When I was younger, I played a lot of shuffles in school, and when free lancing in the bar scene. But then I moved to LA, joined a series of original bands, and none of these bands every wrote any shuffle tunes.
So for the sake of keeping up my shuffle skills, I like to have a work out "tape" of common shuffle songs. But my list needs expanding!
I'm just talking common 8th note shuffles, not more 16th note (I already have Rosanna & Fool in the Rain) or exotic (Space Boogie), or double bass (Hot for Teacher). Just common every day on classic rock radio and typical bar band material.
So far:
Hold the Line - Toto
La Grange - ZZ Top
Tush - ZZ Top
Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
I Drink Alone - George Thorogood
Moving on Over - George Thorogood
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
Obviously I can continue to dig through the Stevie Ray Vaughn catalog, but I want to mix it up more. And sure, there are a million blues artists, but not all of them get much radio play these days.
I should add:
Boy Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
Smokin' in the Boys Room - Motely Crue/Brownsville Station
There must be 100's of songs that are right in front of me that I am missing, but it's always what is right in front of you that you can't see.
What would you add to the list?