List of blues-rock performers

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Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre which developed in the 1960s, which combines elements of the blues with the electric guitar-driven sound of rock and roll. Blues-rock bands often emphasize lead guitar solos and improvisation.

Groups that incorporate substantial blues-rock elements into their music often blend blues-rock with other related styles. In the late 1960s, bands often blended blues-rock with psychedelic rock and acid rock(e.g., Jimi Hendrix). In the 1970s and 1980s a number of bands mixed in other elements, such as Southern rock (e.g.,Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Texas blues (e.g., Stevie Ray Vaughan). In the late 1980s, several groups blended blues rock with hard rock and the then-popular heavy metal style of Glam metal (e.g., Whitesnake). In the 2000s, musicians introduced new elements to blues rock, such as the alternative rock and punk blues infusions of The White Stripes.

Notable blues-rock-oriented groups, listed according to the decade when they began incorporating a blues-rock style, include:

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1970s-1980s

[edit] 1990s-2000s