Blues Standards

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1. Consider these lyrics: "Let me tell you honey, we gonna move away from here, I don't need no iceman, I'm gonna get you a Frigidaire, When we move, way out on _____________________, Whoa, you see we won't need nobody, always hangin' 'round." Where is the singer going to move? highway 49 the outskirts of town Redondo Beach Whitehouse Station way

2. What song are these lyrics from? "There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say, Some folks will criticize me, So I'm gonna do just what I want to anyway, And don't care if you all despise me." Statesboro Blues Everyday I Have the Blues Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do Do What I Want

3. In "Stormy Monday" what day does the singer say the eagle flies? Thursday Tuesday Friday Saturday

4. "Hey everybody, let's have some fun, You only live for once, And when you're dead you're done, so __________." So what? let the good times roll come on to my house let's have a wang dang doodle skip to my Lou

5. What song by T-Bone Walker starts this way? "Let your hair down baby, Let's have a natural ball. Let your hair down baby, Let's have a natural ball. Cause when you're not happy, It ain't no fun at all." T-Bone and Mashed Potatoes T-Bone Swing T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Stomp

6. "Whoa, nobody loves me, nobody seems to care, Whoa, nobody loves me, nobody seems to care, Well worries and trouble darling, babe you know I've had my share." If you have ever had a real bad day, you might have sung this song. What song are these lyrics from? Everyday I Have the Blues Poor Man's Blues Low Down and Dirty Blues Nobody Loves Me But My Mother

7. Robert Johnson wrote a song about a "sweet home." What city completes this blues title: "Sweet Home _________?" Montgomery Poughkeepsie Chicago Yazoo

8. "Well my mama, she done told me, and my papa told me too. Mama told me and my papa told me too. A woman that gets in your face, Lord she ain't no friend for you." What Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup song with the name of a California city in it includes these lines? Dirty Rotten Stockton Gone to Ensenada L.A. Woman Mean Old Frisco

9. "You said you was hurting, almost lost your mind, And the man you love, he hurts you all the time. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, _________." What phrase completes the last line? don't steal my shoe it makes me blue it hurts me, too I'll care for you

10. "I'm gon' write a letter, Telephone every town I know. If I can't find her in West Helena, She must be in East Monroe, I know." What is the name of this standard that Elmore James immortalized? The Sky is Crying Sunny Land Dust My Broom Please Find My Baby

11. What song has these lyrics? "Well, I'm gonna buy me a shotgun Just as long as I am tall. Get me a shotgun Just as long as I am tall. Now I'll shoot my baby And then I'll catch that cannonball." Shotgun Blues You Are My Sunshine Jim Dandy See See Rider

12. "I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above, have mercy now, save poor Bob if you please." What is the name of this Robert Johnson song? 32-20 Blues Last Fair Deal Gone Down Crossroads Blues Hellhound on My Trail

13. "I'm going to send you back to your mother, baby Lord, and I'm going back to my family too 'Cause nothing I do that please you, baby Lord, I just can't get along with you." What song ends with these lyrics? The Things That I Used to Do Quicksand Sufferin' Mind Well I Done Got Over It

14. "Blind Lemon" Jefferson recorded a song in 1927 in which he asked if what item would hold all his clothes? a steamer trunk a lunch box a bandanna a matchbox

15. "One night I was layin' down, I heard mama 'n papa talkin' I heard papa tell mama, let that boy boogie-woogie, it's in him, and it got to come out And I felt so good, went on boogie'n just the same." What is the name of this John Lee Hooker song? Boogie Chillun Boom Boom Crawlin' King Snake Big Legs, Tight Skirt