Blues songs at 87 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 415 blues songs with a verified tempo of 87 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
87 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 87 BPM blues songs
Little Geneva
Muddy Waters (1966)
Let’s Go Out Tonight
John Lee Hooker (1966)
At Last
Etta James (1999)
Grown So Ugly
The Black Keys (2004)
N’oubliez jamais
Joe Cocker (1997)
This is the End
Buddy Guy (1965)
Drunken Hearted Man
Robert Johnson (1990)
Shake a Hand, Shake a Hand
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991)
I’m About to Lose My Mind
T‐Bone Walker (1960)
I Can't Stand the Rain
Albert King (1977)
Trouble in Mind
Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)
I'm Her Man
Canned Heat (1970)
Clarkson Blues
Chris Rea (2005)
Flying Saucer
Little Walter (1997)
Maybe I Might
Seasick Steve (2016)
I’m Not Sure
Johnny Winter (1969)
Pack Shack and Slack
The 5 Wings
Wheels Within Wheels
Rory Gallagher (2003)
Dofana
Ali Farka Touré (1992)
You Don't Have to Go
Jimmy Reed (1961)
Go Back Home Again
Elmore James (1992)
The Same Way
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1967)
You Know That I Know
Junior Wells (1993)
Lipservice
Popa Chubby (1996)
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