The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Bluesman Came to Town | Tommy Castro |
| 2 | Long DIstance Woman | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 3 | One Less Reason | Tinsley Ellis |
| 4 | Texas Girl and Her Boots | Carolyn Wonderland |
| 5 | So Easy | Keb Mo |
| 6 | I Want My Crown (feat. Joe Bonamassa) | Eric Gales |
| 7 | Blues Up the River | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 8 | Just Gettin' Good | Mighty Mike Schermer |
| 9 | I Let My Guitar Do the Talking | Buddy Guy |
| 10 | Slow Blues Grinder | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 11 | Don't You Forget About Me | Janiva Magness |
| 12 | Too Far to Be Gone (feat. Sonny Landreth) | Shemekia Copeland |
| 13 | Hush Money | Chris Cain |
| 14 | Gunsmoke Blues (feat. Jason Isbell) | Buddy Guy |
| 15 | We Go Back (feat. Mavis Staples) | Buddy Guy |
| 16 | Good to Be (Home Again) | Keb Mo |
| 17 | The Blues Called My Name (feat. Sugar Ray Norcia & Monster Mike Welch) | Anthony Geraci |
| 18 | All About the Shuffle | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 19 | So Far So Good | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 20 | Strong As Steel | Janiva Magness |
| 21 | Ruthless Boogie | David Lumsden |
| 22 | The Longer That I Live | Curtis Salgado |
| 23 | Road to the Blues | Dave Thomas |
| 24 | Never Trust a Man | Diunna Greenleaf |
| 25 | Done with Bad Luck | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 26 | Ridin' That Memphis High | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 27 | Healing Kind of Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 28 | You Gave Me Nothing but the Blues | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 29 | Blues Gave Me a Ride | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 30 | Blues Don't Lie | Buddy Guy |
| 31 | Lovin' Oven | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 32 | Freight Car (feat. Justin Johnson) | Misty Blues |
| 33 | Pretty Girl Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 34 | Arkansas | Larry McCray |
| 35 | I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down | David Lumsden |
| 36 | Outside Looking in | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 37 | Hound Dawg | David Lumsden |
| 38 | Runnin out of Time | Angela Easley |
| 39 | Everybody Let's Roll (feat. Carolyn Wonderland & Anson Funderburgh) | The Texas Horns |
| 40 | Beat the Devil | Tinsley Ellis |
| 41 | That Old Pine Box (feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) | Anthony Geraci |
| 42 | Blues in My Shoes | Mud Morganfield |
| 43 | Low Down Dirty Blues | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 44 | Tumblin' | Mike Guldin |
| 45 | My One and Only Muse | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 46 | Age is Just a Number | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 47 | Leave My Home | Misty Blues |
| 48 | Set Sail Part I (Featuring Lamar Williams Jr.) | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 49 | Work It out | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 50 | If You Ever Change Your Mind | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 51 | Don't Let the Devil Down | Angela Easley |
| 52 | Right Down the Drain | Tinsley Ellis |
| 53 | Fried Catfish and Bibles | Shemekia Copeland |
| 54 | Tired of Travellin' | Mighty Mike Schermer |
| 55 | East Coast Blues | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 56 | Everyday I Have the Blues | David Lumsden |
| 57 | Fall Back on Me | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 58 | How the Blues Feels (feat. Big Llou Johnson) | Misty Blues |
| 59 | Follow the Money (feat. James Taylor) | Buddy Guy |
| 60 | This Life We Live | Misty Blues |
| 61 | Don't Love 'Em | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 62 | Bad Man | Vaneese Thomas |
