rolling and Tumbling - a blues first recorded by American singer/guitarist Hambone Willie Newbern in 1929 - W vid ref short vid ref Open G
  2. Little Red Rooster - by songwriter Willie Dixon. The song was first recorded in 1961 by Howlin' Wolf - W cigar box Open G
  3. Maybellene - one of the first rock and roll songs. It was written and recorded in 1955 by Chuck Berry - W cigar box Open G
  4. I Can't be Satisfied - a blues standard by Muddy Waters Open G
  5. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters W YouTube Open C
  6. San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller 1954 - videos - W in C
  7. Key to the Highway - a blues standard associated with Big Bill Broonzy and Eric Clapton - W ref short vid ref in A
  8. Midnight Special - a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South - W in D
  9. Nobody Knows You (when you're down and out) - a blues standard written by Jimmy Cox in 1923 in C
  10. On the Road Again - W - ref vid in E
  11. Since I Met You Baby - an American rhythm and blues song written and recorded by pianist Ivory Joe Hunter recorded in 1956 - W in A
  12. It's Nobody's Fault but Mine - a song first recorded by gospel blues artist Blind Willie Johnson in 1927 Appleton & Ricci W in D
  13. It Hurt So Bad - Susan Tedeschi - YouTube 1998
  14. Saint James Infirmary - W in Dm
  15. Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms - traditional - W vid ref in G
approximately 45 minutes
  1. Hesitating Blues - traditional 1916 (capo 3) - W vid ref short vid ref in Eb
  2. Boney Maroney - by Larry Williams 1957 reached #14 - W
  3. The Death of Freddy Gray (original) (Open G)
  4. Farquhar's Blues (original) in E
  5. You Gotta Move - A traditional African-American spiritual (Open G) - W
  6. Write me a few of your lines / Kokomo Blues - Fred McDowell, Bonnie Rait, Alicia Marie - Open C (like THIS)
  7. Brand New iPad a cappella
  8. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - (Open D)
  9. My World Has Changed (original) (Open D)
  10. Sitting on Top of the World - a country blues by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon of the Mississippi Sheiks, who first recorded it in 1930 - W in A
  11. Catfish Blues - by Mississippi delta bluesman Robert Petway in 1941 in E
  12. Trouble In Mind - a vaudeville blues-style song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones first recorded in 1924 (Open G) - W
  13. Death Letter Blues - Son House - W (Open G)
  14. There is Something on Your Mind - Big Jay McNeely
  15. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell (Open D?)
  16. Frankie and Johnny - traditional W (Open G)
  17. Up Above My Head (there's music in the air (video) - a Gospel song, originally recorded in the 1940s by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight as a duo - W
  18. Some original instrumentals:
    1. Swimmin
    2. A Nod and a Tap
    3. Ralphie's Itch
    4. Kibble Time
  19. Jesus on the Main Line - recorded by Fred McDowell, Ry Cooder, , and others
  20. Lazybones - a Tin Pan Alley song written in 1933, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael - W

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