Most of these tunes are home recordings,  many are just scratch tracks,  so forgive the unpolished sounds on some of these.

DOBRO

PICKAWAY
Banjo player Vic Jordan wrote this and Mike Auldridge recorded this song on his first dobro album. This has become a dobro standard..
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ARKANSAS TRAVELER
I've never heard this done on dobro before (but I'm sure someone has).   You have to learn the secret lick to be able to play this.
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ISLE OF CAPRI
Based on a recording by Uncle Josh Graves (dobro) and Kenny Baker (Bill Monroe's fiddle player on guitar). A more traditional style without  banjo rolls. There is lots to do on the dobro without trying to emulate banjo licks.
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WALK SOFTLY ON THIS HEART OF MINE
This tends toward the Kentucky Headhunter's version,  but a great song written by Bill Monroe.
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DOBRO ORIGINALS

SANGRIA NOCHE
I think this was inspired by having too much Sangria one night.    I do love the Latin rhythms.
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SWAMPED
Written after a trip to Caddo Lake.   Cypress trees, Spanish Moss hanging down, snakes slithering along the shore, Texas' only natural lake.   I had to write a "swamp-rock" type song after this trip.
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SASSYFRASS
A little number that uses banjo rolls and some dissonant licks to make it interesting.
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SLIDEWAYS
This is the first dobro instrumental I ever wrote. Still a favorite.
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REFLECTIONS
This is the melody line from a song I wrote with lyrics.  I liked the melody and retired the lyrics. Makes me think of my late musical buddy Ken.
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ACOUSTIC BLUES

KENNY'S BLUES
This is me and my late, great friend, Ken Burton, on one of Ken's blues songs.  Edited down to just the instrumental parts.  Ken on his Martin D-18, and I'm playing a 1940's Regal non-resonator squareneck guitar. 
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MAC'S  BLUES
I did not make up the basic guitar lick  here - I picked it up from some long-forgotten album or radio program.  But it does make a cool tune with the guitar riff and the Regal non-resonator acoustic slide guitar.
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DEEP RIVER BLUES
I heard this by Doc Watson  - a great bluesy fingerpicking tune. I've added a little guitar and dobro to the mix.
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FLATPICKIN' AND FINGERPICKIN'

BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM
A flatpicking standard. Majors, minors, key changes . . . lots going on. 
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DOUG'S TUNE
Written by banjo player Doug Dillard.  I jammed with Doug (and ten dozen others) at a bluegrass festival once. This makes a good fingerpicking tune.
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BIG BEND
This is my guitar solo from this song on Bob Haydon's banjo album.  And award winning album,  features Mike Audridge on dobro (why did he get Mike when he could have had me?)
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PICKY
Most songs I write are based on a licks I stumble upon while "noodling". That is how this song got started.  The basic melody is in a chromatic style alternating fretted and open strings to get a sound not otherwise available.
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ELECTRIC  GUITAR

JUST BECAUSE
The old standard done in chicken picking style.  I was a bit surprised to find this many good licks to put in this song.
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BITE ME
A McBride original. The title refers to the "biting" sound of the Telecaster.
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YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
My lead guitar part from the recording of this song written by Norty  Johnson on his Greatest Hits album that I produced, engineered and recorded. A great song,  and it called for a "crazy" blues lead guitar.
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SPANN'S BOOGIE
I'm playing this song by Otis Spann;  he was the piano player for Muddy Waters and Chess Records for many years.  It took me months to finally get this down, but it is a cool tune.  This is the man piano players turn to when they want to learn blues paino.
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SLOW BLUES
A totally improvisional piece -  a typical 12-bar blues.    Surprising how bluesy a piano can get without bending strings!
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FRETTED BASS