The Roots Music Report's
Top Acoustic Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie | Sue Foley |
| 2 | Devil in the Room | Tinsley Ellis |
| 3 | Death Letter Blues | Tinsley Ellis |
| 4 | In My Girlish Days | Sue Foley |
| 5 | Dumpster Diving (feat. Trey Dunnahoo) | Andy Johnson |
| 6 | Nothing in Rambling | Sue Foley |
| 7 | Junkyard Dog | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 8 | How Can I Still Love You | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 9 | Hoochie Mama | Tinsley Ellis |
| 10 | Ma Belle Cherie | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 11 | Big Bill | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 12 | All About the Bones | Chris Smither |
| 13 | Freight Train | Sue Foley |
| 14 | Grown Ass Man | Tinsley Ellis |
| 15 | Windowpane | Tinsley Ellis |
| 16 | Alcovy Breakdown | Tinsley Ellis |
| 17 | Oh So Good | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 18 | Maybelle's Guitar | Sue Foley |
| 19 | Hard Heart Honey Bee | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 20 | Silver Spoon | Eric Bibb |
| 21 | Silver Mountain | Tinsley Ellis |
| 22 | Lonesome Homesick Blues | Sue Foley |
| 23 | Last Kind Words Blues | Sue Foley |
| 24 | Lonesome Home Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 25 | Motherless Child Blues | Sue Foley |
| 26 | Don't Go No Further | Tinsley Ellis |
| 27 | Long Time Gone | Cedar County Cobras |
| 28 | Moon over Memphis | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 29 | Tallahassee Blues | Tinsley Ellis |
| 30 | Horseshoes and Hand Grenades | Tinsley Ellis |
| 31 | Give My Poor Heart Ease | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 32 | Sunrise | Sonny Landreth |
| 33 | Down in Mississippi | Bobby Rush |
| 34 | Hard Times | Bobby Rush |
| 35 | Let Me in Your House | Bobby Rush |
| 36 | Smokestack Lightning | Bobby Rush |
| 37 | Romance in a Minor | Sue Foley |
| 38 | Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 39 | Cora Lee | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 40 | Come Back Little Sheba | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 41 | My Journey to the Sky | Sue Foley |
| 42 | House of the Risin' Sun | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 43 | Positively 4th Street | Rory Block |
| 44 | Country Records | Cedar County Cobras |
| 45 | The Sailor's Grave on the Prairie | Tinsley Ellis |
| 46 | Go Jump the Willie | Blind Lemon Pledge |
| 47 | I Know You Rider | Scott Low |
| 48 | Winter Spring | Scott Low |
| 49 | Face First | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland |
| 50 | Gambling Man Blues | Scott Low |
| 51 | Bobby's Free | Scott Low |
| 52 | Walkin Blues | Cedar County Cobras |
| 53 | Holidays and Funerals (A Song for Kitty) | Scott Low |
| 54 | Shake It Right | Cedar County Cobras |
| 55 | The Appalachian Blues | Scott Low |
| 56 | Folks | Scott Low |
| 57 | Poor Boy | Cedar County Cobras |
| 58 | Everything is Broken | Rory Block |
| 59 | Keep Your Worries on the Dance Floor | Jontavious Willis |
| 60 | La Malaguena | Sue Foley |
| 61 | God Moves on the Water | Scott Low |
| 62 | Worn out Shoes | Scott Low |
| 63 | Good Medicine | Cary Morin |
| 64 | Coyote Howl | Scott Low |
| 65 | Mal Hombre | Sue Foley |
