 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. the style began to develop in the mid-1960s in britain and the united states. british bands, such as the rolling stones, the yardbirds and the animals and american bands such as the butterfield blues band and the siegelâschwall band, experimented with music from older african-american bluesmen, like albert king, howlin' wolf, robert johnson, jimmy reed, muddy waters and b.b. king. while the early blues rock bands "attempted to play long, involved improvisations which were commonplace on jazz records", by the 1970s, blues rock got heavier and more riff-based.[ "blues-rock"], allmusic, retrieved 29 september 2006. by the "early '70s, the lines between blues rock and hard rock were barely visible", as bands began recording rock-style albums. in the 1980s and 1990s, blues rock acts returned to their bluesy roots, and some of these, such as the fabulous thunderbirds and stevie ray vaughan, flirted with rock stardom." ==characteristics== blues rock can be characterized by bluesy improvisation, the twelve-bar blues, extended boogie jams typically focused on the electric guitar player, and often a heavier, riff-oriented sound and feel to the songs than might be found in traditional chicago-style blues. blues rock bands "borrow[ed] the idea of an instrumental combo and loud amplification from rock & roll". it is also often played at a fast
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