Blues Rock · GenresWhat is blues rock?
Blues-Rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with Rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a tube guitar amplifier, giving it an overdriven character.
About blues rock
The style began to develop in the mid-1960s in England and the United States, as what one music critic called a "genre of rhythm'n'blues played by white European musicians".
From Last.fm, where 37,931 listeners have tagged music as blues rock.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Eliminator
The Joker
Brothers
Disraeli Gears
Attack & Release
Morrison Hotel
Afterburner
The Big Come UpBlues Rock songs
- Lonely Boy by The Black Keys
- Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
- Howlin' for You by The Black Keys
- Tighten Up by The Black Keys
- Gold on the Ceiling by The Black Keys
- Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore
- Bell Bottom Blues by Derek and the Dominos
- Layla by Derek and the Dominos
- Hook by Blues Traveler
- Parisienne Walkways by Gary Moore
Blues Rock on Risocast
Greatest HitsFleetwood Mac · 1988
Climbing!Mountain · 1970
Child Is Father To The ManBlood, Sweat & Tears · 1968
Laid Back (Deluxe Edition)Gregg Allman · 1973
Long PlayerFaces · 1971
Greatest HitsBlood, Sweat & Tears · 1972
Rumours LiveFleetwood Mac · 2023
The Morning AfterThe J. Geils Band · 1971
The Chain - 2004 RemasterFleetwood Mac · 1977
Neighbouring genres
In the jazz & blues family. All genres
bluescool jazzbossa novaacid jazzbebopavant-garde jazzdelta blueschicago bluesdark jazzcountry bluesdesert bluesjazz punkQuestions
- What is blues rock?
- Blues-Rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with Rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a tube guitar amplifier, giving it an overdriven character. The style began to develop in the mid-1960s in England and the United States, as what one music critic called a "genre of rhythm'n'blues played by white European musicians".
- Who are the best-known blues rock artists?
- By Last.fm listening: The Black Keys, Derek and the Dominos, ZZ Top, Cream, Kaleo and Ten Years After.
- What genres are similar to blues rock?
- On Risocast it sits with blues, cool jazz, bossa nova, acid jazz, bebop and avant-garde jazz.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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