Blues songs at 81 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 720 blues songs with a verified tempo of 81 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
81 BPM sits in the laid-back pocket where soul, slow jams, and a lot of classic hip hop live. It suits cooldowns, easy lifting between sets, and long drives.
Popular 81 BPM blues songs
I Want You to Love Me
Muddy Waters (1958)
Trouble Blues
John Lee Hooker (1992)
introduction
Etta James (2012)
Psychotic Girl
The Black Keys (2008)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Joe Cocker (1997)
Guess What
Buddy Guy (2010)
Ain't Going Down That Dirt Road
Howlin' Wolf (1994)
Crystal Nights
The Animals (1983)
Oh Baby
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991)
Scuttle Buttin'
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1984)
Teenage Baby
T‐Bone Walker (2005)
I Got the Blues
Albert King (1978)
She's Mine
Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)
Burning Hell
Canned Heat (1971)
Daytona
Chris Rea (1992)
We Be Moving
Seasick Steve (2015)
Road Runner
Johnny Winter (1998)
No Peace for the Wicked
Rory Gallagher (1987)
Laisse les phases
Ali Farka Touré (1984)
No Love in My Heart
Elmore James (1993)
Miss James
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1997)
’Bout the Break of Day
Junior Wells (1954)
Angry Words
Ten Years After (2008)
The Whole Enchilada
Keb' Mo'
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