List of blues rock performers

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre which developed in the 1960s, which combines elements of blues music—twelve-bar blues, extended boogie jams and a heavy, riff-oriented sound and feel—with the loud, overdriven electric guitar-driven sound of rock and roll. Blues rock bands often emphasize lead guitar solos and blues-style improvisation.
Groups that incorporate substantial blues rock elements into their music often blend the style with other related rock or blues styles. In the late 1960s, bands often blended blues rock with psychedelic rock and acid rock (e.g., Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan). In the 1970s and 1980s a number of bands mixed in other elements, such as Southern rock (e.g., The Allman Brothers Band and then 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., the English band 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:
1960s
*The Allman Brothers Band: Southern rock, blues rock, jam rock, instrumental rock, hard rock, electric blues, country rock
*The Animals: Rhythm and blues, blues rock, rock and roll, psychedelic rock
*Bob Dylan: Blues rock, folk rock, roots rock, country rock, singer-songwriter
*Jeff Beck Group: Blues rock, hard rock
*Mike Bloomfield: Blues, blues rock
*Blues Creation: Blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock
*Paul Butterfield: Blues, blues rock
*Chuck Berry: Blue, roots rock, blues rock
*Creedence Clearwater Revival: Roots rock, blues rock, southern rock, country rock
*Canned Heat: Blues, blues rock, boogie-rock, rock 'n' roll
*Captain Beefheart: Blues rock, experimental rock
*Eric Clapton: Blues, blues rock
*Cream: Hard rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock
*Deep Purple: Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, funk rock
*The Doors: Acid rock, hard rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock
*Faces: rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, blues rock
*Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era in the late 1960s): British blues, blues rock
*Lonnie Mack: Blues rock, blues, country, southern rock, rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel
*Free: Blues rock, hard rock
*Rory Gallagher: Hard rock, blues rock, electric blues
*The Grateful Dead: Acid rock, jam band, psychedelic rock, blues rock, country rock, psychedelic folk, folk rock
*Ike & Tina Turner: Blues Rock, Funk Rock, Soul, Rock N' Roll
*Jethro Tull: Blues rock, folk rock, progressive rock
*Janis Joplin w/ Big Brother and the Holding Company: blues rock, hard rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock, boogie rock, white soul
*Jimi Hendrix: Hard rock, blues rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock
*John Mayall: Blues rock, harmonica blues, British blues, electric blues
*Led Zeppelin: Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, folk rock
*The Rolling Stones: Blues rock, rhythm and blues, rock and roll
*Savoy Brown: Boogie rock, blues rock
*Status Quo: boogie rock, rock' n' roll, hard rock
*Ten Years After: Blues rock, British blues, hard rock
*Robin Trower: Hard rock, electric blues, blues rock
*Johnny Winter:Electric blues, blues rock, rock and roll, Texas blues
*The Yardbirds: Blues rock, British Invasion, rhythm and blues, British blues, psychedelic rock, hard rock
* The Beatles : Some songs (such as Come Together and Get Back) by The Beatles were in a Blues Rock style
1970s-1980s
*AC/DC: Hard rock, heavy metal, boogie rock, blues rock, rock and roll (from Australia)
*Aerosmith: Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal (from Boston, US)
*Alannah Myles: winner of Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance Female single release, "Black Velvet" (from Canada)
*Bad Company: Hard rock, blues rock (from UK)
*Bonnie Raitt; Blues rock, electric blues, blues, alternative country, folk-rock, singer-songwriter (from US)
*: Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal (from US)
*Chris Rea : Pop rock, Soft rock, Blues rock (from UK)
*Derek and the Dominos: Blues, blues rock (from UK)
*Dire Straits: Roots rock, blues rock, pub rock, country rock, new wave, prog-rock (from UK)
*Foghat: Boogie rock, blues rock, hard rock (from UK)
*The Hamsters: Blues rock, rock, Delta blues (from UK)
*Jeff Healey: Blues, blues rock, hard rock (from Canada)
*B.B.King: Blues (from US)
*Humble Pie: Blues rock, hard rock (from England)
*Little Feat: Blues rock, southern rock, country rock, roots rock, boogie rock, jazz rock, Americana (from US)
*Gary Moore: Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, blues (from Northern Ireland, UK)
*Mountain: Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal (US/Canada)
*Alto Reed: Rock, blues rock and jazz saxophonist (from US)
*Blues Saraceno: Blues rock, hard rock, instrumental rock (from US)
*Bobby Tench: Blues rock, Electric blues (from England)
*Pat Travers: Blues rock, hard rock, rock-n-roll, heavy metal (from Canada)
*Lynyrd Skynyrd: Southern rock, boogie rock, blues rock, hard rock (from US)
*Tesla: Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal (From US)
*George Thorogood: Boogie rock, blues rock, rock and roll(from US)
*Stevie Ray Vaughan: Electric blues, blues rock, Texas blues (from US)
*Joe Walsh: Rock, blues rock (from US)
*Whitesnake: Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock (from UK)
*David Wilcox: blues rock (from Canada)
*ZZ Top: Boogie rock, southern rock, hard rock, blues rock (from US)
*Manal: Rock, blues rock (from Argentina)
*Rui Veloso: Rock, blues rock (from Portugal)
*Queen (from UK) (recorded only few blues rock/heavy metal songs such as “See What a Fool I've Been”, “Son and Daughter”,“Sleeping on the Sidewalk”, “Hangman” in 70s and “Dog With a Bone”, “Lost Opportunity” in 80s—90s).
