That stimulated your passion for the blues. Mine are:
Heart of gold - I fell right in love with the harmonica, folk? who cares.
Love is a rose-folk? who cares.
Crossfire
boom boom
hard to handle
backdoor man
Dimples
last dance with mary jane( my mom was a Petty fanatic-folk?...)
hootchie coochie man
satellite blues
the spider and the fly
Everytime it rains
midnight rambler
one way out
one way street
2007-12-18 00:46:28 · 16 answers · asked by :) 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Blues
Stagolee - Mississippi John Hurt
Love in Vain - Robert Johnson
How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr
Worried Life BLues - Any version, but I really dig the pathos in John Lee Hooker's version
Boom Boom - JLH
Pride-n-Joy - SRV
T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Bessie Smith
Dark Was the Night Cold Was THe Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
Dallas - Johnny Winter
You Gonna Quit Me - Blind Blake
Parchman Farm - Bukka White
Going to Chicago - Count Bassie
All By Myself - Big Bill Broonzey
Where Were YOu Baby - Josh White
Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
And oh so many others!
2007-12-18 01:21:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
here's 20
1. Memphis Blues - W.C. Handy
2. Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
3. Pine Top Boogie - Pine Top Smith
4. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
5. Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker
6. Manish Boy - Muddy Waters
7. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
8. Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
9. Spoonful - Willie Dixon
10. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
11. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson I
12. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
13. Forty Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
14. Smokestack Lightnin - Howlin' Wolf
15. Statesboro Blues - Taj Mahal
16. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
17. Juke - Little Walter
18. The Little Red Rooster - Willie Dixon
19. Come In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
20. I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo
2007-12-18 03:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I can name more than that, I love the blues...
Stormy Monday....Bobby Blue Bland
Night Time Is The Right Time....Ray Charles
Damn Right I've Got The Blues....Buddy Guy
The Sky Is Cryin...Stevie Ray Vaughn
Spoonful....Howlin Wolf
Big Boss Man....Jimmy Reed
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer....John Lee Hooker
Come On In My Kitchen...Robert Johnson
Why I Sing The Blues...BB King
The Thrill Is Gone....BB King
Number 9 Train...Tarheel Slim
Rock me....Muddy Waters
Part Time Love....Johnnie Taylor
I Pity The Fool...Bobby Blue Bland
Dust My Broom...Elmore James
Born Under A Bad Sign...Albert King
Frosty...Albert Collins
Blues With A Feeling...Little Walter
Good Rockin Tonight...Wynonie Harris
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie...Louis Jordan
2007-12-18 02:27:03 · answer #3 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I had to think about it, I loved blues before I even knew what the blues were, but these are the songs that made me look deeper into the genre:
I Shot the Sheriff- Pretty much anything Clapton was a part of
Layla- Clapton
Pride and Joy-SRV
Superstition- SRV
The Thrill is Gone- BB King
VooDoo Child- Both Hendrix or SRV's versions
Sweet Home Chicago- Robert Johnson
Hell Hound on My Trail- Robert Johnson
New Minglewood Blues- Matt Besey (local artist that got me hooked)
Lady of Mercy- Matt Besey
One More Time- Corey Stevens (first blues concert I went to)
Blue on Black- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Slow Ride- Foghat
One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer- George Thoroughgood
I'll Play the Blues For You- Albert King
2007-12-18 02:21:43 · answer #4 · answered by JPD1821 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
High water
St.Louis Blues
Gimme a pigfoot
Kansas City
Levee gonna Break
Strange Fruit
Death Letter
Boogie Chillum
Stormy Monday
Rolling Stone
Mannish Boy
Whoopin' The Blues
Don't Nobody know when you down and out
Travelling riverside blues
God bless the Child
J.B. Lenoir's Blues
Born under a bad sign
How Blue can you get?
2007-12-18 04:49:18 · answer #5 · answered by kit walker 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1.The Thrill Is Gone
2.Cheatin' In The Next Room
3.Back Door Man
4.Crossroads
5.Crosscut Saw
6.Who's Making Love
7.Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss
8.When Love Came To Town
9.Steppin' Out, Steppin' In
10.Stormy Monday
11.Cold Shot
12.Couldn't Stand The Weather
13.Tightrope
14.Caught In The Crossfire
15.Crosstown Traffic
2007-12-18 02:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was sheltered musically growing up. I didn't even know what blues was. Here are some of the songs that I liked that were bluesy, that sent me down the road to discovering more.
One Scotch, One Bourbon One Beer - George Thorogood
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
La Grange - ZZ Top
Deja Voodoo - Kenny Wayne Shepard
Lie to Me - Johnny Lang
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Soulshine - Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule)
Joy of My Life - John Fogerty
In The Mood - John Lee Hooker w/ Bonnie Raitt
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Bad Dog - Stephen Bennett
2007-12-19 01:30:01 · answer #7 · answered by ray s 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ice Cream Man by John Brim
Whose Muddy Shoes by Elmore James
That's Alright by Jimmy Rogers
Bring It On Home by Sonny Boy Williamson II
One Way Out by Sonny Boy Williamson II
Please Come Home Before It Rains by Otis Taylor
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) by Otis Rush
Long Distance Call by Muddy Waters
You're The One by Memphis Slim
That's Why I'm Crying by Koko Taylor
Come On In This House by Junior Wells
Had Enough by Jimmy Thackery
Baby What You Want Me To Do by Jimmy Reed
One Room Country Shack by Jimmy D Lane
Preachin' The Blues by Fleetwood Mac
2007-12-18 07:04:06 · answer #8 · answered by jonds 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Trouble in mind
Midnight special
Good Morning Blues
Blues before sun rise
I done got wise
Sweet home Chicago
The blues aint nothing but a man crying for his gal
Dealing with the devil
Baby please dont go
Down and out blues
See See rider
Dust my Broom
Boom Boom Boom
The Blues aint nothing but a pimp
Frettin frogs for snakes(sonny boy Williamson)
Sun gonna shine in my back door some day
Note to trinity :
Elnore James didnt write dust my broom it was Willie Dixon
Not to blues fans:
Stormy Monday is not a blues song Its Jazz
And yes there is a big difference between Jazz and blues
I know what I am talking about as I am a professional musician
2007-12-19 05:04:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Stormy Monday
Bell Bottom Blues
Blue Jean Blues
It Hurts Me Too
Baby Please Don't Go
Key to the Highway
Sweet Home Chicago
Texas Flood
When a Guitar Plays the Blues
I Ain't Superstitious
Luther's Blues
The Thrill is Gone
Give Me Back My Wig
Mama, Talk to your Daughter
Red House
2007-12-18 05:04:21 · answer #10 · answered by Jeffrey P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