Blues songs at 86 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 940 blues songs with a verified tempo of 86 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
86 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 86 BPM blues songs
Key to the Highway
Muddy Waters (1972)
Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker (1999)
All I Could Do Was Cry
Etta James (1999)
A Song for You
Joe Cocker (1976)
Heartache Follows Wherever I Go
Joe Bonamassa (2014)
Born to Play Guitar
Buddy Guy (2015)
Louise
Howlin' Wolf (1991)
Drunken Hearted Man
Robert Johnson (2011)
I’ll Change
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991)
The House Is Rockin'
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
I’m Still in Love With You
T‐Bone Walker (2010)
Please Come Back to Me
Albert King (2001)
Katie Mae
Lightnin' Hopkins (1973)
Lookin' for My Rainbow
Canned Heat (1973)
Come Change My World
Chris Rea (2005)
Studio Chatter
Bo Diddley (1992)
It's Too Late Brother
Little Walter (1972)
The Monkey Song
Johnny Winter (2004)
Maritime
Rory Gallagher (1989)
Allah Uya
Ali Farka Touré (1999)
Double Trouble
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1967)
Slow, Slow
Junior Wells (1966)
Big Yellow Taxi
Keb’ Mo’ (2001)
How Many More Years
Freddie King (1972)
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