Blues songs at 85 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 550 blues songs with a verified tempo of 85 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
85 BPM is the head-nod zone: boom bap, R&B grooves, and mid-tempo rock. It works for warmups, brisk walks, and steady strength work.
Popular 85 BPM blues songs
Honey Bee
Muddy Waters (1958)
Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker (1966)
Done in the Dark
Etta James (1997)
Nobody but You
The Black Keys (2006)
You Love Me Back
Joe Cocker (2012)
All Night Boogie
Joe Bonamassa (2015)
One Day Away
Buddy Guy (2013)
Howlin' Wolf Boogie
Howlin' Wolf (1959)
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson (1936)
Too Lazy
T‐Bone Walker (1990)
I’ll Be Doggone
Albert King (1972)
Coon Is Hard To Catch
Lightnin' Hopkins (1962)
I Love to Rock & Roll
Canned Heat (1988)
Shapes of Things
Jeff Beck Group (1968)
Gates
Chris Rea (2011)
Love Me
Bo Diddley (1960)
Ah'w Baby
Little Walter (1972)
Keep That Horse Between You and the Ground
Seasick Steve (2016)
Follow Me
Rory Gallagher (2000)
Elmore’s Contribution to Jazz
Elmore James (1975)
Victims of Comfort
Keb’ Mo’ (1994)
What About Love
Freddie King (1993)
Healing in Her Hands
Popa Chubby (1995)
Turner Station
Eric Bibb (2014)
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