TESTI Canzoni blues- Indice

Testi canzoni blues originali con traduzione in italiano

Around the Clock Blues
Back o' Town Blues   L. M. Bowen, H. Herbedeaux
Back Water Blues   Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Blues   Big Bill Broonzy
Black Mountain Blues   James C. Johnson
Blue Spirit Blues   Spencer Williams
Careless Love Blues
Cross Road Blues   Robert Johnson
Do Your Duty   Wilson
Down Hearted Blues   Hunter Alberta, Austin Lovie
Empty Bed Blues   James C. Johnson
Gimme a Pigfoot   Wilson
Good Morning Blues   Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax
How Long
How Long Blues   Leroy Carr
I'm Down in the Dumps   Wilson
Jail House Blues
Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town   George Brooks
Leavin' Blues
Levee Man Blues
Lost Your Head Blues
Me and My Gin   James C. Johnson
Monkey Woman Blues
Muddy Water
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues   George W. Thomas
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out   Jimmie Cox
One and Two Blues
Poor Man's Blues
Preachin' the Blues
Put It Right Here
Ramblin' on My Mind   Robert Johnson
Shipwreck Blues
Sobbin' Hearted Blues   Bradford, Layer, Davis
Squeeze Me   Fats Waller, Clarence Williams, Andy Razaf
St. Louis Blues   W. C. Handy
Sweet Home Chicago   Robert Johnson
Take Me for a Buggy Ride   Wilson
That's All   Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
The Gin House Blues   Fletcher Henderson, Henry Troy
The Sky is Crying   James Elmore
The Winin' Boy
Victim of the Blues
Walking Blues   Robert Johnson
Wee Baby Blues   Pete Johnson, Joe Turner
Weeping Willow Blues   Pam Carter
You've been a Good Old Wagon   Ben Harney

Il significato del termine Blues

Blues significa malinconico, triste. Deriva dall’espressione “to have the blue devils” (avere i diavoli blu) ovvero "essere triste". Molto spesso nelle canzoni i Blues sono delle vere e proprie entità, un esempio per tutti la celebre Good Morning Blues.