| LC control no. | gf2014026666 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Blues-rock music |
| See also | Blues (Music) Rock music |
| Found in | Work cat.: 00104616: Blues-rock explosion, c2001. Grovemusic.com WWW site, Oct. 31, 2003 (Blues-rock: style of popular music that flourished during the 1960s; originated in and is particularly associated with Britain; attempted to counter the banality of the hit-parade material and of rock and roll by retrieving what was felt to be emotionally more "authentic" blues material; by the mid-1960s, some white U.S. musicians, of a slightly younger generation, were making much use of similar blues material) All music guide WWW site, Oct. 31, 2003 (Blues-rock: Though much early rock & roll was based in the blues, blues-rock didn't fully develop into a subgenre until the late '60s; in the early '70s, the lines between blues-rock and hard rock were barely visible; however, blues-rock soon backed away from hard rock, and there was a set number of acts that continued to play (and rewrite) blues standards as well as write their own songs in the same idiom; in the '80s and '90s, blues-rock was more roots-oriented than in the '60s and '70s) White, D. Dict. pop. mus. styles world (under United States: Blues rock: electrified blues and rock fusion music) |
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