The Roots Music Report's
Top Acoustic Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2023
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family | Eric Bibb |
| 2 | Funny How Time Slips Away | Dr. John |
| 3 | Ridin' | Eric Bibb |
| 4 | Please Help | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 5 | Little Girl in Rome | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 6 | Lonesome Home Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 7 | I Can't Be Satisfied | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 8 | I'll Take You There | Rory Block |
| 9 | Blues in the Bottle | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 10 | Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 11 | Educated by the Blues (feat. Doug Macleod) | Mick Kolassa |
| 12 | Don't Boss Me | Grant Dermody |
| 13 | The Future Ain't What It Used to Be | Seth Walker |
| 14 | Tulsa Town | Eric Bibb |
| 15 | Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 16 | Trouble No More | Grant Dermody |
| 17 | Statesboro Blues | Steve Howell |
| 18 | Stronger | Kelly's Lot |
| 19 | Sweet Time Blues | Chris Yakopcic |
| 20 | Hitting the Road | Sean Poluk |
| 21 | 500 Miles | Eric Bibb |
| 22 | Write Me a Few of Your Lines | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 23 | Preachin' Blues | Chris Yakopcic |
| 24 | Run Sinner Run | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 25 | Blues Funky Like Dat (feat. Taj Mahal/Jontavious Willis) | Eric Bibb |
| 26 | Call Me by My Name (feat. Harrison Kennedy) | Eric Bibb |
| 27 | Gotta Get Goodbye Somehow (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 28 | Hey Hey | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 29 | Easy Rider Blues | Steve Howell |
| 30 | Cluck Old Hen | Steve Howell |
| 31 | Chump Man Blues | Chris Yakopcic |
| 32 | Memphis Wood (feat. Tas Cru) | Mick Kolassa |
| 33 | Devil in the Room | Tinsley Ellis |
| 34 | Baby Took a Limo to Memphis (feat. Libby Rae Watson) | Mick Kolassa |
| 35 | You Gotta Walk That Lonesome Valley | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 36 | Police Dog Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 37 | Six Week Old Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 38 | Blues with a Vengeance | B'ee |
| 39 | Down in Mississippi | Bobby Rush |
| 40 | Hard Times | Bobby Rush |
| 41 | Let Me in Your House | Bobby Rush |
| 42 | Smokestack Lightning | Bobby Rush |
| 43 | Mississippi Blues | Steve Howell |
| 44 | Kind Hearted Woman (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 45 | Gimmie Lightnin' | Cedar County Cobras |
| 46 | Monday Morning Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 47 | Nature | Kelly's Lot |
| 48 | All My Friends Are Gone | Steve Howell |
| 49 | Hurt People | Mick Kolassa |
| 50 | Man on the Move | B'ee |
| 51 | Parchman Farm Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 52 | When It All Goes Wrong at Once (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 53 | Tower of Song | Chris Yakopcic |
| 54 | I Got My Own (feat. Amar Sundy) | Eric Bibb |
| 55 | Sleeping Dogs Best Left Alone | Dr. John |
| 56 | End of the Line (feat. Aaron Neville) | Dr. John |
| 57 | One Hit Wonder | Mick Kolassa |
| 58 | The Hangover (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 59 | Walkin Blues | Cedar County Cobras |
| 60 | Oh Betty (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 61 | Brave New World | B'ee |
| 62 | Meet Me in the City | Dave Arcari |
| 63 | 2:19 (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 64 | Onwards (Interlude) | Eric Bibb |
| 65 | Institution Blues | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 66 | If I Told You (feat. Vince Johnson) | Mick Kolassa |
| 67 | Voodoo Doll | Cedar County Cobras |
| 68 | Sounds of the Highway | Chris Yakopcic |
| 69 | Midnight Rain | B'ee |
| 70 | If Life Was Fair | Mick Kolassa |
| 71 | Sit Down on the Banks of the River | Steve Howell |
| 72 | Coffee Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 73 | Every Morning | Mad Dog Blues |
| 74 | My Last Three Strings | Chris Yakopcic |
| 75 | Trouble No More | Cedar County Cobras |
| 76 | Homesick Blues | Cedar County Cobras |
| 77 | Highest Bidder (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 78 | Lonesome Copperhead Snake | Nick Wade |
| 79 | People You Love (feat. Habib Koité) | Eric Bibb |
| 80 | You Gotta Pay the Price (feat. Doug Macleod) | Mick Kolassa |
| 81 | Utah | Cedar County Cobras |
| 82 | One Rule for You | Fiona Boyes |
| 83 | Trudoo (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 84 | Sugar in Your Grits (feat. Bob Corritore) | Mick Kolassa |
| 85 | Blue Collar Man | Sean Poluk |
| 86 | Sweet Daddy (Live) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 87 | Down So Long | Mad Dog Blues |
| 88 | Shake Em on Down | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 89 | They Go Low (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 90 | I'd Rather Go Blind | Rory Block |
| 91 | Married Man Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 92 | Anywhere but Here | B'ee |
| 93 | Dallas Rag | Steve Howell |
| 94 | Church Bells (Outro) | Eric Bibb |
| 95 | Gas Station Sushi (feat. Eric Hughes) | Mick Kolassa |
| 96 | Down So Long (Live) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 97 | Each Night I Say a Prayer | D. Scott Riggs |
