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. My World Has Changed - Tall Papa B audio ref (in E xA)
  5. Neighbor John (Stern) ref
  6. The Things That I Used to Do Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones W ref my vid
  7. Key to the Highway - a blues standard associated with Big Bill Broonzy and Eric Clapton - W ref short vid ref Bc8HoLmlHMV
  8. There is Something on Your Mind W
  9. It Hurt So Bad - Susan Tedeschi - YouTube 1998
  10. medly of There is Something on Your Mind and It Hurt So Bad
  11. Hesitating Blues - traditional 1916 (capo 3) - W vid ref short vid ref
  12. Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms - traditional - W vid ref
  13. Kind Hearted Woman - Robert Johnson W ref my vid
  14. I Can't Stop Loving You W Don Gibson
  15. Birmingham Jail Leadbelly W
  16. Nobody Knows You (when you're down and out) - a blues standard written by Jimmy Cox in 1923 W my vid
  17. Saint James Infirmary W
  18. Boney Maroney - by Larry Williams 1957 reached #14 - W - ref
  19. 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
  20. You Really Got a Hold on Me - Smokey Robinson
  21. Wreck on the Highway - Dorsey Dixon W S.E.Willis
  22. I Wish I was in Heaven Sitting Down - Fred McDowell - ref
  23. Old School - Elvin Bishop ref
  24. Midnight Special - a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South - W
  25. Me and the Devil Blues - Robert Johnson - ref
  26. House of the Rising Sun - A traditional folk song. W
  27. Catfish Blues - by Mississippi delta bluesman Robert Petway in 1941 - my video
  28. San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller 1954 - videos - W
  29. Good Night Irene (waltz) my video
  30. Never Let Me Go Joseph C Scott my video
  31. Don't Think Twice - Bob Dylan - W - ref - video
  32. Call Me The Breeze J.J. Cale W ref
  33. I'm a Steady Rollin Man - Robert Johnson ref - video - my video
    34. video of fretboard
  34. You Are My Sunshine - Paul Rice - W - my video
  35. Wondering Why - Red Clay Strays- W video
  36. Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards - W
  37. Tennessee Whisky - David Allen Coe - W
  38. It'll Be OK - Shawn Mendes ref vid
  39. Sweet Home Chicago
  40. Take a Little Walk with Me
  41. The Water is Wide W ref vid
  42. Polly Put the Kettle On ref vid
  43. Crazy 'Bout an Automobile - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Ry Cooder ref
  44. Kokomo Blues - Kokomo Arnold Alicia Marie
  45. I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You - Tom Waits video
  46. Let It Be Me - Everly Brothers video
  47. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - Al Kooper - video
  48. I Can't Help Falling In Love - W
  49. Heart of Gold vid ref instructional vid
  50. Fields Of Gold - Sting
  51. On the Road Again - W - ref vid
  52. Kibble Time - original
  53. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters W (or Baritone)
  54. Write Me a Few of Your Lines / Kokomo - Fred McDowell, Bonnie Rait, Alicia Marie
  55. Brand New iPad - Tall Papa B (a cappella)
  56. 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
  57. Frankie and Johnny - traditional (open G)
  58. Lazybones - 1933, Mercer & Carmichael - W
  59. Cry to Me - Solomon Burke 1961 W
  60. Down in the Valley Slim Whitman W

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 - 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 - ref - video
  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)

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 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 - video - my video (My video is in standard tuning, key of E)
  13. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell - video
  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?)

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