A Selection of Music for Blues Dancing
Popular Blues Musicians
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Some of the Music We Like for Blues Dancing
(includes traditional blues as well as other styles good for modern blues dance)
- Anthony David: "Cold Turkey"
- Ayo: "Down On My Knees", "Maybe"
- Big Daddy Wilson: "Ain't no Slave"
- Big Mama Thornton: "Ball 'n' Chain", "Gimme a Penny"
- Brother Yusef: "You Don't Have to Go", "Red Rooster"
- C.W. Stoneking: "HandyMan Blues"
- Elmore James: "The Sky is Crying", "T.V. Mama"
- Gov't Mule: "John the Revelator"
- Howlin' Wolf: "Evil", "Back Door Man"
- Lou Rawls: "Tobacco Road", "St. James Infirmary"
- Marcia Ball: "St. Gabriel"
- Maria Muldaur: "Walking the Blues"
- Nick Cave: "I'm Your Man"
- Nina Simone: "Buck", "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl"
- Norah Jones: "Sinkin' Soon"
- Porterdavis: "Come On in My Kitchen"
- Ray Charles: "(Night Time is) the Right Time"
- Rosetta Howard & Harlem Hamfats: "Delta Bound"
- Seth Walker: "2' Left to the Ceiling"
- Sidney Bechet: "Summertime"
- The Sweet Vandals: "Beautiful"
- Tom Waits: "Hoist that Rag", "Cold Water", "Dirt in the Ground"
- Tracy Chapman: "Give Me One Reason"
- Wynona Carr: "Please Mr. Jailer"