| 63 | I'm Not from Chicago | Debra Power |
| 64 | Do My Thing | Misty Blues |
| 65 | What's Wrong with That (feat. Bobby Rush) | Buddy Guy |
| 66 | Hooked on Somethin' | David Lumsden |
| 67 | Baby Please | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 68 | The House That Freddie Built | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts |
| 69 | Josie | David Lumsden |
| 70 | I Was Wrong | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 71 | A Thousand Ways to Freedom | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 72 | Hardwired for the Blues | Debra Power |
| 73 | Tick Tock | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 74 | The Last Time | Janiva Magness |
| 75 | Walk on | Kat Riggins |
| 76 | Blues Prisoner | Tommy Castro |
| 77 | So Tired | Brad Absher |
| 78 | Good to Be Grateful | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 79 | Ride | Walter Trout |
| 80 | Why It Always Gotta Be This Way (feat. Mike Zito) | The Texas Horns |
| 81 | Notches | Joe Bonamassa |
| 82 | Wild Eyed Woman | Chickenbone Slim |
| 83 | I Miss You So | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 84 | Juju | Tinsley Ellis |
| 85 | Can't We All Get Along | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 86 | One More Last Time | Angela Easley |
| 87 | Seal of Fate | Misty Blues |
| 88 | Hot Mess | Michele D'Amour And The Love Dealers |
| 89 | My Mistake (feat. the Texas Horns) | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts |
| 90 | Hard Act to Follow | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts |
| 91 | Hit 'Em Back (feat. Robert Randolph, Tony Coleman) | Shemekia Copeland & Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
| 92 | I Can't Leave the Night | Josh Hyde |
| 93 | If It Wasn't for the Blues | Diunna Greenleaf |
| 94 | I've Got the Blues This Morning | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 95 | New Shade of Blue | Debra Power |
| 96 | Symptoms of Love (feat. Elvis Costello) | Buddy Guy |
| 97 | Young Bold Women | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 98 | My Way or the Highway (feat. Colin James) | Bernard Allison |
| 99 | So Excited | Bernard Allison |
| 100 | I'll Worry if I Wanna | Michael Rubin |
| 101 | Bloodletters and Bluesmen | Steve Shanholtzer |
| 102 | I Ain't Going to Ask (feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) | Anthony Geraci |
| 103 | Good Die Young | Larry McCray |
| 104 | We're Not Getting Older | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 105 | Chain Shot Cannon Ball | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 106 | Expense of Love | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts |
| 107 | You've Got the Nerve | Miss Bix |
| 108 | Back Door Scratchin' | Buddy Guy |
| 109 | Blue Mist Road | Dana Fuchs |
| 110 | Trail of Tears | Miss Bix |
| 111 | Birch Tree | Misty Blues |
| 112 | Runaway (Blues Train) | David Lumsden |
| 113 | Healing Time | Gina Sicilia |
| 114 | Smoke and Mirrors | Eva Carboni |
| 115 | You Better Believe It | Miss Bix |
| 116 | End of the Show | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix |
| 117 | The Way She Loves a Man | Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne |
| 118 | I've Got a Feeling | Buddy Guy |
| 119 | Get Ahold of Yourself | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts |
| 120 | You're the One | The Dig 3 |
| 121 | Love One Another (feat. Luther Dickinson & Jason Ricci) | Big Al & the Heavyweights |
| 122 | Rise | Angela Easley |
| 123 | I Can Let Go | Angela Easley |
| 124 | Outta Sight Outta Mind | Tim Gartland |
| 125 | Boston Stomp | Anthony Geraci |
| 126 | Hard Road | Dana Fuchs |
| 127 | Broken Hearted Blues | Carolyn Wonderland |
| 128 | Hit You Back | Misty Blues |
| 129 | Everything is Broken (Live) | David Lumsden |