| 66 | Rough Time Blues | Jontavious Willis |
| 67 | Easter Song | Tinsley Ellis |
| 68 | Kokomo Alley | Guy Davis |
| 69 | Preachin' Blues | Chris Yakopcic |
| 70 | Sweet Time Blues | Chris Yakopcic |
| 71 | Easy Rider Blues | Steve Howell |
| 72 | A Lift is All I Need | Jontavious Willis |
| 73 | Chicken Man Blues | Rosedale Junction |
| 74 | Just Like Mama Said | Mad Dog Blues |
| 75 | Blues with a Vengeance | B'ee |
| 76 | Sugarbelly | Guy Davis |
| 77 | Whole World's Got the Blues | Eric Bibb |
| 78 | Killing the Blues | Cary Morin |
| 79 | A Hard Rain's A- Gonna Fall | Rory Block |
| 80 | Walk Steady on | Eric Bibb |
| 81 | Voodoo Doll | Cedar County Cobras |
| 82 | Shake 'em on Down | Jack de Keyzer |
| 83 | Statesboro Blues | Steve Howell |
| 84 | Gotta Get Goodbye Somehow (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 85 | Hey Mr. Tambourine Man | Rory Block |
| 86 | Big Nose George's Outlaw Blues | Cary Morin |
| 87 | Bullhead Lodge | Cary Morin |
| 88 | Dime Store Women | Mad Dog Blues |
| 89 | Surprise!!! | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland |
| 90 | Indian Hunters Return | Cary Morin |
| 91 | Dark Star / Truckin' (Solo Acoustic) | Reverend Freakchild |
| 92 | Homesick Blues | Cedar County Cobras |
| 93 | All the Way (I Found You) [feat. Bruce Delaplain] | Mad Dog Blues |
| 94 | Utah | Cedar County Cobras |
| 95 | Things is 'Bout Comin' My Way | Eric Bibb |
| 96 | Stealin’ Stealin’ (Slight Return) [feat. Joe Waters, Ellen Rice, Lonesome Rolan, Jenn Cleary & Big Willy Palmer] | Mad Dog Blues |
| 97 | The Broken Hearted Man | Nick Wade |
| 98 | Roll on Buddy | Eric Bibb |
| 99 | Whiskey Before Breakfast | Cary Morin |
| 100 | Chop Your Own Wood | Martin Harley |
| 101 | Hale Road Revelation | Steve Dawson |
| 102 | Phineas Poundwell | Greg Koch |
| 103 | Write Me a Few of Your Lines | Hudspeth & Taylor |
| 104 | Could've Had a Rich Man | Sean Poluk |
| 105 | C'est La Vie | Sean Poluk |
| 106 | Every Morning (Live) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 107 | Engineer Blues | Nick Wade |
| 108 | Crucifixion | Nick Wade |
| 109 | Shining Through (Live) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 110 | Big Sky Sun Goes Down | Cary Morin |
| 111 | Wally and Keeoma | Cary Morin |
| 112 | Where the Trails Cross the Big Divide | Cary Morin |
| 113 | Chump Man Blues | Chris Yakopcic |
| 114 | Charlie Brown Blues | Jontavious Willis |
| 115 | Montana Sky | Cary Morin |
| 116 | Cowboy Shirt | Mad Dog Blues |
| 117 | Little David Play on Your Harp | Guy Davis |
| 118 | Brave New World | B'ee |
| 119 | Road to Nowhere | Bill Filipiak |
| 120 | Lost Ball | Jontavious Willis |
| 121 | Man on the Move | B'ee |
| 122 | Educated by the Blues (feat. Doug Macleod) | Mick Kolassa |
| 123 | Ring Them Bells | Rory Block |
| 124 | Long Gone Riley Brown | Guy Davis |
| 125 | Rusted Bell | Kerri Powers |
| 126 | Gimmie Lightnin' | Cedar County Cobras |
| 127 | The Moaning of the Spruce (feat. Ellen Rice) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 128 | Waiting for a Chinook | Cary Morin |
| 129 | Now I Believe You | Mad Dog Blues |
| 130 | Lula Mae | Jontavious Willis |
| 131 | Morning Glory, Midnight Blue | Kerri Powers |
| 132 | If There's Any Rule | Eric Bibb |
