The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Ain't Unlucky | Veronica Lewis | Contemporary Blues |
| 2 | The Longer That I Live | Curtis Salgado | Contemporary Blues |
| 3 | Hit 'Em Back (feat. Robert Randolph, Tony Coleman) | Shemekia Copeland | Contemporary Blues |
| 4 | A Bluesman Came to Town | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 5 | 662 | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 6 | So Caught Up | The Teskey Brothers | Soul Blues |
| 7 | Empty Promises (Live) | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 8 | Better Be Lonely | Samantha Fish | Blues Rock |
| 9 | Long Distance Woman | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 10 | Slippin' and Slidin' | The Immediate Family | Blues Rock |
| 11 | Birds of a Feather | Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite | Classic Blues |
| 12 | Confirmation | Chris Smither | Acoustic Blues |
| 13 | Carolina Song | The Allman Betts Band | Blues Rock |
| 14 | As the Crow Flies | Colin James | Blues Rock |
| 15 | Blow | Colin Linden | Blues Rock |
| 16 | Carry on | Joyann Parker | Contemporary Blues |
| 17 | Holler if You Hear Me | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 18 | Somewhere | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 19 | Blacktop Run | Sonny Landreth | Acoustic Blues |
| 20 | Texas Girl and Her Boots | Carolyn Wonderland | Contemporary Blues |
| 21 | Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland | Contemporary Blues |
| 22 | Layla (feat. Trey Anastasio) [Live at LOCKN' / 2019] | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul Blues |
| 23 | Crawling Kingsnake | The Black Keys | Blues Rock |
| 24 | Blue on Black | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Blues |
| 25 | Little Black Flies | Eddie 9V | Contemporary Blues |
| 26 | Ways and Means | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 27 | Ain't Done Yet | Savoy Brown | Blues Rock |
| 28 | Love Always Wins | Steve Conn | Jazzy Blues |
| 29 | Bayou Mile | Alastair Greene | Contemporary Blues |
| 30 | Rocking Chair | Josh Hyde | Contemporary Blues |
| 31 | Mighty Dangerous Boogie | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 32 | The Truth is | Miss Tess | Country Blues |
| 33 | Sometimes It's Better to Lose (Live) | Miss Emily | Soul Blues |
| 34 | Little Bit O’ Soap | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 35 | She's Gone | GA-20 | Chicago Blues |
| 36 | Fistful of Dollars | Bette Smith | Soul Blues |
| 37 | Livin' for Me | Tiffany Pollack & Co. | Contemporary Blues |
| 38 | She Calls Me Kingfish | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 39 | Show Me How You Do It (feat. Yates Mckendree) | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Contemporary Blues |
| 40 | I've Got to Get to You (feat. Boz Scaggs, Joe Menza & Mike Menza) | Dion | Blues Rock |
| 41 | Try (Live) | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 42 | Don't Let the Devil Ride | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 43 | Blues Coming Down | Cash McCall | Classic Blues |
| 44 | Rose-Colored Glasses (feat. James Pennebaker & Nicki Bluhm) | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Contemporary Blues |
| 45 | She Got Some Money | Eddie 9V | Contemporary Blues |
| 46 | Memphis Moonlight | Deb Ryder | Contemporary Blues |
| 47 | Is You is My Baby | Veronica Lewis | Contemporary Blues |
| 48 | Need a Little Sugar | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 49 | Love is All Around | Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar | Soul Blues |
| 50 | Full Moon, Half Crazy | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 51 | Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne (feat. Chris Stephenson) [Live] | Rodd Bland And The Members Only Band | Soul Blues |
| 52 | I Like It | Joe Lewis Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 53 | All Night Long, All Night Wrong (feat. Kid Ramos) | Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars | Classic Blues |
| 54 | Hold on | Deb Ryder | Contemporary Blues |
| 55 | Kill or Be Kind | Samantha Fish | Blues Rock |
| 56 | Magnolia Road | The Allman Betts Band | Blues Rock |
| 57 | Have a Good Time Tonight / Play Your Soul, Johnny (feat. Kid Ramos) | Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars | Classic Blues |
| 58 | Dreaming of You | Mike Zito | Blues Rock |
