Give me a break.

WASHINGTON — Sometimes there are downsides to being president: You can’t just go for a walk, says Barack Obama.

Then there are the times that more than make up for all those frustrations — like Tuesday night, when Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and other musical giants came by the house to belt out the blues.

“I guess things even out a little bit,” Obama joked at the start of a rollicking East Room concert electrified by Jagger and featuring a musical A-list.

Legends and up-and-comers turned the East Room into an intimate blues club for a concert celebrating the rich history of the music and its lasting impact on American music.

“This music speaks to something universal,” Obama declared. “The blues reminds us that we’ve been through tougher times before.”