The Blues
Blues Tunes
Some tracks are Sibelius scores, these are very mechanical,
others are rehearsals or live performance.
Watch for this warning symbol. 
This track has poor audio or incomplete sequencing, and is for reference only.
As live performances become available, the tracks will be updated. Currently, only Love is Blind and Celebration Blues are actual tracks, all else is just to give an idea of the basic rhythm and chord progression (and even those tunes use drum machine tracks…
Blues Reference
Original Blues Tunes
Over the years, I have written a number of blues tunes. Many of these were simple organ 12-bar blues in a typical B3-era format. The current crop of blues are more of a mixed bag, standard jazz organ heads, old Delta-style twangy blues, contemporary sarcastic blues, they’re all in there. Help yourself, but remember, they are all copyright by me, David Kempton, so if you record ’em, talk to me.
About the Tunes
Ain’t Nothin’ Left That’s Honest But The Blues
A song about society’s inner self-destruction.
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B3 Player Blues
I’m a B3 Player, baby. Lemme tell you about it…
Bag of Blues
An innovative way to handle stress – Deepak Chopra, take note…
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Blues for a Broken Headlight
What if you met the love of your life by repairing her car? A musically programmatic redeployment of the idea that generated Padiddle, A similar melodic twist was used here.
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Blues Man
Just a nasty old dude with a battered guitar and a beat-up deck of cards – but he fonky…
Celebration Blues
This was written for the 1993 Monterey Blues Festival. After we had finished recording the track, I discovered the theme for that year was “Celebrate The Blues.”
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Gold-Diggin’ Blues
Do you know this person?
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Homeless Blues
Bums. Vagrants. Homeless. Ronin.
Sometimes, even when it’s not a choice,
it still is.
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Love is Blind
The truth about the truth…
And note that I did not say, “Love is Blonde”
You Just My Size
A funky, New-Orleans-style slow Boogaloo
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