songs of THE BLUES

Pride & Joy

Roadhouse Blues

Pride & Joy

Spanish artist Mercedes Lagunas uses her electrified mediterranean color palette to express the inspiration she feels from one of Stevie Ray Vaughn's most beloved rockin' blues love songs.

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Blackbird

Roadhouse Blues

Pride & Joy

Toronto collage artist Peter Horvath pays tribute to Nina Simone and incorporates a haunting line from her civil rights protest song "Blackbird": "Your mama's name was lonely and your daddy's name was pain".

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Roadhouse Blues

Portuguese artist Sofia Simoes uses legendary Jim Morrison lyrics from The Doors song Roadhouse Blues as inspiration for her sexy pop-rock collage artwork.

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Backlash Blues

Roadhouse Blues

New York artist Susan Washington uses lyrics from Nina Simone's civil rights protest song "Backlash Blues" as the basis for her NYC street-art and fashion stylized collage.

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Tightrope

Backlash Blues

Tightrope

French artist Lionel Dumas paints a scene representing his take on the metaphorical lyrics from Stevie Ray Vaughn's song "Tightrope" written about surviving the hardships of addiction.

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Little Red Rooster

You Can Have My Husband (But Don't Mess With My Man)

Toronto artist Eva Lewarne's bold and cocky rooster painting is inspired by the sexualized lyrics from a Willie Dixon song that topped the UK charts when the Rolling Stones covered it in 1965.

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You Can Have My Husband (But Don't Mess With My Man)

Toronto artist Eva Lewarne creates a sassy representation of the humorous message in Dorothy LaBostrie's legendary blues song.

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I'd Rather Go Blind

You Can Have My Husband (But Don't Mess With My Man)

I'd Rather Go Blind

Toronto artist Eva Lewarne uses the tragic love song made famous by Etta James as the inspiration for her mournful portrayal of a woman who would rather go blind than see her love walk away.

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A Change Is Gonna Come

Portuguese graffiti/mural artist MR KAS uses the iconic image of pugilist and civil rights activist Mohammad Ali to contextualize the call to action lyric from Sam Cooke's song "A Change Is Gonna Come"

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A Change Is Gonna Come

British artist Niki Hare uses a brooding color palette to ignite her weighty and imposing stenciled words to show the power of a timeless and timely civil rights call to action statement from Sam Cooke's song "A Change Is Gonna Come"

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Railroad Blues

A Change Is Gonna Come

Railroad Blues

French artist Lionel Dumas portrays a richly textured narrative inspired by the witty line from a song by Sam McGee that quips: "I met a little gypsy in a fortune telling place,
She read my mind, then she slapped my face, woo".

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I'm A King Bee

Roadhouse Blues #2

Railroad Blues

This classic blues song, penned by singer/songwriter Slim Harpo in 1957, has been covered by many of the Blues greats (including The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd). French artist Lionel Dumas creates his own textured take on the song's sinful main character.

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Boom Boom

Roadhouse Blues #2

LA artist Alejandro Gehry explores female homoerotic imagery in his tribute to John Lee Hooker's classic song about sex "Boom Boom".

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Roadhouse Blues #2

Portuguese artist Sofia Simoes draws parallel's between the sexy and the sinister in her pop-rock collage tribute to Jim Morrison's Roadhouse Blues lyrics.

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Burning House Of Love

LA artist EK2 pays tribute to the LA band X and their punk-blues song Burning House Of Love.

This Is America

Burning House Of Love

LA artist GK2 pays tribute to the blues influence in This Is America written by Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson and made famous by hip hop star Childish Gambino.

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High Hopes

Burning House Of Love

High Hopes

LA artist GK2 uses mirror and paint to express the reflective sentiment in Ledfoot's modern blues-infused ballad. SOLD

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