| 59 | Honey Bee (feat. Willie Buck) | Tony Holiday | Classic Blues |
| 60 | Slippin' Away | A.J. Fullerton | Contemporary Blues |
| 61 | Around Midnite | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 62 | Broken Hearted Blues | Carolyn Wonderland | Contemporary Blues |
| 63 | If My Life Was a Book | Clarence Spady | Contemporary Blues |
| 64 | Come on in | Stratcat Willie & the Strays | Contemporary Blues |
| 65 | Personal Jesus | Reverend Freakchild | Contemporary Blues |
| 66 | Step in | Cedric Burnside | Blues Rock |
| 67 | Phone Zombies | Roomful of Blues | Electric Blues |
| 68 | Money Makes You Ugly | Shemekia Copeland | Contemporary Blues |
| 69 | Losin Time for Love | Brigitte Purdy | Blues Rock |
| 70 | Long As I Got My Guitar | Zac Harmon | Soul Blues |
| 71 | Love Raining Down | Avey Grouws Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 72 | Big Mama's Soul Food (feat. Sugaray Rayford) | Bob Corritore | Classic Blues |
| 73 | Back to Memphis | Skylar Rogers | Contemporary Blues |
| 74 | Guilty of a Good Time | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 75 | One More Mile to Go | Dave Thomas | Contemporary Blues |
| 76 | Gotta Move on (feat. H.E.R.) | Toni Braxton | Blues |
| 77 | Way I Like It Done | Kat Danser | Acoustic Blues |
| 78 | The Laws Must Change | Carolyn Wonderland | Contemporary Blues |
| 79 | Back on Top | Buffalo Nichols | Acoustic Blues |
| 80 | Just Getting Started | Michelle Malone | Blues Rock |
| 81 | Love One Another (feat. Stevie Wonder, Bobby Rush & Marlon Jackson) | Tito Jackson | Contemporary Blues |
| 82 | Memphis High | Kerry Kearney Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 83 | Takes One to Know One (feat. Anson Funderburgh) | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Contemporary Blues |
| 84 | Blues Without Borders | Debbie Bond | Contemporary Blues |
| 85 | I'm Ready (Live) | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 86 | Memphis Loud | Victor Wainwright | Contemporary Blues |
| 87 | Cure for the Blues (feat. Michael Angelo) | Adam Schultz | Soul Blues |
| 88 | In My Blood | Mike Zito | Blues Rock |
| 89 | Jump on in | Deb Ryder | Contemporary Blues |
| 90 | Faster | Samantha Fish | Blues Rock |
| 91 | Born Under a Bad Sign (Live) [feat. Dana Marsh] | Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller | Contemporary Blues |
| 92 | A Conversation with Alice | Joe Bonamassa | Contemporary Blues |
| 93 | Stormy Monday (Live) | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 94 | High Rider Blues | Debbie Bond | Contemporary Blues |
| 95 | I'm Trouble | Patti Parks | Soul Blues |
| 96 | Clarksdale Sun | Veronica Lewis | Contemporary Blues |
| 97 | Whatever She Wants (feat. Jimmy Johnson) | Jose Ramirez | Contemporary Blues |
| 98 | Bad Woman | Hanna PK | Contemporary Blues |
| 99 | Up and Down World (feat. Chris Stephenson) [Live] | Rodd Bland And The Members Only Band | Soul Blues |
| 100 | One Condition (feat. Kirk Fletcher) | Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers | Contemporary Blues |
| 101 | Like Father Like Daughter | Skylar Rogers | Contemporary Blues |
| 102 | Tenessee Woman (feat. Oscar Wilson) | Bob Corritore | Classic Blues |
| 103 | Five Time Man | Kerry Kearney Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 104 | Early in the Mornin' (feat. Clarence Spady) | Adam Schultz | Soul Blues |
| 105 | Give Me Some Time | Gabe Stillman | Contemporary Blues |
| 106 | Mississippi River Stomp | Kerry Kearney Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 107 | Don't Mess with the Messer (feat. Diunna Greenleaf) | Bob Corritore | Classic Blues |
| 108 | Surrender | Clarence Spady | Contemporary Blues |
| 109 | Spit on Your Grave (feat. John Németh) | Tiffany Pollack & Co. | Contemporary Blues |
| 110 | The Forgiver & the Runaway | A.J. Fullerton | Contemporary Blues |
| 111 | Stylin' | Brigitte Purdy | Blues Rock |
| 112 | Shes Tuff (feat. Victor Wainright) | Tony Holiday | Classic Blues |
| 113 | Push Now | Southern Avenue | Contemporary Blues |
| 114 | Hurricane Party | Shelley King | Country Blues |
| 115 | Who I Am | Hurricane Ruth | Blues Rock |
| 116 | If You Go Away (She Might Come Back) | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 117 | What's on My Mind (feat. Kid Ramos) | Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars | Classic Blues |
