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The winner of the first annual Blues Lover’s Audio Quiz was Blues artist Ryan Hartt.  Ryan correctly identified 27 of the 36 songs, the most of anyone who sent in an entry.  (Next highest entry, by Vince White, identified 22 correctly).

Blues Audio Quiz

Here is a list of all the correct titles and artists in order…

1. Grits Ain’t Groceries – Little Milton.
2. The Dark End of The Road – James Carr.
3. Call It Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker.
4. Please Send Me Someone To Love – Percy Mayfield.
5. Snatch It Back & Hold It – Junior Wells.
6. Oh Pretty Woman – Albert King.
7. Killing Floor – Howlin’ Wolf.
8. Stand By Me – Ben E. King.
9. At Last – Etta James.
10. Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground – Blind Willie Johnson.
11. School Days – Chuck Berry.
12. Mannish Boy – Muddy Waters (from the Hard Again album).
13. Shake Rattle & Roll – Big Joe Turner.
14. Boogie Chillen – John Lee Hooker.
15. Green Onions – Booker-T & The MGs.
16. Forty Four – Howlin’ Wolf.
17. Tipitina – Professor Longhair.
18. First Time I Met The Blues – Buddy Guy.
19. I Can’t Quit You – Otis Rush.
20. Blowing The Blues – Sonny Terry (& Brownie McGhee).
21. 9 Below Zero – Sonny Boy Williamson II.
22. The Sky Is Crying – Stevie Ray Vaughan.
23. West End Blues – Louis Armstrong.
24. Ain’t Got No Home – Louis Frogman Henry.
25. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley.
26. When You’ve Got A Good Friend – Robert Johnson.
27. Dust My Broom – Elmore James.
28. Bright Lights, Big City – Jimmy Reed.
29. I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles.
30. Walking The Dog – Rufus Thomas.
31. The Thrill Is Gone – B.B. King.
32. The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding.
33. Mother Earth – Memphis Slim.
34. Farther Up The Road – Bobby Blue Bland.
35. Hideaway – Freddie King.
36. Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis.

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