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Regional Blues Song Highlights

Black Dog John Paul Jones / Jimmy Page / Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
West Side Baby Dallas Bartley / Johnny Cameron
T-Bone Walker
Mojo Hand Lightnin' Hopkins / Sam Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
Long Distance Call McKinley Morganfield
Muddy Waters
Dust My Broom Elmore James / Robert Johnson
Elmore James
It's a Low Down Dirty Shame Big Bill Broonzy / Ollie Shepard
Big Bill Broonzy
Got the Blues for Murder Only Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Honky Tonk Women Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
The Rolling Stones
Sitting on Top of the World Lonnie Chatmon / Walter Vinson
Howlin' Wolf
I Can't Quit You Baby Willie Dixon
Otis Rush
I'm a Man Bo Diddley
The Yardbirds
Poor Me Charley Patton
Charley Patton
We're Gonna Make It Gene Barge / Raynard Miner / Clifton William Smith
Little Milton
White Sox Stomp Jimmy Yancey
Jimmy Yancey
Rockin' at Midnight Roy Brown
Roy Brown
Shake Your Hips James Moore
Slim Harpo
Forty-Four Chester Burnett / Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
Tiger in Your Tank Willie Dixon
Muddy Waters
Little Red Rooster Chester Burnett / Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf
Five Guys Named Moe Jerome Bresler / Jerry Bresler / Larry Wynn
Louis Jordan
Crawlin' King Snake Tony Hollins
John Lee Hooker
Sweet Sixteen, Pts. 1 & 2
B.B. King
It Takes Money Lowell Fulson / Fats Washington
Lowell Fulson
She Suits Me to a T Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
Junker's Blues Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
Black Cat Bone Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed
I'm Gonna Tell God How You Treat Me
Brownie McGhee
Please Don't Stop Him Minnie McCoy
Memphis Minnie
Driftin' Blues Charles Brown / Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Eddie Williams
Charles Brown
Mother Earth Memphis Slim / Lewis Simpkins
Memphis Slim
Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2 Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr
Who Do You Love? Ellas McDaniel
Bo Diddley
22-20 Blues Skip James
Skip James
Tell the Truth Eric Clapton / Bobby Whitlock
Derek and the Dominos
Ramblin' on My Mind Traditional
John Mayall / John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Sweet Little Angel B.B. King / Jules Taub
B.B. King
Hokum Stomp Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
Ain't No Meat on de Bone Champion Jack Dupree / Teddy McRae
Champion Jack Dupree
My Black Mama, Pt. 1
Son House
We Gotta Get Out of This Place Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil
The Animals
Motor Head Baby Mario Delagarde / Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Young John Watson
Candy Man Blues Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
Stardust Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish
Lionel Hampton
Stormy Monday Blues Bob Crowder / Billy Eckstine / Earl Hines
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Love in Vain Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Hate to See You Go Little Walter / A. Walker
Little Walter