Blues Run the Game

"Blues Run the Game" is a 1965 song by the American singer-songwriter Jackson C. Frank. It was the opening track on his self-titled debut album.

Cultural impact

Samples of the Jackson C. Frank original appear on the soundtrack of This Is Us, S01E03, "Kyle," and the full song is heard in the 2018 film, The [Old Man and the Gun], as well as in the 7th episode of the second season of "Britannia". The version of this song recorded by Simon and Garfunkel appears in the PBS documentary The [Vietnam War |The Vietnam War] by Ken Burns, in season 1: episode 7. The song most recently appeared in season 1, episode 5 of the 2024 TV series Poker Face.

Other versions

The song has been performed by various other artists, such as Simon and Garfunkel, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, John Renbourn and Eddi Reader, and later by Bert Jansch, Counting Crows, John Mayer, Colin Meloy, Robin Pecknold, Mark Lanegan, Laura Marling, Jack Steadman from Bombay Bicycle Club, Martin Simpson, Alela Diane, Nick Harper.