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Blues rock is a musical genre combining bluesy improvisations, commonly over the twelve-bar blues, with rock styles. The core of the blues rock sound is usually created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar often amplified through a tube guitar amplifier, giving it an overdriven character.
- also known as Rock Blues, Blues-rock
- subgenre of Jam band, Rock music
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Blues Licks Encyclopedia (2005)
Over 300 Guitar Licks by Wayne Riker
Classic Melodic Blues Rock Licks...........................57 Popular Scale-Pattern ...
by Colin Larkin
Unlike the other aforementioned bands, the Black Keys are more of a straight ahead blues rock outfit, especially evident in the howling vocals of Dan Auerbach (b. Daniel Auerbach, May 1979, USA). With Auerbach doubling on guitar and ...
by Norman Abjorensen
BLUES ROCK. Blues rock developed in ...
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