| 133 | Make a Change | Eric Bibb |
| 134 | Everybodys Got a Right | Eric Bibb |
| 135 | Murder Most Foul | Rory Block |
| 136 | Trouble No More | Cedar County Cobras |
| 137 | What's It Gonna Be | B'ee |
| 138 | Come Gitchu Some | Guy Davis |
| 139 | Along the Way | Eric Bibb |
| 140 | Amazing Grace | Mean Old Fireman |
| 141 | Roll on | Scott Low |
| 142 | Waiting and Mad | Cary Morin |
| 143 | Are We Free | Kerri Powers |
| 144 | Sounds of the Highway | Chris Yakopcic |
| 145 | Feeling Phil by Three (feat. Joe Waters & Josh Elioseff) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 146 | Who’s Gonna Love You Tonight (That’s Alright) | Guy Davis |
| 147 | Masters of War | Eric Bibb |
| 148 | Don't Boss Me | Grant Dermody |
| 149 | Sugar in Your Grits (feat. Bob Corritore) | Mick Kolassa |
| 150 | Sleepwalk | Mean Old Fireman |
| 151 | Laura | Guy Davis |
| 152 | Dear Mavis | Eric Bibb |
| 153 | Fire Boat | Cary Morin |
| 154 | Hitting the Road | Sean Poluk |
| 155 | Earthworm Basement Blues | Jontavious Willis |
| 156 | I'm a King Bee | Jack de Keyzer |
| 157 | When It All Goes Wrong at Once (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 158 | Can’t Take It with You | Jon Hines |
| 159 | Like a Rolling Stone | Rory Block |
| 160 | Blues for Dollface | David Gogo |
| 161 | Independent Soul | Steve Hunter |
| 162 | The Ballad of John Henry Gates | Steve Hunter |
| 163 | Bad Boy | Jack de Keyzer |
| 164 | Cary's Groove | Cary Morin |
| 165 | If Not for the Devil | Chris Smither |
| 166 | In the Evening Time | Guy Davis |
| 167 | Midnight Rain | B'ee |
| 168 | Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie | Eric Bibb |
| 169 | Black Snake Moan | Guy Davis |
| 170 | West Georgia Blues | Jontavious Willis |
| 171 | Love Scared the Devil | Mad Dog Blues |
| 172 | Kind Hearted Woman (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 173 | King of the Castle | Eric Bibb |
| 174 | Sand in My Hair | Bill Filipiak |
| 175 | Neshoba County | Eric Bibb |
| 176 | Stealin' Home | Eric Bibb |
| 177 | Firefly | Guy Davis |
| 178 | Soak It All in | Bill Filipiak |
| 179 | I'd Rather Go Blind | Rory Block |
| 180 | Time to Move on | Chris Smither |
| 181 | Ascap Blues | Aaron Burton |
| 182 | Cool Water | Catfish Keith |
| 183 | Can't Let You Go | B'ee |
| 184 | Anywhere but Here | B'ee |
| 185 | No Need to Worry About Me | Bill Filipiak |
| 186 | Never Again | Mad Dog Blues |
| 187 | 12 Gates to the City | Guy Davis |
| 188 | Nobody Gotta Know | Cary Morin |
| 189 | Victory Voices (feat. Lily James) | Eric Bibb |
| 190 | This River (Chains & Free) | Eric Bibb |
| 191 | Judgement Day | Eric Bibb |
| 192 | Sweet Spot | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland |
| 193 | We Always Do | Bill Filipiak |
| 194 | Twelve Gates to the City | Steve Howell |
| 195 | My Last Three Strings | Chris Yakopcic |
| 196 | Fuss & Fight | Catfish Keith |
| 197 | Stocking Feet Blues | Steve Howell |
| 198 | Time Brings About a Change | Jontavious Willis |
| 199 | All My Friends Are Gone | Steve Howell |
| 200 | Time Will Come | Dave Arcari |
| 201 | Under Your Spell | B'ee |
| 202 | 500 Miles | Eric Bibb |
| 203 | Broke and Busted | Nick Wade |
| 204 | Tower of Song | Chris Yakopcic |
