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Your Own Personalized Video.

Choose any three songs from the list below and I'll make a personalized video for you. This will be made fresh, just for you, on the spot, right here in my studio!
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Pick any 3 songs from my list.

Here are the songs that I currently perform. You'll find my own originals as well as songs that I cover.

Originals - either my own or co-written.

Texas Man - This one came to me from after watching a movie about a modern day bank robber from Texas.

Southern Cross The Dog - A mythical story about the man who inspired W.C. Handy.

Bernie's Blues - Co-written with John Sposato. One of my most haunting songs.

Shakin' Her Bacon - Co-written with Tom Griffith. A ragtime piece about a lady who can really shake it!

Swing Bean - One of my most requested instrumentals! Lead, bass, rhythm, horns, drums... all coming out of six strings!

Seven Day Wonder - Co-written with Tom Griffith. Having a girl for every day of the week isn't what it's cracked up to be.

Ride This Train - I get to turn my National Steel Tri-cone into a freight train on this one!

On Line Religion - My take on modern day worship. LOL.

Big Meat Shaking - What can I say: another song about large, fun, women.

Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man - Inspired by biker gal with LOTS of boyfriends.

I Can't Remember - An elderly lady once handed me a poem that she found in her roll-top desk, which, while in her handwriting, she couldn't remember if she actually wrote it. It was hilarious, so I put music to it. Then a friend of mine - Tim Atwell - added a verse.

Central Islip Jail Blues - Do writers write best about what they've experienced? You be the judge. True story.

Devil Beating On His Drums Tonight-  a saying in the South when the weather is REALLY bad.

Take a Little Walk With Me - Fast moving slide tune, asking a lady to spend some time with me.

Baseball Blues - Is this song about baseball, or isn't it? Hah!

Better Luck Next Time - Co-written with Tom Griffith. The title says it all.

Weak Willed and Easily Led - Co-written with Martha Trachtenberg. Pretty much the story of my life.

It's Tough - Next to a vintage Ford pickup, a '57 Chevy is one tough automobile.

Toby's Boogie Woogie - A quick paced Boogie Woogie instrumental.

Something On The Side - Co-written with Tom Griffith. Sometimes cheating can be beneficial.

100 Real Good Reasons To Sing The Blues - Co-written with Martha Trachtenberg. You think you've got it hard? Think again.

Full Figured Women Are Back In Style Again - With a nod to Taj Mahal. I opened for him many years ago and he sang something similar. I thought I could do my own variation of the song, and wound up changing things around completely.

Generosity Rag - instrumental done in the Classic Ragtime style.

Sundance Rag - another original instrumental with lots of twists to it.

Blind Man's Bluff - a confluence of Blind Blake's hot licks.

Wolf Man - My own composition dedicated to the late Chester Burnett.


Cover Tunes

Green River Blues - Charley Patton
34 Blues - Charley Patton
M&O Blues - Willie Brown
Chump Man Blues - Blind Blake
Guitar Chimes - Blind Blake
Tootie Blues - Blind Blake
Hey Hey Daddy Blues - Blind Blake
Built For Comfort - Howlin' Wolf
Mr. Highway Man - Howlin' Wolf
Pony Blues - Howlin' Wolf
Looking At World Through a Windshield - Jerry Chesnut
It Should've Been Me - Norman Whitfield
Irish Fiddle Medley - my own instrumental arrangement.
Arrangement For Me - Bo Carter
Whiskey Store - Thomas 'Mookie' Brill
Lord, I'll Be With You - Reverend Gary Davis
Soldier's March - Reverend Gary Davis
Buck Rag - Reverend Gary Davis
Buck Dance - Reverend Gary Davis
Cincinnati Flow Rag - Reverend Gary Davis
Light of This World - Reverend Gary Davis
Sally Where You Get Your Liquor From - Reverend Gary Davis
Lu Lu's Back In Town - Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin - Fats Waller
Norwegian Wood - Lennon - my own instrumental arrangement.
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke - Joe Maphis
Step It Up and Go - Traditional
Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell
Savannah Mama - Blind Willie McTell
Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Georgia Rag - Blind Willie McTell
Shady Grove - Traditional
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
61 Highway - James 'Son' Thomas
Beefsteak When I'm Hungry - James 'Son' Thomas - originally done by Muddy Waters.
Daly's Reel / Stoney Lonesome - Traditional. My own arrangement.
Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson.
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Blind Willie Johnson
When She Want's Good Lovin - The Coasters.
She's Into Something - Robert Cray
Whipping Post - Greg Allman
Little Martha - Duane Allman
What I Used To Do All Night - Billy C. Wirtz
Angeline The Baker - Traditional. My own arrangement.
Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
Rock Me Baby - Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
I Got To Love Somebody - Muddy Waters
She's 19 Years Old - Muddy Waters.
My Time After A While - Buddy Guy
I Know You Rider - Traditional
Katie May - Traditional Blues
I Don't Know - Junior Wells
Jimmy Brown the Newsboy - A.P. Carter
Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
Delia - Traditional
The Entertainer - Scott Joplin, arranged by Paul Lomax
Kismet Rag - Scotto Joplin, arranged by Dick Fegy
St. Louis Tickle - Dave Van Ronk
The Lead's All Gone - traditional, taught to me by Eugene Powell.
Hacksaw Rag - Mississippi Bluesman Eugene Powell
Traveling Riverside Blues - Robert Johnson
Texas Tornado - Big Bill Broonzy
Memphis Town - Big Bill Broonzy
All Around Man - Big Bill Broonzy
Saturday Night Rub - Big Bill Broonzy
I Want My Hands On It - Big Bill Broonzy
She's Got Something There - Big Bill Broonzy
Monkey In The Pool Room - a spoke 'toast' or poem, taught to me by R.L. Burnside.
Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
Gonna Try Some Of That - Pink Anderson
He's Got A Way With Women - Hank Thompson
Silver City Bound - Leadbelly
Fanin' St - Leadbelly
Midnight Special - Leadbelly
Bourgeois Town - Leadbelly
Born Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
Roaches and Bedbugs - Furry Lewis
Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
Cannonball Rag - Merle Travis
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg - arranged by Mark Hanson.
Hard Times Killing Floor - Jack Owens
Your Buggie Don't Ride No More - Jack Owens
Crazy About An Automobile - Ry Cooder
Truckin' My Blues Away - Blind Boy Fuller
Cat Man Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
You Don't Really Car - Tim Wallace
Shortnin' Bread - Traditional
Corina - Traditional
Hideaway - Freddie King
Sweet Georgia Brown - Bernie/Pinkard
One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Bad Luck Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Black Horse Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Easy Rider Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Ashoken Farewll - Jay Unger
Stars and Stripes - arranged by Guy Van Duser
Hey Good Lookin - Hank Williams - instrumental arrangement T. Walker
School Boy Blues - Traditional
Mama Had A Sick Child (True Religion) Traditional
Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
Bootlegger's Blues - Memphis Jug Band
Glory Glory Hallelujah - Traditional
Temperance Reel - Traditional
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - Woody Guthrie
Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Stack O' Lee - Mississippi John Hurt
Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied - Mississippi John Hurt.
Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt.
See See Rider - Mississippi John Hurt.
Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
What's The Matter Now - Mississippi Fred McDowell



















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