[Dixielandjazz] Igor's Question

[Igor Glenn]

I had asked a question about meeting younger generations halfway by playing songs other than those from 1920-49.  What if we picked specific songs that have a similarity to specific established Trad songs?
   
  I'm not suggesting trying to force any and all tunes into a Trad style; that can be awkward to the point of being ridiculous.  However, there are a few widely-recognized songs that already have an intrinsic character of "Trad".  This is based on a similarity of rhythmic pattern, melodic contour, chord progressing and lyric.  
   
  From and for the "Boomers", I submit the following alternatives: 
   
  Saints Go Marching In  -  Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man Who Stilled the  Waters
  St. James' Informary Blues  -  House of the Rising Sun
  Birth of the Blues  -  King of the Road
  Closer Walk with Thee  -  We Shall Overcome
  Bill Bailey  -  Riding on the City of New Orleans
  Georgia Camp Meeting  -  Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (!)
  Ain't Misbehaving  -  When I'm 64
  Tin Roof Blues  -  Night Life (Ain't no good life but it's my life...)  
  Sleepy Time Down South  -  Blue Bayou
  Naughty Sweetie Blues  -  Those Were the Days
   
  Some songs from the "Boomer Era" actually were or became Trad:
   
  Midnight in Moscow
  San Francisco Bay Blues   (My typist loves the Eric Clapton version)
  Hello Dolly
  Cabaret
  Entertainer Rag
  Winchester Cathedral
  See See Rider
  Washington Square (banjo solo)
  Mardi Gras Mambo
   
  Also note that recognizable lyrics can help the un-initiated connect to "our style" of music.  (My typist detests the "OKOM" term.)  What are some other alternatives from other eras?  Why did we stop being eclectic?
   
  IGOR

       
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