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100 Greatest Acoustic Blues

Music from the Gods of Guitar laying it down on the acoustic.

100 songs (5 hours and 24 minutes) curated by Amazon's Music Experts
1
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
Elizabeth Cotten - Bob Dylan & The Band's Basement Tapes Influences
2:11
2
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
3:03
3
Step It Up & Go
Blind Boy Fuller - Rough Guide to Blind Boy Fuller
2:57
4
Spann's Boogie Woogie
Otis Spann - I Wanna Go Home
2:12
5
What Kind Of Woman Is This?
Buddy Guy - Bring 'Em In/Skin Deep
5:17
6
Piece by Piece
Kelly Joe Phelps - Shine Eyed Mister Zen
6:30
7
John Henry
Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcgee - True Blues
4:04
8
City Boy (Album Version)
Keb' Mo' - Keb' Mo'
4:06
9
Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don´t Go
2:47
10
Good Time Tonight
Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 8 1938 - 1939
2:34
11
Love In Vain (Album Version)
Robert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Singers (Volume 2)
2:23
12
Worried Life Blues
Various artists - Best of Acoustic Blues
5:17
13
Carolina Breakdown
Etta Baker - Songs from the Roots of America, Vol. 1
3:08
14
Pay Day
Mississippi John Hurt - Tired of Being Broke Blues
4:22
15
Midnight Hour Blues
Various artists - Best of Acoustic Blues
3:20
16
Swing Out Rhythm
Lonnie Johnson - All Time Blues Greats
2:39
17
Goin' Down Slow
Otis Spann - Folk Blues, Vol. 3
3:51
18
Blind Arthur's Breakdown
Blind Blake - Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
3:01
19
Bill Bailey
Big Bill Broonzy - St. Louis Blues
1:59
20
Blind Boy Rag
Taj Mahal - Giant Step
4:07
21
Suitcase Blues
Sippie Wallace - Sippie
4:31
22
The House of the Rising Sun
Leadbelly - Leadbelly
3:13
23
Big Stars Falling Blues
Tampa Red - Abc of the Blues Vol. 38
3:07
24
Take a Little Walk with Me
Various artists - Blues On My Mind
3:30
25
Diggin' My Potatoes
Various artists - Blues of the Delta
4:28
26
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Blind Lemon Jefferson - The Best Of The Blues Vol. 1
2:58
27
It Hurts Me Too
Tampa Red - Guitar Blues
2:33
28
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
Etta Baker - Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians - Dulcimer, Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica
1:22
29
La Ultima Noche
The Ames Brothers - Hello Amigos
2:33
30
Mean Old Frisco
Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcgee - True Blues
2:44
31
Walkin' The Boogie
John Lee Hooker - House Of The Blues
2:42
32
When I Feel Better
Hubert Sumlin - Blues Anytime!
3:50
33
Georgia Rag
Blind Willie McTell - Blind Willie McTell -Statesboro Blues - The Early Years 1927-1935
3:05
34
Hell Hound On My Trail
Robert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Singers
2:37
35
Love Is The Answer
Lonnie Johnson - Tomorrow Night
2:48
36
Cold Winter Day
Blind Willie McTell - Blind Willie McTell -Statesboro Blues - The Early Years 1927-1935
3:10
37
Parchman Farm Blues
Bukka White - The Complete Bukka White
2:37
38
Any Time A Night
Bumble Bee Slim - Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 6 1936
2:59
39
Delia
Blind Willie McTell - Blind Willie McTell 1940
2:33
40
My Last Boogie
Skip James - Rare And Unreleased
3:42
41
Canned Heat Blues (Remastered)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
3:39
42
Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind
Blind Boy Fuller - Blues 100 - 100 Classic Blues Tracks, Vol. 3
3:15
43
Life Is Beautiful (Album Version)
Keb' Mo' - Suitcase
4:16
44
Sentimental Blues
Ray Charles - Ray Charles, Sentimental Blues
2:23
45
St Louis Blues
W.C. Handy - Okeh Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
3:01
46
When Things Go Wrong With You
Tampa Red - Sweet Little Angel
2:56
47
You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
3:09
48
The Howling Wolf (Album Version)
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Prestige / Bluesville Recordings
3:55
49
My Mama Don't Allow Me
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Rock Me Mama
2:34
50
Death Letter Blues (Album Version)
Son House - The Original Delta Blues (Mojo Workin': Blues For The Next Generation)
4:19
51
Goodnight Irene
Leadbelly - Leadbelly
2:35
52
Deep, Deep Water
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Long Way Home
3:10
53
One Dime Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - The Best Of The Blues Vol. 1
2:52
54
Walkin' Blues
Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters - The Father of Chicago Blues
2:54
55
Crow Jane
Skip James - Skip James Live Vol. 2 Bloomington 1968 Part 1
2:23
56
God Moves On the Water
Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
2:59
57
Samson And Delilah (Album Version)
Rev. Gary Davis - Gospel, Blues And Street Songs
3:53
58
Hoodoo Lady (Album Version)
Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937)
3:02
59
Easy Rider Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Ace Blues Songs, Vol. 7
2:55
60
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Elizabeth Cotten - Songs That Inspired Peace & Protest, Vol. 1
4:43
61
Key to the Highway
Big Bill Broonzy - 101 - Anthology - The Essential Big Bill Broonzy
2:53
62
Hubert's Blues
Hubert Sumlin - Blues Anytime!
