Blues Rock
A structural genre formalized around 1965 when electrified Chicago blues crossed the Atlantic and met the tight four-piece ensemble standards forged in British club circuits. Muddy Waters' pentatonic riffs plus the Beatles generation's driving 8-beat backbeat established the irreversible blueprint that The Animals, Cream, and The Yardbirds carried toward hard rock and prog.
Genre genealogy
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HEAD Blues Rock · 9 ancestors · 3 ROOTS
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