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Blues Rock is a type of music which mixes blues with rock and roll, and uses mostly electric guitar as a main instrument. It began in the mid 1960s in England and the United States with bands such as Cream^[1] and The Rolling Stones,^[2] who experimented with music from the older bluesmen like Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley.

Examples of Artists[change | change source]

• Allman Brothers Band
• Mike Bloomfield
• Joe Bonamassa
• Eric Clapton^[1]
• Fleetwood Mac
• Rory Gallagher
• Jimi Hendrix
• John Mayall
• The Rolling Stones^[2]
• Carlos Santana
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• George Thorogood
• Status Quo
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Johnny Winter
• ZZ Top
• David Wilcox

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