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Best blues songs of all time<\/h2>\n
\u00a0Cross Roads Blues (Robert Johnson)<\/h3>\n\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">According to legend, the budding bluesman Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads in exchange for mastery of the blues. This seems unlikely, and Johnson probably mastered his craft after studying under his mentors Willie Brown, Charley Patton and Son House. Regardless, the story of the crossroads remains <em>the<\/em> great blues legend.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Devil Got My Woman (Skip James)<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Skip\" james=\"\" devil=\"\" got=\"\" my=\"\" woman=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtZ6DoeimP4?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">This Delta blues singer\/guitar player is noted for his haunting style and is one of the greats of the early blues. However, the Great Depression curtailed his career, and it wasn\u2019t until the blues revival of the 1960s that he finally found the recognition his undoubted talents deserved.<\/p>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">The song \u2018Devil Got My Woman\u2019 from his album of the same name is recognised as one of his greatest songs<\/p>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">Did you know \u2018Devil Got My Woman\u2019 featured on the film <i>Ghost World?<\/i><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters)<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Muddy\" waters=\"\" hoochie=\"\" coochie=\"\" man=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e_l6A7krjrQ?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">It might seem incongruous that the father of Chicago blues was actually from Mississippi. Born McKinley Morganfield, Muddy travelled north seeking fame and fortune in 1943, bringing a harder, electric style to the Windy City, which would in turn be a huge influence on rock\u2019n\u2019roll. \u2018Hoochie Coochie Man\u2019 was one of Waters most famous songs and regarded as a classic of\u00a0Chicago blues<\/p>\n<h3>Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Blind Willie Johnson)<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Blind\" willie=\"\" johnson=\"\" dark=\"\" was=\"\" the=\"\" night...=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BNj2BXW852g?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">If aliens are looking for life on Earth then this stunning recording from the blues-singing evangelist from Texas may point them in the right direction. Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground is one of 27 recordings selected for the \/Voyager Golden Records\/, which were loaded aboard the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/space-missions\/voyager-mission-what-did-we-learn\/"\">Voyager spacecraft and launched into space<\/a> in 1977. As such, it is the first blues record to leave our solar system.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0I\u2019m A King Bee (Slim Harpo)<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Slim\" harpo=\"\" i=\"\" a=\"\" king=\"\" bee=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XWLvm11MAaM?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">This Louisiana blues guitar player was one of the key exponents of the swamp blues style \u2013\u00a0as well as being a pioneer of the blues harp, or blues harmonica. Originally released on the b-side to Slim\u2019s 1957 single I Got Love if You Want It, I\u2019m A King Bee was honoured with a <a href=\""https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/awards\/hall-of-fame"\">Grammy Hall of Fame Award<\/a> in 2008.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\""font-weight:\"><strong>\u00a0Me and My Chauffeur Blues (Memphis Minnie)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Memphis\" minnie=\"\" me=\"\" and=\"\" my=\"\" chauffeur=\"\" blues=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KiRoNuw5x4M?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">Bob Dylan called this recording \u201cOne of the great blues songs of all time\u201d. Memphis Minnie was one of the very few women who held their own in the male-dominated world of the blues. Recorded in 1941, this song finds Minnie enjoying the double-meaning of her chauffer, who she\u2019ll shoot down if she finds him giving rides to other lady passengers.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Dust My Broom (Elmore James)<\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Dust\" my=\"\" broom=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5jcGY7NbaQw?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">This Mississippi guitarist\u2019s slide style was so distinctive it even gets namechecked by The Beatles (on <a href=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TIFHRaZERHg"\">For You Blue<\/a>). The recording features the great blues harp player Sonny Boy Williamson II, but it\u2019s that distinctive slide riff, apparently learned from Robert Johnson, that makes this such a landmark recording.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\""font-weight:\"><strong>Smokestack Lightning (Howlin\u2019 Wolf )<\/strong><\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Smokestack\" lightnin=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1pXJOsHBaoc?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">Chester Arthur Burnett \u2013\u00a0better known as Howlin\u2019 Wolf \u2013\u00a0was one of the most influential blues artists of all time. Discovered by Sam Phillips at <a href=\""https:\/\/www.sunstudio.com\/"\">Sun Studio, Memphis<\/a>, Wolf then became a star at Chess Records in Chicago. Smokestack Lightning\u2019s relentless rhythm and riff fuses the Delta blues with the Chicago sound. \u2018Smokestack Lightning\u2019 would become one of his one of his most popular and influential\/defining songs<\/p>\n<h3 style=\""font-weight:\"><strong>Red House (Jimi Hendrix)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""The\" jimi=\"\" hendrix=\"\" experience=\"\" red=\"\" house=\"\" at=\"\" los=\"\" angeles=\"\" forum=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-N0JNgPAX-U?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">Released on his 1967 debut LP, <em>Are You Experience?<\/em>, Red House is one of Jimi Hendrix\u2019s earliest \u2013\u00a0and greatest \u2013\u00a0blues numbers. Featuring many references to and examples of the classic blues that so inspired the Seattle musician, it\u2019s the stunning guitar playing that elevates this track to the level of genius.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\""font-weight:\"><strong>Dead Letter Blues (Son House)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<iframe title=\""Son\" house=\"\" letter=\"\" blues=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NdgrQoZHnNY?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p style=\""font-weight:\">Son House hailed from Mississippi, and was regularly hailed by other bluesmen as one of the absolute greats\u00a0\u2013 but it took some time for his career to take off. Playing in the South through the 1920s and 30s, House quit music in the early 40s, before being coaxed back during the 1960s blues revival. 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