repertoire by tuning
I’ve added to my repertoire and begun to divide up the songs by their specific tunings. For performance with one guitar, though, the tunings should be organized according to similarity:
- Open-G
- Open-D
- Drop-D
- Standard
- Open-A
- Open-E
-Or-
- Open-E
- Open-A
- Standard
- Drop-D
- Open-G
- Open-D
Here’s an updated list of what I am practicing.
Open-G:
- “Black Cat Bone,” Jessie Mae Hemphill
- “High Water Everywhere,” Charlie Patton
- “Police Station Blues,” Peetie Wheatstraw
- “Dough Roller Blues,” Ranie Burnette
- “That’s Alright,” Fred McDowell
- “Screaming and Hollering the Blues,” Charlie Patton
- “Poor Black Mattie,” R.L. Burnside
- “Special Rider Blues,” Skip James
- “Banty Rooster Blues,” Charlie Patton & Son House
- “Kokomo Blues,” Kokomo Arnold & Scrapper Blackwell (Stefan Grossman’s arrangement)
- “Rolling and Tumbling,” Hambone Willie Newbern & Muddy Waters
- “Country Blues,” Muddy Waters
- “I Be Troubled,” Muddy Waters
- “Little Red Rooster,” Howlin’ Wolf
- “My Black Mama,” Son House
- “Walking Blues,” Son House
- “Death Letter Blues,” Son House
- “Levee Camp Moan,” Son House
- “Tom Rushen Blues,” Charlie Patton
- “Mississippi Bo Weavil,” Charlie Patton
- “High Sheriff Blues,” Charlie Patton
- “Hammer Blues,” Charlie Patton
- “Future Blues,” Willie Brown
- “Mississippi County Farm Blues,” Son House
Open-A:
- “Traveling Riverside Blues,” Robert Johnson
- “Crossroad Blues,” Robert Johnson
- “Come On In My Kitchen,” Robert Johnson
- “Worried Life Blues,” Fred McDowell
- “Train I Ride,” Fred McDowell
- “Ragged and Dirty,” William Brown
- “Drinking Water Out of a Hollow Log,” Fred McDowell
- “Write Me a Few Of Your Lines,” Fred McDowell
- “Dry Spell Blues,” Son House
- “County Farm Blues,” Son House
- “Kokomo Blues,” Fred McDowell
Standard:
- “Hey Hey,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “Bad Luck Blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson
- “Black Horse Blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson
- “Drunken Spree,” Skip James
- “Everybody Ought to Change Sometime,” Sleepy John Estes
- “Running and Hiding,” Jimmy Reed
- “Mississippi River Blues,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “Worrying You Off My Mind,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “Green River Blues,” Charlie Patton
- “Meet Me In The City,” Junior Kimbrough
- “Jumper Hanging On The Line,” R.L. Burnside
- “Look Down The Road,” Skip James
- “All Night Long,” Skip James
- “Crow Jane,” Skip James
- “Stone Pony Blues,” Charlie Patton
- “Kindhearted Woman,” Robert Johnson
- “.44 Blues,” Howlin’ Wolf
- “Catfish Blues,” Robert Petway & Muddy Waters
- “Worried Blues,” Skip James
- “Saturday Night Rub,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “Pig Meat Strut,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “Mopper’s Blues,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “Long Tall Mama,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “Brownskin Shuffle,” Big Bill Broonzy
- “M&O Blues,” Willie Brown
- “Depot Blues,” Son House
- “Walking Blues,” Son House (1940s version)
- “Pull a Party,” Lightning Hopkins
- “Going Down Slow,” Lightning Hopkins
- “Baby Please Don’t Go,” Lightning Hopkins
- “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane,” Elmore James
Drop-D:
- “Big Road Blues,” Tommy Johnson
- “Brownskin Girl,” Joseph Spence
Open-D:
- “You Got To Move,” Fred McDowell
- “Standing In My Doorway Crying,” Jessie Mae Hemphill
- “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning,” Blind Willie Johnson
- “61 Highway,” Fred McDowell
- “I’m Crazy About You Baby,” Fred McDowell
- “Someday Baby,” Fred McDowell
- “Wake Up Mama,” Blind Willie McTell
- “John Henry,” Fred McDowell
- “Preaching the Blues,” Son House
- “Pony Blues,” Son House
- “God Moves On The Water,” Blind Willie Johnson
- “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground,” Blind Willie Johnson
- “Nobody’s Fault But Mine,” Blind Willie Johnson
- “Dust My Broom,” Elmore James
Open-E:
- “Rambing On My Mind,” Robert Johnson
- “When I Lay My Burden Down,” Fred McDowell
- “Louise,” Fred McDowell
- “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning,” Fred McDowell
- “Break Em On Down,” Fred McDowell
- “Mojo Hand,” Fred McDowell
- “I Heard Somebody Calling,” Fred McDowell
- “Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil),” Robert Johnson
- “Dust My Broom,” Robert Johnson