Blues Feel For Uke pt 2

Often when people learn to play blues, they focus on the chords, the lyrics, the solos, etc., but to me the most important and hardest aspect to teach in this music is the feel. Blues is a feeling. This feeling has many different shades and nuances. There is no one strum or degree of swing, there are many and they tend to be regional and by era. Let's dive into this subject further and see if we can't get a better blues feel in our playing!
Chords and a bit of TAB here:
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Here are some recorded examples. This is the best way to learn blues, by osmosis. Listen, soak it up and then try to recreate the feel yourself. Play along and put yourself in the band. It is a feeling, right?
Straight Shuffle-Jimmy Reed:
• Jimmy Reed - Big Boss...
Chuck Berry:
• Chuck Berry Memphis Te...
New Orleans Shuffle- Fats Domino:
• Fats Domino - Kansas City
• Blueberry Hill FATS D...
• Fats Domino - Walking ...
Funk Blues-Buddy Guy:
• Buddy Guy - What Kind ...
Slow Blues- Albert Collins:
• Albert Collins - If tr...
Shuffle/Boogie- Jim Croce:
• Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Albert Collins:
• I Ain't Drunk (Remaste...
J.J. Cale:
• J.J Cale / Call Me The...
B.B. King:
• BB King Rock Me Baby
Gatemouth Brown/Freddie King:
• Freddie King & Gatemou...
Texas Shuffle-Stevie Ray Vaughn:
• Stevie Ray Vaughan & D...
There are so many more blues feels to discuss, but this should get you started!