Editing Electric blues (section)

==Blues rock==
{{Main article|Blues rock}}
Blues rock combines blues with rock.<ref name=Allmusic/> With some notable exceptions, blues rock has largely been played by white musicians, bringing a rock sensitivity to blues standards and forms and it played a major role in widening the appeal of the blues to white American audiences.  In 1963, American guitarist [[Lonnie Mack]] had developed a blues rock guitar style, releasing several guitar instrumentals, the best-known of which are the hit singles "Memphis" (Billboard #5) and "Wham!" (Billboard #24).<ref>P. Prown, H. P. Newquist, J. F. Eiche, ''Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists'' (Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997), p. 25.</ref> The [[Paul Butterfield Blues Band]] and [[Canned Heat]] were among the earliest exponents and "attempted to play long, involved improvisations which were commonplace on jazz records".<ref name=Allmusic/>  In the UK, blues rock was popularized by bands as [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Free (band)|Free]], [[Savoy Brown]] and the groups formed around the three major guitarists that emerged from the [[Yardbirds]], Eric Clapton, [[Jeff Beck]] and [[Jimmy Page]].<ref name=Allmusic/>

After leaving the Yardbirds and his work with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton  formed supergroups Cream, [[Blind Faith]] and [[Derek and the Dominos]], followed by a solo career.<ref name=Allmusic/> In the late 1960s [[Jeff Beck]] added elements heavy rock with his band, [[the Jeff Beck Group]].<ref name=Allmusic/> [[Jimmy Page]] formed ''the New Yardbirds'', which became [[Led Zeppelin]].<ref name=Allmusic/> Many of the songs on their first two albums and occasionally later in their careers, were expansions on traditional blues songs.<ref name=Allmusic/>  [[Image:Johnny Winter.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Johnny Winter]] in 2007.]]  [[Janis Joplin]], [[Johnny Winter]], and [[The J. Geils Band]] later popularized the style in the US.<ref name=Allmusic/> The revolutionary electric guitar playing of [[Jimi Hendrix]] with the Experience and [[Band of Gypsys]], influenced blues rock [[guitarist]]s.<ref name=Allmusic/> Blues rock bands like [[Allman Brothers Band]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], and eventually [[ZZ Top]] from the American South, incorporated country elements into their style to produce [[Southern rock]].<ref name=Allmusicrock1333>V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S. T. Erlewine, ''All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul'' (Backbeat books, 3rd edn., 2002), p. 1333.</ref>

By the 1970s, blues rock had become heavier and more riff-based, exemplified by the work of Led Zeppelin and [[Deep Purple]], and the lines between blues rock and [[hard rock]] "were barely visible",<ref name="amg" /> as bands began recording rock-style albums.<ref name="amg">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/blues-rock-ma0000002468 |title=Blues-Rock |website=AllMusic |date=1978-03-22 |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref> The genre was continued in the 1970s by figures such as [[George Thorogood]] and [[Pat Travers]].<ref name=Allmusic/> Except perhaps for groups such as [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] and [[Foghat]] in the UK, who moved towards a form of high energy and repetitive [[boogie rock]], bands moved towards [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and blues rock began to slip out of the mainstream.<ref>P. Prown, H. P. Newquist and Jon F. Eiche, ''Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists'' (Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997), p. 113.</ref>  More recently, [[the White Stripes]],<ref name=Allmusicblues600-1>V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S. T. Erlewine, ''All music guide to the blues: the definitive guide to the blues'' (Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2003), p. 600.</ref> [[the Black Crowes]],<ref>P. Buckley, ''The rough guide to rock'' (Rough Guides, 3rd edn., 2003), p. 99.</ref> [[the Black Keys]],<ref>A. Petrusicht, '' Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music'' (Macmillan, 2008), p. 87.</ref> [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]],<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/clutch-mn0000154417/biography |title=Clutch &#124; Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref> [[the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]],<ref>S. Taylor, ''A to X of Alternative Music'' (Continuum, 2006), p. 242.</ref> and [[Joe Bonamassa]] have explored a more roots oriented, but edgier style.<ref>{{cite web|first=MacKenzie|last=Wilson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-bonamassa-mn0000118243/biography |title=Joe Bonamassa &#124; Biography |website=AllMusic |date=1977-05-08 |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref>