Blues songs at 83 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 673 blues songs with a verified tempo of 83 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
83 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 83 BPM blues songs
The Same Thing
Muddy Waters (1968)
I’m Gonna Kill That Woman
John Lee Hooker (1960)
I'm Gonna Take What He's Got
Etta James (1968)
You Don’t Know What You’re Doing to Me
Joe Cocker (2012)
Scarlet Town
Joe Bonamassa (2014)
Bad Life Blues
Buddy Guy (2003)
Goin' Down Slow
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain’t Got You
The Animals (1965)
Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Johnson (1990)
The Sky Is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1994)
The Sky Is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1991)
The Very Thought of You
Albert King (1993)
Bunion Stew
Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)
She Split
Canned Heat (1999)
Winter Song
Chris Rea (1992)
Long Distance Call
Bo Diddley (1967)
Gonna Get There
Seasick Steve (2016)
Highway 61 Revisited
Johnny Winter
Who’s That Coming
Rory Gallagher (1989)
I’m Nervous
Jimmy Reed (2010)
I Need You
Elmore James (1992)
Little Girl
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1966)
Me and My Baby
Ten Years After (1970)
You Can Love Yourself
Keb’ Mo’ (1996)
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