Blues songs at 68 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 572 blues songs with a verified tempo of 68 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
At 68 BPM you are in slow-ballad territory: wind-downs, stretching, and end-of-day listening. Many of these songs carry a half-time feel, so they can also read as 136 BPM when you count the backbeat.
Popular 68 BPM blues songs
Take the Bitter With the Sweet
Muddy Waters (1985)
We’ll Meet Again
John Lee Hooker (1986)
My Heart Cries
Etta James (1960)
Django
Joe Bonamassa (2009)
First Time I Met The Blues
Buddy Guy (1970)
Red Rooster
Howlin’ Wolf (1990)
Treat Me Right
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1994)
Through With Women
T‐Bone Walker (1975)
Tin Pan Alley
Albert King (1979)
Wig Wearing Woman
Lightnin' Hopkins (1973)
Alimonia Blues
Canned Heat (1996)
Somewhere Between Highway 61 & 49
Chris Rea (2005)
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Bo Diddley (1967)
I Love You So
Little Walter (1997)
Fallen Off a Rock
Seasick Steve (2006)
I'm a Bluesman
Johnny Winter (2004)
Zona
Ali Farka Touré (1988)
You Look Like an Angel
Matt Hunter
Ain’t No Sunshine
Freddie King (1972)
Money
Popa Chubby (1996)
Bleeding Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith (2010)
I Can't Stop
Otis Rush (1969)
Five Hundred Roses
Otis Taylor (2008)
Pigalle Love
Willie Dixon (1969)
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