The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Want to Shout About It | Joe Bonamassa |
| 2 | Yella Aligator | Eddie 9V |
| 3 | Beg Borrow and Steal | Eddie 9V |
| 4 | I Let My Guitar Do the Talking | Buddy Guy |
| 5 | Well Well Well | Grainne Duffy |
| 6 | The Weight of the World | Joe Louis Walker |
| 7 | Heavy State Loving Blues | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 8 | A Bluesman Came to Town | Tommy Castro |
| 9 | Sweet Memphis Man | The Gayle Harrod Band |
| 10 | Bout to Make Me Leave Home | Eddie 9V |
| 11 | Root Down | Joe Louis Walker |
| 12 | Down Along the Cove | Eddie 9V |
| 13 | Don't Let Me Down | Teresa James |
| 14 | Dirt Woman Blues | Grainne Duffy |
| 15 | Don't Give Up on Me, Baby | Franck L. Goldwasser |
| 16 | It's Going Down | Eddie 9V |
| 17 | Blue Mirror | Joe Louis Walker |
| 18 | What Goes Around (Comes Around) | Robert Finley |
| 19 | Been a Long Time Coming (feat. Eric Gales) | Misty Blues |
| 20 | Do It All Again | Cassius King & The Downtown Rulers |
| 21 | All I Got is Now | Reverend Freakchild |
| 22 | You Know Who I Am | Tony Holiday |
| 23 | I'd Do It for You | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps |
| 24 | Rise Above | Grainne Duffy |
| 25 | Roots | Joyann Parker |
| 26 | Down to the Rims | Joel Astley |
| 27 | Doctor Hay | Little G Weevil |
| 28 | Nobody but You | Tony Holiday |
| 29 | Blind Leading the Blind | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 30 | I've Been Searching | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 31 | Better Day's Coming (feat. Ellen Miller) | Denise La Grassa |
| 32 | Hippy Bluesman Blues | Reverend Freakchild |
| 33 | What's It Going to Be? | Grainne Duffy |
| 34 | I Don't Sleep (feat. Petri Byrd) | Misty Blues |
| 35 | Secondhand Kid | Joel Astley |
| 36 | Just As Gone | Tony Holiday |
| 37 | Get by | Tony Holiday |
| 38 | Above the Sun | Tom Buenger |
| 39 | Well Enough Alone | Buddy Guy |
| 40 | Stuff I've Been Through | Alabama Mike |
| 41 | Every Which Way | Misty Blues |
| 42 | You're Gonna Miss Me | The Gayle Harrod Band |
| 43 | Blues in My Shoes | Mud Morganfield |
| 44 | Baby Let’s Try Again | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band |
| 45 | Symptoms of Love (feat. Elvis Costello) | Buddy Guy |
| 46 | Howlin' Wolf | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 47 | Soulful Dress | Sister Lucille |
| 48 | I've Got a Feeling | Buddy Guy |
| 49 | Gumbo Boogie | Joe Krown |
| 50 | Didn't Find My Blues in Mississippi | Danny Liston |
| 51 | Nobody's Fool | Joanne Shaw Taylor |
| 52 | Follow the Money (feat. James Taylor) | Buddy Guy |
| 53 | I Gotta Sing the Blues (feat. Mo Beeks) | Kelly's Lot |
| 54 | Spy Balloon Blues | Little G Weevil |
| 55 | Bakers Groove | The Maple Blues Band |
| 56 | Goodbye Jack Daniels | Danny Liston |
| 57 | Trouble | Tony Holiday |
| 58 | Get Up Get out | Walk That Walk |
| 59 | Trouble Finds Me Everyday | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band |
| 60 | I'm the One | Bobby Rush |
| 61 | Running in and out | Bobby Rush |
| 62 | Blues Up the River | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 63 | I Got a Good Thing (Live) | Diane Blue All-Star Band |
| 64 | Work with What You Got | Joel Astley |
| 65 | This Time (feat. David Hidalgo & Kim Wilson) | Willie J. Campbell |
| 66 | Bring Me Along | The Gayle Harrod Band |
