Genre · Roots & Rock'n'Roll

Blues

Rock's root grammar: twelve bars, bent notes, storytelling voice.

Blues is not a side branch of rock—it is the source grammar. From Delta acoustic to Chicago electric blues, rhythm and bent-note phrasing shape early Rock 'n' Roll and keep showing up in Hard Rock and Metal solos.

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Pioneer acts

Acts that opened or crystallized this sound—fused landmarks, not a separate encyclopedia.

Representative bands

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