Editing Rock music (section)

===Blues rock===
{{Main|Blues rock}}

{{See also|British blues}}
[[File:Rolling Stones 1965.jpg|thumb|[[The Rolling Stones]] in May 1965]]
Although the first impact of the [[British Invasion]] on American popular music was through beat and R&B based acts, the impetus was soon taken up by a second wave of bands that drew their inspiration more directly from American [[blues]], including [[the Rolling Stones]] and [[the Yardbirds]].<ref>H.S. Macpherson, ''Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History'' (Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2005), {{ISBN|1-85109-431-8}}, p. 626.</ref> British blues musicians of the late 1950s and early 1960s had been inspired by the acoustic playing of figures such as [[Lead Belly]], who was a major influence on the Skiffle craze, and [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]].<ref>V. Coelho, ''The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), {{ISBN|0-521-00040-8}}, p. 104.</ref> Increasingly they adopted a loud amplified sound, often centered on the electric guitar, based on the [[Chicago blues]], particularly after the tour of Britain by [[Muddy Waters]] in 1958, which prompted [[Cyril Davies]] and guitarist [[Alexis Korner]] to form the band [[Blues Incorporated]].<ref name="Bogdanov2003BluesRock">R. Uterberger, "Blues Rock", in V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S.T. Erlewine, eds, ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues'' (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2003), {{ISBN|0-87930-736-6}}, pp.&nbsp;701–02.</ref> The band involved and inspired many of the figures of the subsequent [[British blues]] boom, including members of the Rolling Stones and [[Cream (band)|Cream]], combining blues standards and forms with rock instrumentation and emphasis.<ref name="Bogdanov2003BritishBlues" />

The other key focus for British blues was [[John Mayall]]; his band, [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers|the Bluesbreakers]], included [[Eric Clapton]] (after Clapton's departure from the Yardbirds) and later [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]]. Particularly significant was the release of ''[[Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton]] (Beano)'' album (1966), considered one of the seminal British blues recordings and the sound of which was much emulated in both Britain and the United States.<ref>T. Rawlings, A. Neill, C. Charlesworth and C. White, ''Then, Now and Rare British Beat 1960–1969'' (London: Omnibus Press, 2002), {{ISBN|0-7119-9094-8}}, p. 130.</ref> Eric Clapton went on to form supergroups Cream, [[Blind Faith]], and [[Derek and the Dominos]], followed by an extensive solo career that helped bring blues rock into the mainstream.<ref name="Bogdanov2003BluesRock" /> Green, along with the Bluesbreaker's rhythm section [[Mick Fleetwood]] and [[John McVie]], formed Peter Green's [[Fleetwood Mac]], who enjoyed some of the greatest commercial success in the genre.<ref name="Bogdanov2003BluesRock" /> In the late 1960s [[Jeff Beck]], also an alumnus of the Yardbirds, moved blues rock in the direction of heavy rock with his band, [[the Jeff Beck Group]].<ref name="Bogdanov2003BluesRock" /> The last Yardbirds guitarist was [[Jimmy Page]], who went on to form ''The New Yardbirds'' which rapidly became [[Led Zeppelin]]. Many of the songs on their first three albums, and occasionally later in their careers, were expansions on traditional blues songs.<ref name="Bogdanov2003BluesRock" />

In the United States, blues rock had been pioneered in the early 1960s by guitarist [[Lonnie Mack]];<ref>P. Prown, H.P. Newquist and J.F. Eiche, ''Legends of Rock Guitar: the Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists'' (Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997), {{ISBN|0-7935-4042-9}}, p. 25.</ref> however, the genre began to take off in the mid-1960s as acts developed a sound similar to British blues musicians. Key acts included [[Paul Butterfield]] (whose band acted like Mayall's Bluesbreakers in Britain as a starting point for many successful musicians), [[Canned Heat]], the early [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Johnny Winter]], [[the J. Geils Band]], and [[Jimi Hendrix]] with his [[power trios]], [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]] (which included two British members, and was founded in Britain), and [[Band of Gypsys]], whose guitar virtuosity and showmanship would be among the most emulated of the decade.<ref name="Bogdanov2003BluesRock" /> Blues rock bands from the southern states, like the [[Allman Brothers Band]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], and [[ZZ Top]], incorporated [[Country music|country]] elements into their style to produce the distinctive genre [[Southern rock]].<ref name="Bogdanov2002SouthernRock">R. Unterberger, "Southern Rock", in [[#CITEREFBogdanovWoodstraErlewine2002|Bogdanov et al., 2002]], pp.&nbsp;1332–33.</ref>

Early blues rock bands often emulated jazz, playing long, involved improvisations, which would later be a major element of progressive rock. From about 1967 bands like Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience had moved away from purely blues-based music into [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]].<ref name="amg" /> 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">{{Citation|title=Blues-rock |work=AllMusic |url={{AllMusic|class=explore|id=style/d50|pure_url=yes}} |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5wR7EB7K0?url=http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d50 |archive-date=12 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}.</ref> The genre was continued in the 1970s by figures such as [[George Thorogood]] and [[Pat Travers]],<ref name="Bogdanov2003BluesRock" /> but, particularly on the British scene (except perhaps for the advent of groups such as [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] and [[Foghat]] who moved towards a form of high energy and repetitive [[boogie rock]]), bands became focused on [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] innovation, and blues rock began to slip out of the mainstream.<ref>P. Prown, H.P. Newquist and J.F. Eiche, ''Legends of Rock Guitar: the Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists'' (Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997), {{ISBN|0-7935-4042-9}}, p. 113.</ref>