| 118 | The Memphis Train | Veronica Lewis | Contemporary Blues |
| 119 | My Heart Aches for You | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| 120 | This is the Blues | Mark Cameron | Contemporary Blues |
| 121 | Dancing in the Streets (Live) | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 122 | Can't You See (feat. Kid Ramos) | Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars | Classic Blues |
| 123 | Evil Thoughts (feat. Monster Mike Welch) | Ghalia Volt | Blues Rock |
| 124 | Down Home Blues | Clarence Spady | Contemporary Blues |
| 125 | Put Your Wig on Mama | Veronica Lewis | Contemporary Blues |
| 126 | Devil's Credit Line | Deb Ryder | Contemporary Blues |
| 127 | It's Good to Be King | Mojo Morganfield | Chicago Blues |
| 128 | Hot Lovin' Momma | Joe Lewis Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 129 | Blues is All I Got | Deb Ryder | Contemporary Blues |
| 130 | Down Home Blues (Live) [feat. Dana Marsh] | Chris Daniels & Hazel Miller | Contemporary Blues |
| 131 | Blues Prisoner | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 132 | Addiction Game | Clarence Spady | Contemporary Blues |
| 133 | Evil | EG Kight | Acoustic Blues |
| 134 | Precious Time | Curtis Salgado | Contemporary Blues |
| 135 | Dog Me Around | Eddie 9V | Contemporary Blues |
| 136 | Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker | Classic Blues |
| 137 | Stackin’ Bones (feat. Larkin Poe) | Billy F Gibbons | Blues Rock |
| 138 | You Don't Have to Go | Eddie 9V | Contemporary Blues |
| 139 | Betrayal | The Bluesbones | Blues Rock |
| 140 | Find My Way out | The Bluesbones | Blues Rock |
| 141 | Frenchman Street Shake | Kat Danser | Acoustic Blues |
| 142 | Too Damn Cute (feat. Harpdog Brown) | Sunday Wilde | Acoustic Blues |
| 143 | Deal with the Devil | Zac Harmon | Soul Blues |
| 144 | Right Hand Road | Brian Langlinais | Blues |
| 145 | What You Never Had | Hurricane Ruth | Blues Rock |
| 146 | Gone So Long | Joyann Parker | Contemporary Blues |
| 147 | Devil's Hand | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Blues Rock |
| 148 | Not My Circus | Hitman Blues Band | Delta Blues |
| 149 | Say You'll Stay (feat. Jake Friel) | A.J. Fullerton | Contemporary Blues |
| 150 | People Been Talking | Zac Harmon | Soul Blues |
| 151 | K-Man | Clarence Spady | Contemporary Blues |
| 152 | Extra Boom | Tomislav Goluban | Contemporary Blues |
| 153 | 4 Cars | Colin Linden | Blues Rock |
| 154 | Like Wildfire | Hurricane Ruth | Blues Rock |
| 155 | Long Way | Eddie Vedder | Blues Rock |
| 156 | Mr. Smith | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | Contemporary Blues |
| 157 | Blue Rain | Debbie Bond | Contemporary Blues |
| 158 | I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me) (feat. Jerome Chism) [Live] | Rodd Bland And The Members Only Band | Soul Blues |
| 159 | I Won't Wait Around | Heidi Newfield | Country Blues |
| 160 | (Get Your Money) Where You Spend Your Time (feat. Jerome Chism) [Live] | Rodd Bland And The Members Only Band | Soul Blues |
| 161 | Sadie | GA-20 | Chicago Blues |
| 162 | Movin on | Skylar Rogers | Contemporary Blues |
| 163 | Meet Me in the Morning | Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar | Soul Blues |
| 164 | Wish You'd Tell Me | A.J. Fullerton | Contemporary Blues |
| 165 | Jim Lee Blues, Pt. 1 | Samantha Fish | Blues |
| 166 | Holding on with One Hand | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 167 | Put a Lid on It | Diane Durrett & Soul Suga | Soul Blues |
| 168 | Fool for You | Joyann Parker | Contemporary Blues |
| 169 | Move on | Tia Carroll | Contemporary Blues |
| 170 | I Cried (feat. Paul Reddick) | A.J. Fullerton | Contemporary Blues |
| 171 | When My Blood Runs Cold | Clarence Spady | Contemporary Blues |
| 172 | Cherry on Top (feat. Anson Funderburgh) | Johnny Burgin | Chicago Blues |
| 173 | I'm So Tired | Sonny Green | Soul Blues |
| 174 | Insomnia Blues | Hanna PK | Contemporary Blues |
| 175 | Morning Light | Hamish Anderson | Blues Rock |
| 176 | Tell Mama (feat. László Borsodi, Mátyás Premecz, Attila Herr, Lajos Gyenge, Tamás Sóvári, Zoltán Albert, Rita Fóris & Jonathan Andelic) | Dionne Bennett | Soul Blues |
| 177 | Clear Conscience, Bad Memory | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 178 | Grey Autumn Day | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 179 | The Fix is in | Curtis Salgado | Contemporary Blues |