| 67 | The Franklin Shuffle | Mike Guldin And Rollin' & Tumblin' |
| 68 | Blues Prisoner | Tommy Castro |
| 69 | Riffin' the Blue | Tas Cru |
| 70 | Sorry | Mark Cameron |
| 71 | (I Think I Need) Another Lover | Pat McDougall |
| 72 | Ain't from Mississippi | Lex Grey and the Urban Pioneers |
| 73 | Mississippi Jukin' | Walk That Walk |
| 74 | Count Your Chickens | Joe Louis Walker |
| 75 | Down Below | Bruce Katz Band |
| 76 | One of These Days (feat. Matt Cusson) | Misty Blues |
| 77 | Running Back to You | Grainne Duffy |
| 78 | Days of Voodoo and Laughter | Misty Blues |
| 79 | Bobby's Place | Joel Astley |
| 80 | Highway 69 | Nigel Mack |
| 81 | Savona Shuffle | The Maple Blues Band |
| 82 | You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had | Mud Morganfield |
| 83 | Tides Are Turning | Bruce Katz Band |
| 84 | Nasty Business | Mark Cameron |
| 85 | We Go Back (feat. Mavis Staples) | Buddy Guy |
| 86 | Born Cryin' | Joel Astley |
| 87 | Heading South | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 88 | Blues Don't Lie | Buddy Guy |
| 89 | I'm Free | Bobby Rush |
| 90 | Sweet Liberation | Grainne Duffy |
| 91 | Juke Joint Guru | John Rutherford |
| 92 | Shake and Shiver | Sunnysiders |
| 93 | Bobby's Blues | Blackburn Brothers |
| 94 | Old Friends | Danny Liston |
| 95 | Take a Ride | The Dig 3 |
| 96 | Texas Girl and Her Boots | Carolyn Wonderland |
| 97 | Hot As Hell | Joel Astley |
| 98 | Ticket to Ride | Teresa James |
| 99 | Hanky Panky Blues | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band |
| 100 | Made to Rock & Roll | Danny Liston |
| 101 | Take My Rider | Douglas Avery |
| 102 | Trouble Doing the Right Thing | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 103 | Tell the World | Sister Lucille |
| 104 | Don't Walk out That Door | Joe Louis Walker |
| 105 | Judgement Day | Misty Blues |
| 106 | Hello, It's the Blues | Joe Louis Walker |
| 107 | Going Down to Main Street | Bob Margolin |
| 108 | So Easy | Keb Mo |
| 109 | Blind Owl Boogie | Douglas Avery |
| 110 | Alley Shuffle | The Bluesland Horn Band |
| 111 | How Long | Eddie 9V |
| 112 | Brown Liquor Woman | Tas Cru |
| 113 | Dog Bites Back | Dyer Davis |
| 114 | She's So Cold | Tony Holiday |
| 115 | Are We Through | Eddie 9V |
| 116 | Let the Chips Fall | Chris Beard |
| 117 | Soul Searching | Ruthie Foster |
| 118 | Takin' It with Me | Joel Astley |
| 119 | Sumlin Around | The Maple Blues Band |
| 120 | Temptation | The Gayle Harrod Band |
| 121 | I Don't Want Your Love (I Just Want Your Lovin') | Franck L. Goldwasser |
| 122 | Long DIstance Woman | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 123 | Natural Born Lover | Backtrack Blues Band |
| 124 | One Less Reason | Tinsley Ellis |
| 125 | One Monkey Can Stop a Show | Bobby Rush |
| 126 | Faintly Optimistic | Joyann Parker |
| 127 | Devil in a Red Suit | Sister Lucille |
| 128 | I Want My Crown (feat. Joe Bonamassa) | Eric Gales |
| 129 | No More (feat. Anson Funderburgh) | Willie J. Campbell |
| 130 | Too Far to Be Gone (feat. Sonny Landreth) | Shemekia Copeland |
| 131 | Rob & Steal | Tony Holiday |
| 132 | Southbound | Jimi "Prime Time" Smith & Bob Corritore |
| 133 | You Can't Stay Here | Walk That Walk |
| 134 | I Believe I Got off Cheap | Chris Cain |
| 135 | Come on People | The Gayle Harrod Band |
| 136 | Tryin' to Get by | Eddie 9V |
| 137 | Hurts Me Too | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band |
