Blues songs at 97 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 543 blues songs with a verified tempo of 97 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
97 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 97 BPM blues songs
Goin' Down Slow
Muddy Waters (1992)
She’s Mine
John Lee Hooker (1991)
Something’s Got a Hold on Me
Etta James (1961)
240 Years Before Your Time
The Black Keys (2002)
My Father’s Son
Joe Cocker (1999)
You Were Wrong
Buddy Guy (1968)
Crazy About You Baby
Howlin' Wolf (1991)
Hard Times
The Animals (1983)
Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson (2011)
Tightrope
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tightrope
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
I Walked Away
T‐Bone Walker (1990)
Down Don't Bother Me
Albert King (1967)
Tim Moore's Farm
Lightnin' Hopkins (1990)
Peavine
Canned Heat (1971)
Let Me Love You
Jeff Beck Group (1968)
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Blues Brothers
Deed and Deed I Do
Bo Diddley (1960)
What a Way to Go
Seasick Steve (2010)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Johnny Winter (1984)
(Back on My) Stompin’ Ground
Rory Gallagher (1989)
Down the Road
Jimmy Reed (1992)
She Just Won’t Do Right
Elmore James (1999)
To Heal the Pain
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (2005)
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