What are some good blues songs?

Question

since my baby left me

Answer 1

Jeff Beck:
"You Know What I Mean," "Led Boots," "Escape," "Cause We've Ended As Lovers," "I Ain't Superstitious," "You Shook Me"

Big Bill Broonzy:
"When Will I Get to be Called a Man," "Key to the Highway," "Big Bill Blues," "All by Myself"

Paul Butterfield Blues Band:
"I Got My Mojo Working," "Blues With a Feeling," "Born in Chicago," "Shake Your Money Maker," "Mellow Down Easy," "Two Trains Running"

Ray Charles:
"Losing Hand," "I've Got a Woman," "Unchain My Heart', "What'd I Say," "Drown in My Own Tears," "Hit the Road Jack"

Bo Diddley:
"Who Do You Love," "You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover," "Mona," "I'm a Man"

Willie Dixon:
"Back Door Man," "I Can't Quit You Baby," "The Seventh Son," "You Shook Me," "The Little Red Rooster"


Fats Domino:
"Walkin' to New Orleans," ""Blueberry Hill," "Ain't It a Shame," "I'm Walkin'," "Blue Monday", "The Fat Man"

John Lee Hooker:
"Boogie Chillen," "I'm in the Mood," "Hoogie Boogie," "Boom Boom," "Baby Lee," "The Healer"

Howlin' Wolf:
"Smokestack Lightnin'," "Moanin' at Midnight," "Evil," "Killing Floor," "Shake for Me"

B.B. King:
"Three O'Clock Blues," "How Blue Can You Get," "The Thrill is Gone," "Sweet Little Angel," "Paying the Cost to be the Boss"


Muddy Waters:
"Rolling Stone," "Honey Bee," "I Can't Be Satisfied," "Mannish Boy," "Got My Mojo Working"

Those are a few "classic" blues artists. But, of course, bands and artists such as Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and so forth can and is considered to be the blues.

Answer 2

Soul Man The Blues Brothers

The Thrill Is Gone (1969 Single Version) B.B. King

Riding with the King B.B. King & Eric Clapton

Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King

Answer 3

Try some Buddy Guy...Damn Right I've Got the Blues is an excellent album! Back in time a bit, I love Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, and Son House. Cream did Crossroads, an arrangement of Robert Johnson's Crossroad Blues. Gov't Mule has covered some of Son House's material. Great stuff!

Answer 4

Anything by Big Bill Broonzy,Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee,Charley Patton,Tampa Red ,Memphis Minnie,Howlin' Wolf,Bo Diddley,Big Mama Thornton.Songs like Key to the Highway,Baby Please Don't Go,Bring it On Home To Me,Sail Away,Hound Dog,Killin' Floor,Smokestack Lightnin'.Sonnyboy Williamson,Willie Dixon,Muddy Waters..Some of this is country blues and some is electric or Chicago blues.If you listen to Big Mama sing "Hound Dog ",the lyrics make a lot more sense than when Elvis Presley sang them.If you listen to Sonnyboy Williamson singing "Bring It On Home To You",the lyrics make sense as compared to the incoherent babbling in Led Zeppelin's cover intro.

Answer 5

You know Baby, the Blues are a personal thing. We all have our favorites but it has to be what the song says to you. Personally, the old Black Blues from the 1920's are my favorite, leading into Billy Holiday's time period, then Ella, BB King....

Can't recall who first sang "Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor," but t' me, now, that's a perfect Blues number. Taj Mahal released his own version in the past few years, I believe. What a sweet, sorrowful sound - like that rich, brown, oozy sap sliding down an Autumn sugar maple. Let your ears tell you what Blues numbers are the best. They will never lie to you. Love to you.

Answer 6

Today I Sing The Blues by Young, Dixon, and Cook, formally known as Three Mo' Tenors.

Answer 7

"Hard Time Killing Floor Blues," by Skip James. Chris Thomas King covered this song for the movie, O Brother Where Art Though, and he did a wonderful job with it as well.
If you want modern blues, I like "Alone," by Susan Tedeschi.

Answer 8

the thrill is gone: B.B. King TEXAS flood: Stevie Ray Vaughn Crossfire: the Vaughn Brothers Tuff Enuff: the Fabulous Thunderbirds and, anything by Muddy Waters.

Answer 9

Stormy Monday

Answer 10

look into joe bonnamassa. hes badass! he opened for BB king at age 8. u additionally ought to like government mule. warren haynes (government mules guitarist) has been incredibly influential with the way i play the blues. government mule is amazingly lots an extension of the allman brothers. provide them a hear too. wish this helped