| 138 | Only Time Will Tell | Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones |
| 139 | Lean on Love | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps |
| 140 | You for Me | Jimi "Prime Time" Smith & Bob Corritore |
| 141 | Baby We're Through | The Gayle Harrod Band |
| 142 | Is It a Matter of Time? | Joe Louis Walker |
| 143 | 662 | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 144 | Karma Wheel | Joel Astley |
| 145 | Where's My Wallet | Bruce Katz Band |
| 146 | Dare to Dream | Misty Blues |
| 147 | Docksidin' (feat. Anson Funderburgh) | Willie J. Campbell |
| 148 | Love to Flirt | Mud Morganfield |
| 149 | Son of the Seventh Son | Mud Morganfield |
| 150 | Git with It! | Duke Robillard |
| 151 | Call It Confusion | Johnny King and Friends |
| 152 | Hoochie Coochie Mama | Emma Wilson |
| 153 | Let Me Love You | Dyer Davis |
| 154 | Tribal Affairs | Little G Weevil |
| 155 | Cryin' Shame | Dyer Davis |
| 156 | Back in Style | Nigel Mack |
| 157 | Heal My Misery | Tas Cru |
| 158 | Skwurley | Franck L. Goldwasser |
| 159 | Waiting in the Shadows | The Gayle Harrod Band |
| 160 | Brand New Flame | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps |
| 161 | Yes I Am | Grainne Duffy |
| 162 | Right As Rain | Danny Liston |
| 163 | Sweet Thing | Buddy Guy |
| 164 | Outside Looking in | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 165 | Twenty-Nine Ways (feat. Koko Taylor) | Bob Corritore |
| 166 | You Better Let Go (feat. Sugaray Rayford) | Willie J. Campbell |
| 167 | Dixie Grill | Backtrack Blues Band |
| 168 | She Might Get Mad | Backtrack Blues Band |
| 169 | I Got the World in a Jug | Jimi "Prime Time" Smith & Bob Corritore |
| 170 | Good Die Young | Larry McCray |
| 171 | Watching the River Flow | Duke Robillard |
| 172 | Killin' Floor (feat. Kevin McKendree) | Mike Guldin And Rollin' & Tumblin' |
| 173 | Good Morning Little School Girl | Mud Morganfield |
| 174 | Delta Lady | Paul Boddy & The SlideWinder Blues Band |
| 175 | Waking Up the Dead | Joe Louis Walker |
| 176 | Candy Shop | Joel Astley |
| 177 | Leave Me Alone | Mud Morganfield |
| 178 | Catfishing | Mud Morganfield |
| 179 | Gettin' over You is Workin' over Me | Mike Guldin And Rollin' & Tumblin' |
| 180 | No Brighter Gold | Joel Astley |
| 181 | Gunsmoke Blues (feat. Jason Isbell) | Buddy Guy |
| 182 | Take Back What You Own (feat. Jen Barnes) | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 183 | We Are One | MojoMama |
| 184 | Hard Times (Live) | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 185 | Loco Motor | Mud Morganfield |
| 186 | We Don't Learn Much | Little G Weevil |
| 187 | All Across America | Reverend Freakchild |
| 188 | Every Time I Close My Eyes | Nalani Rothrock |
| 189 | Short Dressed Woman | Mud Morganfield |
| 190 | Why Not You (feat. Reba Russell) | Sister Lucille |
| 191 | Won't You Let Me Go | Blackburn Brothers |
| 192 | Don't You Forget About Me | Janiva Magness |
| 193 | Nighttime Stroll | Bruce Katz Band |
| 194 | Leaving Trunk | Douglas Avery |
| 195 | Walk Away My Blues | Dyer Davis |
| 196 | Roof Got a Hole | Walk That Walk |
| 197 | Yazoo River | Tony Holiday |
| 198 | I'll Understand | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 199 | Language of the Blues | Mark Cameron |
| 200 | Mating Cry | The Maple Blues Band |
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