Working on selecting songs for IBC

Time to nail  down the set list for the IBC in February.  I know it's really early, but my goal is to do these songs in a live-show setting 4 times each day between now and the end of January.  Selecting which songs will make the cut is not an easy task.  I could just use the songs I played at the PBPS Challenge, but the time formats are different and it's not as easy as just adding another song.  It could be, I guess, but I really want the time to  flow, with planned up-tempo and slow-tempo times included.  So what to do???  It's also complicated by the fact that I have to prepare for being in the finals as well.  If I don't prepare, then I'll waste the chance should I make it.  Wise I guess, but seeing the competition that's going to be there it would be easy to just plan my 20-minute quarter-final set and not work on the finals set.  But that's not how I am... call me a boy scout but I like to be prepared.  Another problem is the Blues.org guys have not nailed down the length of the finals sets.  They'll either be 25 minutes or 30 minutes long.  That's a huge difference.  I'll start running through these every day and tweak as needed.  Lynn believes this will change significantly before I get to Memphis, but I'm pretty sure these are the ones that make the most sense to me.  You'll notice that all the songs in the 20-min set are included in the 25 and 30-min sets.  I made a big mistake, even though I won, in the PBPS Challenge by preparing totally different songs for the finals round than in the qualifying.  Turns out that's crazy... different judges every time so it's crazy to prepare different set lists. It triples the amount of preparation and greatly increases the chances of a mistake.  It will be the first time the judges hear you every time so no need to try to keep it fresh.

Anyway, here's the first cut at what I've selected so far:


20-Min Set
Last Po' Man
Tumbleweed
Raided That Joint
Sugar Sweet
Wasted Time


25-Min Set
Last Po' Man
Tumbleweed
Last Fair Deal
Raided That Joint
Sugar Sweet
Wasted Time


30-Min Set
Last Po' Man
Tumbleweed
Last Fair Deal
Raided That Joint
Sugar Sweet
Baby Called Me
Wasted Time
I Feel That Feeling