Blues-rock
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Blues rock is a type of music which mixes blues with rock and roll, and uses mostly electric guitar as a main instrument. It began in the mid 1960s in England and the United States with bands such as Cream[1] and The Rolling Stones,[2] who experimented with music from the older bluesmen like Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley.
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[change | change source]- 1 2 Hear Cream (music and interviews) on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
- 1 2 Hear The Rolling Stones (music and interviews) on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
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