Real Book For Blues?

I was thinking this morning that it might be a fun project to try and create a Real Book for blues tunes. If you aren't familiar with the Jazz Real Book, it is basically a collection of standard songs that the jazz guys felt everyone should know (plus a few odd choices that seem to be personal preferences of the author.) These books were photocopied and traded in back alleys before the music was copyrighted. We could do the same thing with blues tunes and use the books at the jams to encourage players to learn more standards and step out of the box a little.

If anyone would like to help me with this, please let me know. If you can transcribe music, that would be a help. And if you have suggestions on which standards to include, I'd definitely like to hear those suggestions as well.

I can't guarantee that I'll be able to pull this off. But it might be worth a try.

Michael

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Crabtree on November 7, 2010 at 4:14pm
Well this being my first post I thought I should bring it with a few songs, Boom Boom, Red house, One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer, Dirty Pool, , Cross Roads, Hide Away, Stormy Monday, Things That I use to Do, Rollin and tumblin, The Sky is Crying,Walkin blues, Big Boss Man and Nobody Knows you when you down and out.
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on December 15, 2010 at 12:04pm

Good list. Wish I saw this earlier. Did you see all the videos I uploaded? I uploaded like a bunch. Here are the ones that I submitted as possible standards: 

 

http://www.texasbluesroadhouse.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Texas...


Matthew Crabtree said:

Well this being my first post I thought I should bring it with a few songs, Boom Boom, Red house, One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer, Dirty Pool, , Cross Roads, Hide Away, Stormy Monday, Things That I use to Do, Rollin and tumblin, The Sky is Crying,Walkin blues, Big Boss Man and Nobody Knows you when you down and out.
Permalink Reply by Matthew Crabtree on December 16, 2010 at 11:58am

Also there is kinda already a book like this out there. It is called the Blues Guitar Tab White Pages.

 

