Blues Guitar Songs Best

Discover this iconic blues jam by John Lee Hooker. This one uses a capo and is in an open A tuning. Check out a longer post about it here .

Here’s a fun old-school blues in the key of E. The original riff was played on the piano in the key of F, but here is a great way to play it in the key E on guitar.

The majority of this song is an 8-bar blues chord progression in the key of C#. It features biting leads and big string bends from the legend Albert King!

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Here’s a classic Jimmy Reed-style rhythm in the key of A. This groove is great to use as a blues comping pattern in other songs as well.

Here’s a low-down funky blues in the key of F#. For this one, I play it in E and use a capo on the 2nd fret.

This version takes the J.J. Cale recording up a couple of notches. This blues is in the key of A and uses a double-timing blues progression. Check out a longer lesson on this one here.

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This is a guitar style I call the one-chord blues and it was used by many musicians like Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, and Hubert Sumlin/Howlin’ Wolf.

This blues is in the key of Am and uses a classic Stevie-style shuffle in the rhythm. The groove in the guitar part is very similar to Pride & Joy.

Here’s a blues groove in the key of Dm. This part combines a bass line together with a standard minor blues progression.

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Buddy Guy demonstrates in this song how the guitar can provide accompaniment like a piano. Here he is using a rhythm style similar to Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Mayfield.

This Texas-style shuffle is in the key of G and was first recorded in 1957 by Bobby Blue Bland. In this lesson, we’ll look at the classic version Eric Clapton played at the Last Waltz concert with the band.

This one isn’t a traditional blues, however, the guitar part is based on a classic blues shuffle rhythm pattern in the key of E.

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This blues standard was recorded by a number of legendary blues musicians. In this lesson, we’ll look at the Freddie King version and use a driving guitar part in the key of D.

This song was originally written by Sonny Boy Williamson, in this lesson we’ll look at Muddy Waters's cover from the Folk Singeralbum.Whatever stage of your guitar playing life you’re at, sometimes all you want to do is put on an E blues and hit that minor scale, throw in a few blue notes, and channel your inner John Lee Hooker, BB King, or Bill Withers.

While a lot of styles of music require a ton of crazy gear to get you sounding like your heroes, Blues is humble music. Any guitar with the right pickups can get you into the zone to play along with your favourite songs, or even create your own.

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You don’t have to sell your soul at the crossroads to know that the blues has a storied history with the otherworldly, and Screamin Jay Hawkins had a stage show that built on that to the max.

I Put A Spell On You is definitely one that’s more on the beginner side, but is definitely a fun song to play, and a great one to get you warmed up to all that the blues can be.

One of the best voices in blues (that’s whey call him that), Howlin Wolf also had one of the best guitarists in the game.

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Hubert Sumlin had a very distinctive blues guitar style, cooking up the main riff in Smokestack Lightning with judicious helpings of pull-offs and alternate picking, something meaty for the intermediate guitarists to sink their teeth in.

On other tracks, Sumlin’s trademark flurries of notes along with the sudden cliffhangers that he was known show that even if your name isn’t on the marquee, you can still be an attraction.

Is it any wonder that rolling stone put him in the top half of their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time?

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While this version of the traditional nursery rhyme originated with Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan made it all his own (as he was want to do), giving the tune a new lease on life by adding a hard rock edge, tearing through hammer ons and pulloffs sitting alongside some traditional blues picking.

While Bo Diddley wasn’t always the most traditional bluesman (adding elements of rockabilly and pop to the mix), he’s definitely one of the brightest stars in the blues landscapes for guitarists.

Combining bass note strumming with some super tasty slide guitar playing, Who Do You Love serves as a perfect entry point for those who want to widen their musical and guitar playing horizons with a trip to the blue side.

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While several of the songs on this list will put many guitarists through their paces, Boogie Chillen is great for someone who just wants to jam out on one or two simple chords (maybe after imbibing a few jazz cigarettes), and loose enough to let you go crazy with any embellishments or solos that might come to you.

Of course John Lee Hooker would go on to have luminaries such as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards on stage behind him, but the original 1948 version of just him and his guitar is three minutes of simple but solid gold.

Now if you’re making your way down the list like “can’t play that, can’t play that”, we’ve got the song for you.

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If all you can play is an A chord, a D chord and an E chord, you’re right at home, because that’s all you need for Matchbox.

One of the great things about this song too is that, once you have the basics down, you’re ready to provide a backing track for other guitarists to solo over, and that’s a skill that can get you into any number of blues jams.

Rounding out our list, Mike Bloomfield’s distinctive ahead-of-the-beat soloing is all over Albert’s Shuffle, sounding like what you’d expect from a guy who put out records that came with the instruction “play this record loud”.

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The great thing about this song is it has so many tasty licks that you can apply to your own playing, it’s basically a roadmap for guitarists who want to get their hands around some blues fast and quick, and then be able to bust out a blues all of their own.

More “traditional” than his early records, 1968’s Super Session has Bloomfield taking classic licks and adding an energy that makes these songs a joy to play.

There are a lot of guitarists who spend their teens and 20s learning what could only be described as guitar aerobics, or get caught up in the constant cycle of trying to get the latest and best in guitar technology.

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However, eventually they come to the realization – sometimes all you want to do is have a blues noodle – and these songs are the perfect place to start.The blues has taken many forms since its origins in the early 20th Century and has been played by thousands of gifted musicians. It was nearly impossible to narrow this list down to 10 of the best blues guitar solos, but we offer this list of blues solos as a starting point for your own explorations of this brilliant art form. If you hear something you like, dig further. If you’re already familiar with some of these songs, most are worth listening to again. Each offers a lifetime of guitar education and enjoyment!

Otis Rush is one of the many great Chicago blues guitarists that doesn’t get the attention he deserves. While his original version of “I Can’t Quit You Baby” is not quite as flashy as Led Zeppelin’s famous remake, it has a slinky style of its own that makes it one of the best blues guitar solos ever. Rush’s voice is volcanic, his guitar vibrato is celestial and his licks flow like sweet hot butter. And you might be cool, but you’ll never be Otis Rush in his sunglasses cool.

One of the “Three Kings of the Blues Guitar” (along with Albert King and B.B. King), Freddie had a major influence on electric blues and on many later blues greats like Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. There are so many stunning Freddie King solos that it’s almost impossible to choose one. “Hide Away” is on this list simply because, if you want to call yourself a “blues guitarist, ” it is one of the songs you must learn to play. The good news is, this blues guitar solo tab is not super difficult, but it’s jammed with cool riffs and—as you can see from the video—a total crowd pleaser. This is without question one of the greatest blues guitar solos ever.

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If you want to know where Stevie Ray Vaughan copped many of his licks, look no further than this astonishing YouTube video. Stevie was always quick to give credit to Albert King, and in this amazing clip they both offer a

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