| 205 | Dallas Rag | Steve Howell |
| 206 | Trouble (feat. Harpdog Brown) | Sunday Wilde |
| 207 | Broken Hearted Moan | Jontavious Willis |
| 208 | Whisky Trail | Dave Arcari |
| 209 | Meet Me in the City | Dave Arcari |
| 210 | Givers & Takers | Dave Arcari |
| 211 | Right Wave Lt | Bill Filipiak |
| 212 | Ghost Woman | Jontavious Willis |
| 213 | You Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 214 | Come the Rain | Cary Morin |
| 215 | Mother of Muses | Rory Block |
| 216 | Confirmation | Chris Smither |
| 217 | One Rule for You | Fiona Boyes |
| 218 | Not Dark Yet | Rory Block |
| 219 | Valley of the Chiefs | Cary Morin |
| 220 | Old Timers Poem | Cary Morin |
| 221 | Laid Back Jack | Randy McAllister and the Scrappiest band in the Motherland |
| 222 | Early in the Morning | Guy Davis |
| 223 | Back on the Train | Cary Morin |
| 224 | Digging the Hole | Chris Smither |
| 225 | Jamie Rae | Cary Morin |
| 226 | Blues Funky Like Dat (feat. Taj Mahal/Jontavious Willis) | Eric Bibb |
| 227 | Sit Down on the Banks of the River | Steve Howell |
| 228 | I'm Going Away | Steve Howell |
| 229 | Blue for You | B'ee |
| 230 | No Name | Jay Lang |
| 231 | Cluck Old Hen | Steve Howell |
| 232 | Loch Lomond (Home) | Dave Arcari |
| 233 | Deep Elum Blues (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 234 | The Real World | Eric Bibb |
| 235 | Long Time Road | Doug MacLeod |
| 236 | Down in Thibodaux | Chris Smither |
| 237 | Bug in the Basement / Bruno’s Toad | Mad Dog Blues |
| 238 | Too Close to the Finishing Line | Jontavious Willis |
| 239 | Crying Shame | B'ee |
| 240 | Shotgun and a Shovel | Martin Harley |
| 241 | Smoke in Heaven | Jhett Black |
| 242 | 2:19 (Live) | Chris Yakopcic |
| 243 | Devil Made Me Do It | Fiona Boyes |
| 244 | Johnny Bourbon Blues | Bill Filipiak |
| 245 | Tulsa | Cary Morin |
| 246 | You Got Busted (feat. Scott Perro) | Frenchie Moe |
| 247 | Baby Took a Limo to Memphis (feat. Libby Rae Watson) | Mick Kolassa |
| 248 | Guitar Band | B'ee |
| 249 | Horse with No Rider | Doug MacLeod |
| 250 | Memphis Wood (feat. Tas Cru) | Mick Kolassa |
| 251 | Mississippi Blues | Steve Howell |
| 252 | (Looks Like You're) Walkin' on Water | Dave Arcari |
| 253 | Sky Line Drive | Nick Wade |
| 254 | One Day Late | Fiona Boyes |
| 255 | Calm Before the Storm | Chris Smither |
| 256 | Peaches Tree/Rock Island Line (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 257 | Close the Deal | Chris Smither |
| 258 | But I Forgive You (Live) | John 'Greyhound' Maxwell |
| 259 | I'm Leaving | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 260 | It's a Sunny Day (feat. Jeff Becker) | Mad Dog Blues |
| 261 | Lay Baby Lay | Cary Morin |
| 262 | Eight Years Gone | Ryan Lee Crosby |
| 263 | Joy is Back in Style | Fiona Boyes |
| 264 | Lonesome Copperhead Snake | Nick Wade |
| 265 | Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From_ | Steve Howell |
| 266 | If I Told You (feat. Vince Johnson) | Mick Kolassa |
| 267 | Nine Pound Hammer | Dave Arcari |
| 268 | Love Changing Blues | Fiona Boyes |
| 269 | About Time Business Took Care of Me | Fiona Boyes |
| 270 | Best I Can | Eric Bibb |
| 271 | Jessamine | Gurf Morlix |
| 272 | Sad Story | Gurf Morlix |
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