  • Song List
  • After Hours
  • All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
  • Answer To The Laundromat Blues
  • Baby, Please Don't Go
  • Back Door Man
  • Bad Axe
  • Bad Love
  • Be Careful With A Fool
  • Better Off With The Blues
  • Big City
  • Blind Man In The Dark
  • Blue On Black
  • Blues Before Sunrise
  • Blues Leave Me Alone
  • Boom Boom
  • Born Under A Bad Sign
  • Born With A Broken Heart
  • Bridge Of Sighs
  • Brownsville Blues
  • Bullfrog Blues
  • Cherry Ball Blues
  • Cherry Red Wine
  • Chicago Smokeshop
  • Cincinnati Jail
  • Cold Shot
  • Come On In My Kitchen
  • Confidence Man
  • Couldn't Stand The Weather
  • Crosscut Saw
  • Cross Road Blues (Crossroads)
  • Crying Won't Help You
  • Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
  • D.J. Play My Blues
  • Don't Pick Me For Your Fool
  • Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
  • Double Trouble
  • Double Whammy
  • Dust My Broom
  • Easy Baby
  • Everyday I Have The Blues
  • 55th Street Boogie
  • Five Long Years
  • The Forecast (Calls For Pain)
  • Frosty
  • Further On Up The Road
  • Gnawin' On It
  • Goin' Away Baby
  • Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  • Got To Hurry
  • Groaning The Blues
  • Hell Hound On My Trail
  • Hey Joe
  • Hide Away
  • Hook, Line And Sinker
  • Hot Sauce
  • The House Is Rockin'
  • How Long, How Long Blues
  • How Many More Years
  • I Ain't Superstitious
  • I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
  • I Can't Make You Love Me
  • I Can't Quit You Baby
  • I Just Want To Make Love To You
  • I Need You So Bad
  • I Smell A Rat
  • I Thank You
  • I'm So Glad
  • I'm Tore Down
  • I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
  • Ice Pick
  • If You Have To Know
  • In 2 Deep
  • It Hurts Me Too
  • Jesus Just Left Chicago
  • Killing Floor
  • Kind Hearted Woman Blues
  • La Grange
  • Laundromat Blues
  • Let Me Love You Baby
  • Little Red Rooster
  • Look At Little Sister
  • Look On Yonder's Wall
  • Looking Good
  • Love In Vain Blues
  • Love Me Darlin'
  • Love Sneakin' Up On You
  • Mama Talk To Your Daughter
  • Mannish Boy
  • Mary Ann
  • Mary Had A Little Lamb
  • Matchbox
  • Mean Old World
  • Midnight Train
  • The Moon Is Full
  • Motherless Child
  • Move It On Over
  • Mule
  • My Love Will Never Die
  • Never Make Your Move Too Soon
  • On My Knees
  • On The Road Again
  • One Way Out
  • Oreo Cookie Blues
  • Pete's Blues
  • Phone Booth
  • Pride And Joy
  • A Quitter Never Wins
  • Ramblin' On My Mind
  • Reconsider Baby
  • Riding With The King
  • Rock Me Baby
  • Rollin' And Tumblin'
  • Sad To Be Alone
  • Satisfy Susie
  • Since I Met You Baby
  • Sinner's Prayer
  • Sitting On Top Of The World
  • Six Strings Down
  • The Sky Is Crying
  • Smokestack Lightning
  • Smoking Gun
  • Somebody Loan Me A Dime
  • Someday, After Awhile (You'll Be Sorry)
  • Something To Talk About (Let's Give Them Something To Talk About)
  • Standing Around Crying
  • Statesboro Blues
  • Still Alive And Well
  • Still Got The Blues
  • Stingaree
  • Stop
  • (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues)
  • The Stumble
  • Susie-Q
  • Sweet Home Chicago
  • Sweet Little Angel
  • T-Bone Boogie
  • T-Bone Shuffle
  • Texas Flood
  • The Things That I Used To Do
  • Third Degree
  • The Thrill Is Gone
  • Tin Pan Alley
  • Train Kept A-Rollin'
  • Traveling Riverside Blues
  • Trouble No More (Someday Baby)
  • Tube Snake Boogie
  • Tuff Enuff
  • Wang Dang Doodle
  • You Shook Me
  • You Upset Me Bab

 

Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on December 16, 2010 at 12:07pm

That looks like a good book. The idea behind the Texas Blues compilation was this. I was trying to find ways to provide content that folks around here would want enough to take the time to come to the site and fight through the page design flaws. It's one thing to have a list of blues standards. And it's another to have a custom list of Texas Blues standards, as identified by your peers. That's where I was going with it. I don't see any Zuzu Bollin on this list.   :)

Permalink Reply by Matthew Crabtree on January 5, 2011 at 2:24pm

The first post said you were working on a normal blues book there was another thread for a Texas Blues book. That is why i posted the list here.
Michael Schaefer said:

That looks like a good book. The idea behind the Texas Blues compilation was this. I was trying to find ways to provide content that folks around here would want enough to take the time to come to the site and fight through the page design flaws. It's one thing to have a list of blues standards. And it's another to have a custom list of Texas Blues standards, as identified by your peers. That's where I was going with it. I don't see any Zuzu Bollin on this list.   :)

Permalink Reply by Stackabones on March 15, 2011 at 10:58am
Have y'all seen the Just Real Blues Book from Warner Bros? A decent collection with over 330 songs.
Permalink Reply by Rockin' Robert T. on March 22, 2011 at 11:37pm

Haven't seen it Stack- Then and again, I don't read tat much music-Where did you get your copy??

 

Permalink Reply by Stackabones on March 25, 2011 at 5:09pm
I think I got my copy at Amazon. Though I can read music, I mainly got it for the lyrics.
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on April 5, 2011 at 10:57am
Found a link to it here. Looks like a good one:

http://www.amazon.com/Just-Blues-Real-Book-Fakebook/dp/0757901697/r...
Permalink Reply by Rockin' Robert T. on April 5, 2011 at 11:59am
Thanks Michael- Will check it out-rrt

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