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Description of Blues & Boogie Rock

 
Blues and Boogie Rock evolved from the first wave of British Invasion bands, including the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Them, and the Yardbirds. These bands, and to a lesser extent their American counterparts, imitated their heroes: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and other blues artists. Many focused on the blues' 12-bar form, especially its well-worn, familiar shuffle, and copped a license from guitar stingers B.B. King and Albert King to make the guitar solo one of the more prominent parts of a song. Sixties guitar legend Jimi Hendrix ventured into the Psychedelic stratosphere with furious lead guitar tangents that threatened not to return to the verse's typical tales of bad luck, booze, and wicked women. His free-spirited, explosive playing has inspired spiritual progeny in players such as the "Texas Flood" of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Other artists such as George Thorogood and Humble Pie focused on the music's unshakable groove, inspiring paunchy guys in black T-shirts to hoist their topless girlfriends on their shoulders in stadiums around the world, enrapt with the unflappable good times.
 

Top Blues & Boogie Rock Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. Use Somebody Kings Of Leon
$1.29
2. Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
$1.29
3. Closer Kings Of Leon
$1.29
4. Manhattan Kings Of Leon
$0.99
5. Crawl Kings Of Leon
$0.99
6. Notion Kings Of Leon
$1.29
7. Whatever It Is (Album) Zac Brown Band
$1.29
8. Revelry Kings Of Leon
$1.29
9. Be Somebody Kings Of Leon
$0.99
10. I Want You Kings Of Leon
$0.99
11. Toes (Album) Zac Brown Band
$1.29
12. Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band
$0.99
13. 17 Kings Of Leon
$0.99
14. Cold Desert Kings Of Leon
$0.99
15. Knocked Up Kings Of Leon
$1.29
16. Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones
$1.29
17. Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones
$1.29
18. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? Creedence Clearwater Revival
$0.99
19. On Call Kings Of Leon
$1.29
20. You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones
$0.99
21. Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones
$1.29
22. The Joker Steve Miller Band
$1.29
23. Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
$0.99
24. Chicken Fried (Album) Zac Brown Band
$1.29
25. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Aerosmith
$1.29
26. Slow Night, So Long Kings Of Leon
$0.99
27. Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
$1.29
28. Fans Kings Of Leon
$1.29
29. The Bucket Kings Of Leon
$0.99
30. Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
$1.29
31. Beast Of Burden The Rolling Stones
$0.99
32. Ragoo Kings Of Leon
$1.29
33. Sharp Dressed Man ZZ Top
$1.29
34. Taper Jean Girl Kings Of Leon
$0.99
35. All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
$1.29
36. Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd
$1.29
37. Arizona Kings Of Leon
$1.29
38. Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
$0.99
39. Charmer Kings Of Leon
$1.29
40. Dream On Aerosmith
$1.29
41. Start Me Up The Rolling Stones
$0.99
42. Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival
$0.99
43. Centerfold J. Geils Band
$1.29
44. King Of The Rodeo Kings Of Leon
$0.99
45. Down On The Corner Creedence Clearwater Revival
$0.99
46. True Love Way Kings Of Leon
$1.29
47. Melissa The Allman Brothers Band
$0.99
48. McFearless Kings Of Leon
$0.99
49. Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival
$0.99
50. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
$1.29
 

Blues & Boogie Rock Key Albums

 
Eat A Peach
$9.99
Eric Clapton
$9.99
Fleetwood Mac
$9.99
Little Feat
$9.99
The Best Of Canned Heat
$7.99
The J. Geils Band (1st LP)
$9.99
ZZ Top's First Album
$9.99

 

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Blues & Boogie Rock Key Artists

 
Alvin Lee

Lee was the founder and
lead guitarist of British
blues-rock band Ten Years
After. Lee became known
as a solo artist for the trul...

Bonnie Raitt

Singer-Songwriter
phenomenon Bonnie Raitt
has spent her career
playing blues-heavy music.
Bonnie Raitt was born in B...

Canned Heat

'60s Boogie Rock band best
known for the Classic Rock
staples "Goin' Up the
Country" and "On the Road
Again."

Cream

Cream is the seminal 1960s
blues rock, psychedelic
guitar-gasm band led by Eric
Clapton -- who is god.
Cream were only togethe...

Delaney & Bonnie

Delaney & Bonnie sort of
invented Gospel Rock with
their electrified, spiritual
rave-ups and a cast of Rock
'N' Roll's elite.

Derek and the Dominos

Eric Clapton-led blues rock
group best-known for the
song "Layla." That's Duane
Allman's slide guitar making
you cry. The band was m...

Eric Clapton

From '60s guitar god in the
Yardbirds and Cream to
arena rock superstar,
Clapton perfected heartfelt
whiteman guitar blues. He...

George Thorogood

King of the retro blues
guitar and hero to
alcoholics all over,
Thorogood hit with blazing
blues rock in the '80s and...

J. Geils Band

J. Geils took their love of
the Stones and Doo-Wop,
threw in a harmonica player
with a pornographic name
and partied down. This B...

Janis Joplin

Rock 'n' Soul Queen Janis'
outta hand vocals and
charmingly sloppy backing
bands blurred the lines
between rock and blues....

JJ Cale

Boogie rock purist J.J.
Cale's laid-back style is
one-half back porch blues
and one-half stoner soft
rock. Cale's shuffling, boo...

Joe Walsh

Walsh's gritty and soulful
voice found a home in the
James Gang before joining
up with the Eagles. In the
midst of his blossoming sol...

John Mayall

British blues king John
Mayall never strayed from
his influences, reworking
the classic sounds of
Chicago and the Delta.

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers

The working band Mayall
used throughout the 1960s
to spread his love of
bottom-heavy British blues.
Everybody did time in the...

Johnny Winter

Blues devotee whose
authoritative vocals and
explosive guitar work
characterized '70s Blues
Rock. Johnny Winter's wi...

Little Feat

Long-standing
roots/country/boogie rock
band, Little Feat have
always worked the same
side of the street as the Al...

Long John Baldry

Baldry was a major
component to the blues and
folk explosion that
enveloped London in the
early '60s.

Mick Taylor

Premier blues guitarist Mick
Taylor has lent his precise,
beautiful leads to too many
projects to list. One was the
Stones. Taylor joined the...

Robin Trower

A former guitarist for Procol
Harem, Robin Trower has
been releasing blues Rrck
solo records for nearly
thirty years. ower spent...

Rory Gallagher

Irish blues guitarist Rory
Gallagher was a critical
favorite and a huge star in
Europe before his death in
1995.

Savoy Brown

Savoy Brown play mammoth
British blues-rock with so
much boogie underneath
you need waders just to
listen to it. Not a lot of hits...

The Allman Brothers Band

This long-running,
significant rock band
traffics in purist bluesiness,
countrified boogie and
jazz-influenced superjam...

The Blues Project

Al Kooper and Danny Kalb
started the Blues Project in
N.Y.C. in 1965, combining
rock, folk, blues and jazz.

The Groundhogs

Tony McPhee's a better
singer than Clapton and just
as good a guitarist, yet he
and his band have always
been obscure. The Groun...

ZZ Top

Texan boogie rockers ZZ
Top filled arenas in the '70s.
In the '80s, they revamped
their sound and became
bigger than ever. ZZ Top f...

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