1-24-09

Drop Dead Blues

-Help Me - Sonny boy Williamson
-Damn Right I've Got the Blues - Buddy Guy
-Tell Me More and More and Then Some - Nina Simone
-Got My Mojo Workin' - Asylum Street Spankers
-Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
-Black and Tan Fantasy - Lincoln Jazz Center Orchestra
-Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Lavay Smith
-Sugarman - Kid Johnny Lang & the Big Bang
-The Blues Keep Falling - Jimmy Cotton Blues Band
-Heartstrings - Anthony David
-Every Planet We Reach Is Dead - Gorillaz
-Teardrop - Massive Attack

1-17-09

Drop Dead Blues - Lesson

These are the songs Alex and I used to teach our musicality lesson. For the main part, we'd pick three versions of the same song.
Note: Integrating so much music into the lesson made it a lot easier to DJ the dance. I feel like people had instant song recognition, and since we went over quite a broad range of styles, most dancers were comfortable with a broader variety than usual. They even managed to dance to Robert Johnson (which is usually hard to connect with for beginners). Yay!

Blues Fundamentals
-Damn Right I've Got the Blues - Buddy Guy

Musicality
St James Infirmary
-Louis Armstrong
-Bobby "Blue" Bland
-Lou Rawls
I Put A Spell On You
-Nina Simone
-Tab Benoit
-Kim Nalley
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
-Robert Johnson
-Taj Mahal
-Pyeng Threadgill

Contrast
-Joe Lee's Rock - Boy Blue, Willie Jones, Joe Lee
-Find My Baby - Moby

Connecting with Your Partner
-Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
-Stranded In Your Love - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings


Dance Set

-I Just Wanna Make Love to You - Muddy Waters
-Sugarman - Kid Johnny Lang & the Big Bang
-I Put a Spell On You - Tab Benoit
-Oreo Cookie Blues - Lonnie Mack
-Come on in my Kitchen - Chris Thomas King
-In the Mississippi River - Mavis Staples
-Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
-Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
-Find My Baby - Moby
-Idlewild Blues - Outkast
-Down Home Blues - Etta James
-Dangerous Mood - Keb Mo
-Stranded in Your Love - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
-Tell Me More And More And Then Some - Nina Simone
-Black Night - John Lee Hooker
-Come Rain or Come Shine - BB King & Eric Clapton
-Dissolved Girl - Massive Attack

Homecoming Blues (01-07-09)

First time DJing now that I'm back ... it was just for a small house party. I don't think I'll start DJing at Drop Dead Blues for another week - I want to get a feel for the crowd first, since apparently it's changed quite a lot since I left. Here are the two sets I DJed at Mark's:

Set 1:
-I Just Want to Make Love to You - Muddy Waters
-Dangerous Mood - Keb' Mo'
-Burning Fire - Otis Spann's South Side Band
-Do I Move You? - Nina Simone
-Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
-Down in the Swamp - Tab Benoit
-Every Planet We Reach is Dead - Gorrilaz
-Idlewild Blues - Outkast
-Le Ballet - Celine Dion
-Blues for Angel - Soul Miner's Daughter
-Wade in the Water - Blind Boys of Alabama
-Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Eric Bibb, Rory Block, Maria Muldaur
-Come Rain Or Come Shine - BB King & Eric Clapton
-Down Home Blues - Etta James
-Sinner's Prayer - Eric Clapton

Set 2:
-Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
-Mo' Better Blues - Branford Marsalis
-Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
-Got My Mojo Workin' - Asylum Street Spankers
-Come Home Blues - Jennifer Nettles Band
-In the Mississippi River - Mavis Staples
-Oreo Cookie Blues - Lonnie Mack
-Spoonful - Cream
-Sugarman - Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Bang
-I Got the Blues - Otis Rush
-Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
-Find My Baby - Moby
-Heartstrings - Anthony David
-Sentimientos - Andres Linetzky
-Black and Tan Fantasy - Lincoln Jazz Center Orchestra