Let’s be honest here, any ‘best of’ for anything subjective like art is mostly BS! Great start to an article right!

But the real purpose here is to create a resource where you can find SOME of the best blues songs for drummers and start discovering some great blues song and artists. We will also look at the best blues drummers, which is really just a list of SOME excellent drummers, but all great players that are worth checking out if you want to really understand blues drumming.

It would be great if you want to add some other cool blues songs, artists and drummers in the comments below to help people discover even more good blues to help them become great blues drummers themselves. So let’s start a discussion (whilst also trying to remember that there are no definitive ‘best of’ lists and we all have different opinions….so play nicely!).

If you want to get started with blues drumming right now you have a couple of options. 

1. Start this blues course right away. There is an upfront cost but you get lifetime access and it is packed with so much value to get you playing blues drumming.
2. Join the Total Drummer Academy totally free for two weeks. In there you will get the above blues course, plus an in-depth blues style focus course, plus blues groove lessons, plus blues playalong tracks, plus loads more beyond! And it’s free for two weeks so you can watch the courses and learn from them without paying anything. Then if you don’t like the membership you are free to leave. No risk just loads of blues drumming to learn!

But for now let’s check out some essential blues drum tracks and blues drummers. Please remember that this is a small list to get you started on exploring blues drummers. Some of these tracks have great drum parts and some are cool blues songs without any drums so you have the chance to play along and create you own blues drum parts.

I’ve tried to include a mix of classic old school blues and some more modern examples to give you a good listening range.

Please do add more great blues drum tracks and great blues drummers in the comments below.

The best blues drum songs:

• Tore Down – Freddie King (good Eric Clapton version for modern sound)
• Hoochie Coochie Man – Muddy Waters (good Eric Clapton version for modern sound)
• The Thrill Is Gone – B.B. King
• Me And The Devil Blues – Robert Johnson
• Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out – Bessie Smith (Good Eric Clapton version for a modern sound)
• Life By The Drop – Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Sweet Home Chicago – Robert Johnson (Good versions by Peter green or The Blues Brothers for a more modern sound)
• Slow Train – Joe Bonamassa
• Bring It On Home to Me – Sam Cooke
• I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James
• Red House – Jimi Hendrix
• Still Got The Blues – Gary Moore
• Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
• Willie and the Hand Jive – Johnny Otis
• What I Say – Ray Charles 

Blues drummers:

Here are some great blues drummers that you might like to check out

• Steve Jordan – John Mayer
• Tony Coleman – B.B. King, Albert King
• Chris Layton – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
• S.P. Leary – Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters
• Steve Gadd – Eric Clapton
• Tal Bergman – Joe Bonamassa

Don’t forget

If you want to get started with blues drumming right now you have these two options. 

1. Start this blues course right away. There is an upfront cost but you get lifetime access and it is packed with so much value to get you playing blues drumming.
2. Join the Total Drummer Academy totally free for two weeks. In there you will get the above blues course, plus an in-depth blues style focus course, plus blues groove lessons, plus blues playalong tracks, plus loads more beyond! And it’s free for two weeks so you can watch the courses and learn from them, without paying anything. Then if you don’t like the membership you are free to leave. No risk just loads of blues drumming to learn!