| 98 | Traveling Riverside Blues (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 99 | Crying Shame | B'ee |
| 100 | Country Records | Cedar County Cobras |
| 101 | Whisky Trail | Dave Arcari |
| 102 | Drifting Away (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 103 | You Better Have a Gun (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 104 | Over My Shoulder | Mick Kolassa |
| 105 | Sky Line Drive | Nick Wade |
| 106 | Shake It Right | Cedar County Cobras |
| 107 | Lovin' Whiskey | Rory Block |
| 108 | (Looks Like You're) Walkin' on Water | Dave Arcari |
| 109 | Stick to Your Guns | Dave Arcari |
| 110 | Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (feat. Lionel Young) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 111 | Whatever I Need to Do | David Gogo |
| 112 | Broke and Busted | Nick Wade |
| 113 | Loch Lomond (Home) | Dave Arcari |
| 114 | Time Will Come | Dave Arcari |
| 115 | Black Dog Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 116 | Diamond Joe | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 117 | Sweet Daddy | Mad Dog Blues |
| 118 | Could've Had a Rich Man | Sean Poluk |
| 119 | Man with No Name (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 120 | Virginia Soil (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 121 | Locked Down (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 122 | Harmonica Cadillac | Mad Dog Blues |
| 123 | Down to the River | Al Lerman |
| 124 | Gambling Blues | Big Frank & Mike Smith |
| 125 | Free | Eric Bibb |
| 126 | Eight Years Gone | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 127 | Empire State Express | Big Frank & Mike Smith |
| 128 | Every Morning (Live) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 129 | Long Time Gone | Cedar County Cobras |
| 130 | Wisecrack | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 131 | Love Changing Blues | Fiona Boyes |
| 132 | Nine Pound Hammer | Dave Arcari |
| 133 | Too Many Women Blues | Mad Dog Blues |
| 134 | Reverend Strut | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 135 | C'est La Vie | Sean Poluk |
| 136 | Blue for You | B'ee |
| 137 | Hold the Line (feat. Russell Malone) | Eric Bibb |
| 138 | Stay at Home Daddy Blues (Live at Backbeat Music) | Jhett Black |
| 139 | Winter Hill Blues | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 140 | The Broken Hearted Man | Nick Wade |
| 141 | Driven Man | Aaron Burton |
| 142 | What's It Gonna Be | B'ee |
| 143 | Can't Let You Go | B'ee |
| 144 | Waiting for a Little Sunshine | Austin Walkin' Cane |
| 145 | Turnip Patch | Fiona Boyes |
| 146 | A Train Blues | Mad Dog Blues |
| 147 | Rock on | Mad Dog Blues |
| 148 | Shining Through | Mad Dog Blues |
| 149 | Wet Dog | Mad Dog Blues |
| 150 | Holding the Bag Blues | Mad Dog Blues |
| 151 | Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Live) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 152 | Shining Through (Live) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 153 | Living with the Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 154 | I'm Going Away | Steve Howell |
| 155 | Ease on Down the Road | Nick Wade |
| 156 | Give Myself a Good Talkin’ to | Dr. John |
| 157 | Pecos Kid | Jhett Black |
| 158 | Honest I Do | Grant Dermody |
| 159 | Sinner Man | Eric Bibb |
| 160 | Blues Aint Hard to Find | Fiona Boyes |
| 161 | About Time Business Took Care of Me | Fiona Boyes |
| 162 | Givers & Takers | Dave Arcari |
| 163 | Ramblin’ Man | Dr. John |
| 164 | In My Head (Acoustic) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 165 | The Revenant | Fiona Boyes |
| 166 | Are We Free | Kerri Powers |
| 167 | Poor Boy | Cedar County Cobras |
| 168 | I've Got the Big River Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 169 | Twelve Gates to the City | Steve Howell |
| 170 | Smoke in Heaven | Jhett Black |
| 171 | Cary's Groove | Cary Morin |
| 172 | I Walk on Guilded Splinters (feat. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) | Dr. John |
| 173 | Gimme That Old Time Religion (feat. Willie Nelson) | Dr. John |
| 174 | So Many Roads | Grant Dermody |
| 175 | Learn to Treat Me Right | Grant Dermody |
| 176 | Ramblified | Fiona Boyes |
| 177 | Down the Way | Nick Wade |
| 178 | The Ballad of John Howard Griffin (feat. Russell Malone) | Eric Bibb |
| 179 | Sweet Mama Brown | Austin Walkin' Cane |
| 180 | Devil Made Me Do It | Fiona Boyes |
| 181 | Joy is Back in Style | Fiona Boyes |
| 182 | Fixin' to Die Blues | Michael Jerome Browne |
| 183 | Son of No Man | Sean Poluk |
| 184 | End of Days | Kat Danser |
| 185 | If You Live | Tim Williams |
| 186 | Down So Long | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 187 | Raggin' My Blues Away | Nick Wade |
| 188 | Midnight Creep | Austin Walkin' Cane |
| 189 | Stocking Feet Blues | Steve Howell |
| 190 | Love Has No Pride | Rory Block |
| 191 | Freight Train | Rory Block |
| 192 | Nobody Gotta Know | Cary Morin |
| 193 | Holy Water | Dr. John |
| 194 | Guess Things Happen That Way | Dr. John |
| 195 | Walk the Walk | Dave Arcari |
| 196 | Sing with the Angels | Nick Wade |
| 197 | One Day Late | Fiona Boyes |
| 198 | Somewhere in Between | B'ee |
| 199 | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Dr. John |
| 200 | Clotilda's Got Soul | Grant Dermody |
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