| 180 | Got to Get You off My Mind (feat. Elena Kato & Hiroshi Eguchi) | Rob Stone | Acoustic Blues |
| 181 | Fortunate Few | Carolyn Wonderland | Contemporary Blues |
| 182 | Never Gonna Change | David Gogo | Acoustic Blues |
| 183 | Heart of the Matter | Debbie Bond | Contemporary Blues |
| 184 | You Better Think | Polly O'Keary and the Rhythm Method | Contemporary Blues |
| 185 | Regret | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 186 | Papa Didn't Raise Me Right | The Porkroll Project | Blues Rock |
| 187 | It's Alright | GA-20 | Chicago Blues |
| 188 | Hard Times | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 189 | Don't Come Around This House | Eddie 9V | Contemporary Blues |
| 190 | Souled out on You | Robert Finley | Contemporary Blues |
| 191 | Never Was | A.J. Fullerton | Contemporary Blues |
| 192 | New Day | Webb Wilder | Blues Rock |
| 193 | Worried About You | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Blues Rock |
| 194 | Drowning Sorrows | Steve Keenan | Blues Rock |
| 195 | Solid Gone | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 196 | Whoo Whee Sweet Daddy | Veronica Lewis | Contemporary Blues |
| 197 | That's What You Do | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 198 | Damned if I Do | Mike Zito | Blues Rock |
| 199 | Mudslide | Pat Donohue | Blues |
| 200 | Mary Ann | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Blues Rock |
| 201 | Trouble (feat. Harpdog Brown) | Sunday Wilde | Acoustic Blues |
| 202 | Honey Child | JP Williams Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 203 | A Better Life (Live) | The Bluesbones | Blues Rock |
| 204 | If That Ain't the Blues | Gerald McClendon | Soul Blues |
| 205 | Wang Dang Doodle (feat. Shy Perry) | Bob Corritore | Classic Blues |
| 206 | Mama Told Me | Tia Carroll | Contemporary Blues |
| 207 | I Know What to Do (feat. Joe Murphy) | Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers | Contemporary Blues |
| 208 | Big Talk | Jon Spear Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 209 | Just Say the Word | Gabe Stillman | Contemporary Blues |
| 210 | I Got a Love I Wanna Hold on to (feat. Billy Watts) | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Contemporary Blues |
| 211 | Red Walls (feat. Keeshea Pratt) | Miss Bix | Contemporary Blues |
| 212 | You Don't Have Me | Mike Zito | Blues Rock |
| 213 | Gamblers Hand | Steve Keenan | Blues Rock |
| 214 | It's Alright | Mark Cameron | Contemporary Blues |
| 215 | 44 Blues (feat. Clarence Spady) | Adam Schultz | Soul Blues |
| 216 | Money Ain't Time (Live) | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 217 | All There is to It | Mark Cameron | Contemporary Blues |
| 218 | Grits Ain't Groceries | Jimmie Bratcher | Contemporary Blues |
| 219 | Crossin' off | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Blues Rock |
| 220 | Back from the Edge | Mark Cameron | Contemporary Blues |
| 221 | Not This Time | Alex Lopez | Blues Rock |
| 222 | Dance Like I Should (feat. Kid Ramos) | Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos And The Allstars | Classic Blues |
| 223 | Baby Bee (feat. Kenny Neal) | Patti Parks | Soul Blues |
| 224 | Boil | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 225 | Hail Mighty Caesar | Curtis Salgado | Contemporary Blues |
| 226 | Let Loose Those Chains | Hector Anchondo | Acoustic Blues |
| 227 | Another Life Goes by | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 228 | Spider in My Stew (feat. Lurrie Bell) | Bob Corritore | Classic Blues |
| 229 | You're Drivin' Me Crazy | EG Kight | Contemporary Blues |
| 230 | I Need to Get Loving (Live in Segovia, Spain, 2024) | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Blues Rock |
| 231 | Paradise | Alex Lopez | Blues Rock |
| 232 | Muscle Memory | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 233 | Bacon is on My Mind | Jimmie Bratcher | Contemporary Blues |
| 234 | That's All It Takes | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram | Contemporary Blues |
| 235 | Hook Me Up | Chickenbone Slim | Contemporary Blues |
| 236 | Wasted Youth | Mick Kolassa | Acoustic Blues |
| 237 | More Than You'll Ever Know | Patti Parks | Soul Blues |
| 238 | Ode to Jerry Lee | Veronica Lewis | Contemporary Blues |
| 239 | I'm Coming Home | Deb Ryder | Contemporary Blues |
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