Blues songs at 98 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 722 blues songs with a verified tempo of 98 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
98 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 98 BPM blues songs
Diamonds at Your Feet
Muddy Waters (1966)
The Journey
John Lee Hooker (1961)
The Sky Is Crying
Etta James (2004)
She Believes in Me
Joe Cocker (1999)
I Love the Life I Live
Buddy Guy (2003)
All Night Boogie
Howlin' Wolf (1953)
Hey Gyp
The Animals (2004)
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson (1936)
Boot Hill
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1984)
Sail on Boogie
T‐Bone Walker (2002)
Answer to the Laundromat Blues
Albert King (1972)
Got Her Letter This Morning
Lightnin' Hopkins (1968)
I'm Watching You
Canned Heat (1988)
Only a Fool Plays by the Rules
Chris Rea (2005)
Signifying Blues
Bo Diddley (1960)
Diddley Bo
Seasick Steve (2009)
Third Degree
Johnny Winter (1986)
Out on the Western Plain
Rory Gallagher (2008)
Petenere
Ali Farka Touré (1988)
Pretty Thing
Jimmy Reed (2013)
Shake Your Money Maker
Elmore James (1961)
Key to Love
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1966)
Give Me One Reason
Junior Wells (1996)
One Friend
Keb’ Mo’ (2004)
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