well I hate to discuss this subject,I get so many,not understandable,neg. feed back, BUT
1st of all your as good as you think of yourself, there are more BLUES Tunes,and all other styles,that are simply Based upon a 3 cord structure, and a nice hook, 1st of all Lead lines are the icing on the cake,if you don't or can't play a solid rhythm then how can you follow with lead, so I concentrate 1st of all in getting a sweet groove, when you get that, everybody listens, then top it off.
I see so many Players worried about their gear, Right guitar polished up right Amp set just so,right peddles at the choice setting etc. Then they show up in their street Cloths?????WTF??? Boring!! You are just as important as your polished Guitar, when you walk in a Juke, people gotta know just from looking at you that your there for BIZ. Look at Stevie Ray, BB King, etc. with any thing you can't wait to be before you dress to be, NO you dress to be what you wanna be!!! I can't tell you how many times or Jukes I have walked into, and people stopped and stared,and have been invited to the stage at everyone ahead of most, I had the op. to play Getto Woman with BB years back in the delta, just because of the way I dressed, I was noticed and BB commented on it him self!! when you get everyone excited without touching you axe,and people expect the same when you play, and the simplest turns to them are fantastic! You have to be a showman, Develop a style that sets you apart, Thats what I love went I do a Delta Tour, I go into Jukes that are nothing more than a plywood box, stage made outta pallets, but the Black Blues playes women and men Dress down!! very exciting!! and when I walk in, i feel honored, and accepted, cause I do the same, I have been contacted by several Groups to give em a hand at gigs, once when I showed up, one guitar played had oil stains on the back of his T shirt, band looked like heck!! I didn't even get my gear, just left,