1990s-2000s
*Gwyn Ashton: blues rock, boogie rock, blues (from Australia)
*Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam: blues rock, Celtic rock (from the UK)
*Eric Gales: blues rock, hard rock (from the US)
*Arc Angels: blues rock, Texas blues (from the US)
*Storiville: blues rock (from the US)
*Band of Skulls: Alternative rock, Blues rock, Garage rock (from the UK)
*Bernard Allison: blues rock, hard rock, Chicago blues (from the US)
*Alabama 3: Blues rock, acid house (from the US)
*The Answer: Hard rock, blues rock (from Northern Ireland)
*Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: rock & roll, roots rock, blues rock, folk rock (from the US)
*Grainne Duffy: blues rock (from Ireland)
*Ben Harper: blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music (from the US)
*Robert Randolph and the Family Band: blues, rock, funk, gospel (from the US)
*The Black Crowes: Hard rock, blues rock, southern rock, jam band (from the US)
*The Black Keys: Blues rock, garage rock, hard rock (from the US)
*Blues Traveler: Blues rock, alternative rock, jam band, psychedelic rock (from the US)
*Rose Hill Drive: Blues rock, garage rock, hard rock (from the US)
*Joe Bonamassa: Electric blues, rock and roll, blues rock, hard rock (from the US)
*Popa Chubby: blues rock, blues (from the US)
*Yavuz Çetin: blues rock (from Turkey)
*Dave Hole: blues rock, boogie rock, blues (from Australia)
*Cary Hudson & Blue Mountain: Alternative country, southern rock, roots rock, blues rock, blues (from the US)
*Colin James: electric blues, rock'n'roll, blues rock, swing (from Canada)
*Chris Cobb: blues rock, electric blues, Chicago blues (from the US)
*Chris Duarte: Texas blues, blues rock, southern rock, hard rock (from the US)
*Engine: Blues rock, boogie rock (from the UK)
*Taylor Hicks: Blue-eyed soul, blues, blues rock (from the US)
*The Raconteurs: Alternative rock, blues rock, hard rock (from the US)
*The Reformation: Blues rock, progressive rock, jazz funk (from the US)
*The Rounders: Blues rock, southern rock, roots rock (from the US)
*Radio Moscow:60s British psychedelic blues (from the US)
*The Dead Weather: Alternative rock, blues rock, neo-psychodelia (from the US)
*: Hard rock, funk metal, blues rock (from the US)
*Thought Police: Melodic rock, Blues rock (from South Africa)
*Eric Sardinas: Blues, blues rock (from the US)
*The White Stripes: Alternative rock, garage rock revival, punk blues, blues rock (from the US)
*The Blue Van: Blues rock, garage rock (from Denmark)
*John Mayer: Blues, blues rock, Acoustic rock/pop (from the US)
*Larry Miller: blues rock, hard rock (from the UK)
*Aynsley Lister: Blues rock, rock (from the UK)
*Los Lonely Boys: Chicano rock, blues rock, Tex-Mex, roots rock, Latin rock (from the US)
*Derek Trucks Band: Blues rock, southern rock (from the US)
*Kenny Wayne Shepherd: blues rock, hard rock, Delta blues, Chicago Blues (from the US)
*Kid Rock : Blues Rock,Honky Tonk,Delta Blues,Country Blues, Psycodelic Blues, Boogie Rock,Southern Rock,Country Rock,Funk,Jazz,Rap-Rock, Hip Hop (from the us)
*Five Horse Johnson: Stoner rock, heavy metal, blues rock (from the US)
*Gov't Mule: Southern rock, hard rock, blues rock, jam rock (from the US)
*Heartless Bastards: Blues rock, garage rock, country rock, indie rock (from the US)
*North Mississippi Allstars: Southern rock, blues rock, jam band (from the US)
*No Address: blues rock, alternative rock (from the US)
*The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Alternative rock, punk blues, blues rock (from the US)
*Mean Gene Kelton & The Die Hards: Southern Rock, rockabilly, blues, blues rock (from the US)
*Jonny Lang: blues rock, rock, gospel (from the US)
*Walter Trout: blues, blues rock (from the US)
*Slash: Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal (from the US)
*Shannon Curfman: blues rock (from the US)
*The Pack A.D.: Hard Rock, blues rock (from Canada)
*Left Lane Cruiser: blues rock, hard rock (from the US)
*: blues rock, classic rock (from the UK)
*Nathan Cavaleri: blues rock (from Australia)
*Gugun Blues Shelter: blues, funk, soul, rock (from Indonesia)
2010s
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* The Border Surrender: blues rock, Americana, folk, (from the UK)
* Jack White
* Gary Clark, Jr.
* Saint Lu: female blues rock singer from Austria
* Wolf Mail
* The Reformation: blues rock, progressive rock, jazz funk (from the US)
* Triggerfinger: Hard rock, blues rock (from Antwerp, BE)
* Kill It Kid: blues rock, folk rock, Americana, grunge, British blues (from Bath, UK)
* Rival Sons: blues rock, classic rock (from the US)
* Soulmate: blues rock (from India)
* Gin Wigmore: Folk rock, alternative rock, pop, pop rock, soul, blues, blues rock, jazz (from New Zealand)

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