Blues standards for my first jam sessions?

[CaptainT]

Hey guys,

I started enjoying the blues some months ago and since then I worked a lot around some licks and different chord shapes or different general types of blues, like quick change or standard blues etc.

I want to do some jam sessions in the future and I asked myself if there are some standards everybody should know?

Improvisation is no issue, I already know how to do that, but I don´t know if there is some "bro-code" about specific Songs everybody should know?

Which 10 Songs would you think everybody should know?

My guess:

1. Layla
2. The thrill is gone
3. Smokestack lightning
4. Boom Boom
5. Sweet home Chicago
6. Hound dog
7. Pride and joy
8. Damn right I got the blues
9. Poor Johnny
10. Cocaine

 

[LIBERTYMACHINE]

I'm not a diehard blues fan, but I'm slowly working my way in that direction.
Your list looks great to me.

For what it's worth, "Stormy Monday" floors me everytime I hear it.

So many to choose from.

 

[So What]

Red House

One Way Out

Southbound

Crossroads

Any 1-4-5 Blues Shuffle.

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[DotStudio]

Born under a bad sign

 

[EasyAce]

Why not shock the usual smugger-than-thou jam night crowd and crew with something not among the blooze-greatest-hits warhorses . . .

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYM-CQXiQps]Albert King, "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIyBzhYx3tA]Freddie King, "Lonesome Whistle Blues"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fLBLpo_6Zs]Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, "I Loved Another Woman"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyA6R4xda7Y]Muddy Waters, "Born Lover"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2thhRPGzAaw]Michael Bloomfield & Friends with Taj Mahal, "One More Mile"[/ame]

 

[CaptainT]

Thanks for all the replies. Guess there is a lot of work to do