3:50
63
How Long How Long Blues
Leroy Carr - How Long How Long Blues
3:07
64
Cornbread, Peas and Black Molasses
Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcgee - True Blues
2:32
65
Statesboro Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Blind Willie McTell -Statesboro Blues - The Early Years 1927-1935
2:32
66
Goin' to Sit Down On the Banks (Original Mix)
Blind Gary Davis - Pure Religion
2:57
67
Barbecue Blues
Barbecue Bob - Abc of the Blues Vol. 2
3:13
68
Fishin' Blues
Taj Mahal - Giant Step
3:03
69
John the Revelator
Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
3:16
70
Dupree Shake Dance
Champion Jack Dupree - Barrelhouse Professor
2:52
71
Mailman Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Sleepy John Estes Vol. 2 (1937 - 1941)
2:55
72
Boogie Chillen'
John Lee Hooker - Folk Music
3:09
73
I'm Going Down The River
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Abc of the Blues Vol. 33
4:16
74
Match Box Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rough Guide to Blind Lemon Jefferson
2:54
75
Railroad Bill
Etta Baker - Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians - Dulcimer, Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica
2:37
76
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Rev. Gary Davis - Live at Gerde's Folk City
5:18
77
Sugar Mama
John Lee Hooker - King Of The Boogie
3:15
78
Trouble in Mind (From "The Bill Broonzy Story")
Big Bill Broonzy - Classic Box Set: The Bill Broonzy Story (Remastered)
3:18
79
Chicago Bound Blues (Remastered)
Bessie Smith - Jail House Blues (Remastered)
3:15
80
Rollin' and Tumblin'
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - American Blues Unplugged
4:33
81
Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Singers
2:29
82
Pearline
Son House - The Essential Son House
4:31
83
Pony Boy
The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters (Super Deluxe)
5:51
84
Okie Dokie Stomp
Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Original Peacock Recordings (HD Remastered)
2:40
85
Catfish Blues
Robert Petway - Mississippi Blues (1935-1951)
2:55
86
Black Water Blues
Bessie Smith - Les Grandes Chanteuses Vol. 2
3:17
87
44 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes - The Best Of The Blues Vol. 1
3:04
88
Right of Way Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - King Of The Country Blues
2:51
89
Alabama Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Blues Classics: J.B. Lenoir
3:14
90
I Love You Baby
Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcgee - True Blues
2:01
91
Boom Boom
John Lee Hooker - 55 of the Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever! ...Perfect Songs for Driving
2:27
92
Walking Blues
Robert Johnson - The Definitive Compilation (Remastered)
2:31
93
Dust My Broom
Elmore James - The Best of Elmore James The Early Years
2:49
94
Midnight Special
Leadbelly - Blues Routes - Leadbelly
2:07
95
Dock Boggs Country Blues
Kelly Joe Phelps - Shine Eyed Mister Zen
6:23
96
Hell Hound On My Trail (Original)
Robert Johnson - Sounds of Music pres. Robert Johnson
2:37
97
Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (Original Album 1958)
2:46
98
I Need some money
John Lee Hooker - Ten songs for you
2:17
99
Mojo Hand
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins
2:57
100
Stand by Me (Remastered 2016)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Remastered Hits (All Tracks Remastered)
2:51