Blues de Voyage
Drunkard's Blues

But I do not believe these are the types of blues Chuck was talking about. These are primarily blues because of the shuffle rhythm.

I was able to transcribe a Rockin' Sydney blues tune to the single row, in a limited way, but was surprised I got as much as I did. Original was on piano accordion. Called "Blues in June", off the Zydeco Stomp cd.

There's another tune out there called "C-Key Blues", might have been on the Kingdom of Zydeco cd, but I'm not sure. I'm not sure that it was on a single row, but it sounded like it.

I think these are closer to "blues", and I'm assuming that's what Chuck was thinking too, but I can't speak for Chuck.

Seems I've heard some blues tunes on a Zydeco Force cd just recently, and sounded like it was on the single row.

Oh, and, hey BuFraw. Long time.

duh-wite

Seems to me, every instrument has a limitation, but it becomes obvious when you substitute one instrument for another. You can't really get a piano to do the kinds of things you can do on guitar, and I think that's the essence of the problem with trying to get a harmonica to do accordion licks - or the other way around. Blues on the accordion IS limited if you focus on trying to get it do sound like something else. For me, G on a C box works for what I call up beat blues (Midnight Special, Sweet Home Chigaco genre), and D on a C box works on the down home, gritty stuff (Dust My Broom, Come Into My Kitchen genre). No instrument is good for everything all the time, but I think sometimes we limit ourselves to preconcieved notions too much. Just an opinion.
Steve