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Regional Blues

Regional Blues Song Highlights

Rollin' and Tumblin' Morgan Robinson
Elmore James
Street Fighting Man Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
The Rolling Stones
It's a Low Down Dirty Shame Big Bill Broonzy / Ollie Shepard
Big Bill Broonzy
I Can't Be Satisfied McKinley Morganfield
Muddy Waters
Got the Blues for Murder Only Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Black Dog John Paul Jones / Jimmy Page / Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
Baby Please Don't Go John Lee Hooker / Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
West Side Baby Dallas Bartley / Johnny Cameron
T-Bone Walker
The Red Rooster Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf
I'm a Man Bo Diddley
The Yardbirds
High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 Charley Patton
Charley Patton
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) Otis Rush
Otis Rush
I Feel So Bad Chuck Willis
Little Milton
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Traditional
Jimmy Yancey / Mama Yancey
Mighty, Mighty Man Roy Brown
Roy Brown
Baby, Scratch My Back Slim Harpo / James Moore
Slim Harpo
You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover Willie Dixon
Bo Diddley
22-20 Blues Skip James
Skip James
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed
Five Guys Named Moe Jerome Bresler / Jerry Bresler / Larry Wynn
Louis Jordan
Tiger in Your Tank Willie Dixon
Muddy Waters
Spoonful Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf
Lightnin' Jump Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
All Your Love Willie Dixon / Otis Rush
John Mayall / John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Every Day I Have the Blues Peter Chatman / Memphis Slim
B.B. King
Long Tall Mama Big Bill Broonzy / Arletta May
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
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Bennie Benjamin / Gloria Caldwell / Sol Marcus
The Animals
Blues Before Sunrise Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr
Crawlin' King Snake Tony Hollins
John Lee Hooker
Every Day I Have the Blues Memphis Slim
B.B. King
Me and Sonny
Brownie McGhee
Three Hours Past Midnight Sam Ling / Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Mother Earth Memphis Slim / Lewis Simpkins
Memphis Slim
Merry Christmas, Baby Lou Baxter / Johnny Moore
Charles Brown
Please Don't Stop Him Minnie McCoy
Memphis Minnie
Frankie Mississippi John Hurt / Traditional
Mississippi John Hurt
Rockin' in Rhythm, Pts. 1 & 2 Harry Carney / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Lionel Hampton
Forty-Four Chester Burnett / Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
San-Ho-Zay Freddie King / Sonny Thompson
Freddie King
The Sky Is Crying Elmore James / Clarence Lewis / Morgan Robinson
Elmore James
Junker's Blues Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
She Suits Me to a T Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
It Takes Money Lowell Fulson / Fats Washington
Lowell Fulson
Stormy Monday Blues Bob Crowder / Billy Eckstine / Earl Hines
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Dirty Mother for You Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
Love in Vain Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson