[Dixielandjazz] St. Louis Blues

[Steve Heist]

Being FROM St. Louis and having played this for YEARS - (and learned it 
directly from the music!) there are three distinct parts to the song...
the first two are as you write.  Section No. 3 starts:

Got the St. Louis Blues just as blue as I can be...

the difference between the 1st and 3rd strains is small, that's why most 
people either confuse them or play them exactly the same

The 3rd section changes between the chords of G and C quickly, as in

Got the (G) St. [C] Louis [G] Blues [C] just as [G] blue, etc. etc.

and PLEASE stop playing the minor section as a rhumba!  It is a habanero 
beat (almost like a very slow charleston!)  LOL, I've heard this played SO 
many ways I stopped counting!  You'd be surprised what some drummers come up 
with!
ALL the VERY Best,
Steve "Stubby" Heist

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From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at verizon.net>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 3:21 PM
To: "Steve Heist" <steveheist at videotron.ca>
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] St. Louis Blues

> I need help with W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues".