Best 1960s Blues Songs

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   Got My Mojo Working

   Muddy Waters · from At Newport 1960 (1960)

   Newport '60 — the crowd goes wild.

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   At Last

   Etta James · from At Last! (1960)

   Lush, soulful blues balladry.

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   Rollin' and Tumblin'

   Muddy Waters · from At Newport 1960 (1960)

   Live electric slide at its most elemental.

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   Cross Road Blues

   Robert Johnson · from King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)

   The delta blues document that myths are still built around.

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   Back Door Man

   Howlin' Wolf · from Howlin' Wolf (1962)

   Dixon's lyric, the Wolf's absolute authority.

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   Wang Dang Doodle

   Howlin' Wolf · from Howlin' Wolf (1962)

   The party invitation with a menacing undercurrent.

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   Boom Boom

   John Lee Hooker · from The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker (1963)

   One riff, two chords, and the most unstoppable groove in blues.

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   Messin' with the Kid

   Junior Wells · from Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)

   Buddy Guy on guitar — Chicago blues perfection.

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   Death Letter

   Son House · from Father of Folk Blues (1965)

   Timeless as the Delta itself.

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    Every Day I Have the Blues

    B.B. King · from Live at the Regal (1965)

    The performance that made this the definitive live blues record.

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    Death Letter Blues

    Son House · from Father of Folk Blues (1965)

    The definitive performance of a Delta standard.

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    All Your Love

    John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers · from Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)

    Clapton's Beano-album tone, right here.

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