Here we meet the villain of the opera, the manager of the local Hooters at which Vidalia has applied for work. How do we know he's evil? Primarily through the repeated interval of the tritone. And also we can listen in on his dark inner monologue.
Particularly for a guitarist, writing a 12-bar blues song is a terrible cliche, rife with pitfalls. But I refuse to duck the challenge. The starting point for this song is Muddy Waters' version of Walkin' Blues. The turn-around is an under-exploited part of the 12-bar pattern, so I put one in here. Led Zeppelin's Since I've Been Loving You is an example of an interesting turn-around.
But the unique part of the song is the strange tuning I concocted for it. Rather than find out what Skip James' "Benetonia" tuning actually was, I used my ear and surmise. As is often the case with me and surmise, it was wrong! Wrong but interesting. My tuning (Bloomingtonia? Barringtonia?) is in a dark, minor key and rife with tritones. Perfect for villain music.