Musical Theory Abound!!!
 #110303  by austinhumphrey
 
me and my buddy are wanting to start jamming together and i was wondering if anybody had some suggestions on some cool and not extremely difficult blues songs that we could jam on together on. and maybe some cool blues rhythm and lead tips would be greatly appreciated. thanks
-Austin
 #110365  by eric
 
New minglewood, west la fadeaway , Not fadeaway, new speedway boogie, deep elem, ....

There are a ton of dead tunes that are easily jamable blues tunes...
 #110366  by ebick
 
It Hurts Me Too, Big Boss Man, Turn On Your Lovelight, Good Morning Little School Girl
 #111136  by Octal
 
For a bit of a change of pace, how about "Cocaine Blues" a la Reverend Gary Davis? Or maybe "Corrina Corrina" (not the dead version). Or any of those folk songs.

What about some pigpen? (I'd embed the video but it's an hour long)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sa0qqVVSQ0

These songs would be good for acoustic arrangements: get a bass player and two guitars and you can really jam out with them.

A personal favorite is a twelve bar blues constructed of a Spanish Phrygian (or Phrygian Dominant) scale: 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7. Very gypsy. This is really cool for acoustic music.