| 130 | House of Cards | Mike Guldin |
| 131 | Major League Blues (feat. Jimmy Johnson) | Jose Ramirez |
| 132 | Proud Man's Blues | L.A. Big Daddy's |
| 133 | A Long Hard Way | Misty Blues |
| 134 | Be the Love | Brad Absher |
| 135 | Done Come Too Far (feat. Cedric Burnside) | Shemekia Copeland |
| 136 | Make Love Stay | Steve Shanholtzer |
| 137 | Blues Keep Chasing Me | Kenny Neal |
| 138 | Blues That You Choose | Steve Shanholtzer |
| 139 | Blow Wind Blow | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters |
| 140 | Twisted Tail (feat. Mikey Junior) | Mike Guldin |
| 141 | 28 Days | Tinsley Ellis |
| 142 | City Girl | Chickenbone Slim |
| 143 | Coal Train Blues | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters |
| 144 | Answer to the Hard Working Woman | Diunna Greenleaf |
| 145 | Gypsy Ways | Mighty Mike Schermer |
| 146 | Double Down on Wrong | Dana Fuchs |
| 147 | Fragile Peace and Certain War | Carolyn Wonderland |
| 148 | Goldfish Blues | Will Jacobs |
| 149 | I Feel Fine (feat. Victor Wainwright) | The WildRoots |
| 150 | The World Needs Love | Buddy Guy |
| 151 | Treat Me So Mean | Bobby Gentilo |
| 152 | Little Rabbit | Michael Rubin |
| 153 | Call My Name | Eva Carboni |
| 154 | Nothin' but Trouble (feat. Paul Nelson & Bobby Rush) | Patty Tuite |
| 155 | I'm a Grinder | Misty Blues |
| 156 | Hold on | Deb Ryder |
| 157 | What Colour is Love | Debra Power |
| 158 | B-Side of My Life | Jon Spear Band |
| 159 | Wading in the Vermillion (feat. Anne Harris) | Anthony Geraci |
| 160 | Henny Penny Blues | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts |
| 161 | Sweet Thing | Mike Guldin |
| 162 | I Go Ooh | Anthony Geraci |
| 163 | Crazy Rain | Angela Easley |
| 164 | Crossed a Line | Eva Carboni |
| 165 | Hold on | Little Bobby |
| 166 | Higher | Bobby Gentilo |
| 167 | Ain't No Such Thing (feat. Ralph Carter) | Miss Bix |
| 168 | Deja Blues | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 169 | Rock and Rolling This House | Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne |
| 170 | Don't Mess with My Heart | Tim Gartland |
| 171 | Too Far Gone (feat. Jimmie Vaughan) | The Texas Horns |
| 172 | Bring Me Your Sin | Malaya Blue |
| 173 | Natural State of Mind | Dave Thomas |
| 174 | Die with My Blues on (feat. Guy Forsyth) | The Texas Horns |
| 175 | Raise the Alarm | Vaneese Thomas |
| 176 | Sad and Lonely (feat. Mikey Junior & Kevin McKendree) | Mike Guldin |
| 177 | J.B.S Rock (feat. Jimmie Vaughan & Mike Flanigin) | The Texas Horns |
| 178 | Spoonful | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band |
| 179 | Watcha Got to Lose (feat. Carmen Bradford & Anson Funderburgh) | The Texas Horns |
| 180 | King Bee | Buddy Guy |
| 181 | Leave More (Than You Take Away) | Mighty Mike Schermer |
| 182 | Two Parts Sugar, One Part Lime (Live) | Vanessa Collier |
| 183 | Blues and Boogie (feat. Early Times) | Dave Keyes |
| 184 | Troublin' | Bobby Gentilo |
| 185 | Hog Wild | The Hogtown Allstars |
| 186 | Slow Train to Hell | Tinsley Ellis |
| 187 | We Got the Blues | Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers |
| 188 | 40 Days | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band |
| 189 | Same Blood Same Bone | Vaneese Thomas |
| 190 | Save Me | Dana Fuchs |
| 191 | Into the Night (feat. Walter Trout) | Anthony Geraci |
| 192 | You Don't Deserve to Be My Man | Miss Bix |
| 193 | Cocktail Hour | Miss Bix |
| 194 | Night Train | Richard Wilkins |
| 195 | Buy a Dog | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band |
| 196 | Mirror Mirror | Hanna PK |
| 197 | Probably Something | Tim Gartland |
| 198 | Sinkin' Low | Kat Riggins |
| 199 | House Party (feat. Wendy Moten) | Buddy Guy |
| 200 | Your Act Has Worn Thin | Malaya Blue |
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