Blues rock is influenced by the blues but there is less emphasis on the emotions within the song and more on emphasis on rocking out and showing off instrumental prowess.
Blues rock sits in between the blues and hard rock and heavy metal.
It’s origins lie with bands like The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds who turned to American black music for their inspiration and developed in the sixties with bands like Cream and then Led Zeppelin.
Blues rock also developed in America although its influence also spread into Psychedelic Rock of the San Francisco groups and Southern Rock.
Blues rock live albums include the following highlight:
The Allman Brothers Band Fillmore East February 1970
The Allman Brothers Band Live At Ludlow Garage 1970
The Allman Brothers Band American University 12/13/70
The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East 1971
The Allman Brothers Band Eat A Peach 1971
The Allman Brothers Band Play All Night Live At The Beacon Theatre 1992
Jeff Beck Live+ 2014
Beck Bogert & Appice Live In Japan 1973
Elvin Bishop Raisin’ Hell 1976 1977
Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper The Live Adventures of… 1968
Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills 1968
Joe Bonamassa Live from Nowhere in Particular
Joe Bonamassa Live From the Royal Albert Hall 2009
Roy Buchanan Live Stock 1974
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Live 1970
Captain Beefheart Live At My Father’s Place 1978
Eric Clapton EC Was Here 1974
Eric Clapton Just One Night 1979
Eric Clapton 24 Nights 1990 1991
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Live from Madison Square Garden 2008
Gary Clark Jr Live 2013
Climax Blues Band – FM Live 1973
Climax Blues Band World Tour 1976
Colosseum Live 1971
Cream Wheels Of Fire 1968
Cream Live Cream 1968
Cream Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005
Derek And The Dominos Live At The Fillmore 1970
Ronnie Earl Blues Guitar Virtuoso Live in Europe 1993
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Live 2000
The Flamin’ Groovies In Person 1971
Fleetwood Mac Shrine 69
Fleetwood Mac Boston 1970
Foghat Live 1977
Free Free Live 1970
Rory Gallagher Live In Europe 1972
Rory Gallagher Irish Tour 1974
Gov’t Mule Live With A Little Help From Our Friends 1998
Gov’t Mule Mulennium 1999 2000
Govt Mule The Deepest End 2003
Peter Green Splinter Group Soho Live At Ronnie Scott’s 1998
The Groundhogs Live At Leeds ’71
The Groundhogs Live UK Tour 76
J Geils Band Full House 1972
J Geils Band Blow Your Face Out 1975
Jo Harman And Company Live At The Hideaway 2010
Jo Harman And Company Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2013
Beth Hart Live At Paradiso 2004
Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa Live in Amsterdam 2013
Warren Haynes Live at the Moody Theater 2011
Jimi Hendrix Live At Monterey 1967
Jimi Hendrix Live At Winterland 1968
Jimi Hendrix Live At Woodstock 1969
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys Live At The Fillmore East 1970
Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkeley 1970
Humble Pie Performance Rockin The Fillmore 1971
Jethro Tull Nothing Is Easy 1970
Janis Joplin Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968
Janis Joplin Live at Winterland ’68
Janis Joplin The Woodstock Experience 1969
Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions 1969 & 1971
Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won 1972
Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same 1973
Alvin Lee & Co In Flight 1974
Little Feat Waiting For Columbus 1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From The Road 1976
Lonnie Mack Live Attack of the Killer V 1989
John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert 2003
John Mayer Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles 2007
Delbert McClinton Live From Austin, Tx 1982
Delbert McClinton Live From Austin 1989
Gary Moore Essential Montreux 1990 to 2001
Gary Moore Blues Alive 1992
Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1973
Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now Volumes 2, 3 & 4
Coco Montoya Songs From The Road 2012 2013
Carla Olson & Mick Taylor Live Too Hot for Snakes 1990
Bonnie Raitt Road Tested 1995
Jess Roden Blowin’ 1976
Jess Roden Live At The BBC 1977
Jess Roden Hidden Masters
The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out 1969
The Rolling Stones Get Your Leeds Lungs Out on Sticky Fingers Super Deluxe 1971
The Rolling Stones The Brussels Affair 1973
The Rolling Stones Stripped 1995
Royal Southern Brotherhood Songs From The Road 2012
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Live In Chicago 2007
Southside Johnny Reach Up And Touch The Sky 1980
Status Quo Live 1976
Jim Suhler & Alan Haynes Live at Blue Cat Blues 1998
Joanne Shaw Taylor Songs From The Road
Susan Tedeschi Live From Austin Tx 2003
Tedeschi Trucks Band Everybody’s Talkin’ 2011
Ten Years After Live At The Fillmore East 1970
Ten Years After Recorded Live 1973
Jimmy Thackery & Tab Benoit Whiskey Store Live 2003
George Thorogood Live 1986
Pat Travers Band Live Go For What You Know 1979
Walter Trout Live No More Fish Jokes 1991 & 1992
Walter Trout Face The Music Live On Tour 1999
Walter Trout Live Trout 2000
Robin Trower At The BBC 1973-1975
Robin Trower Robin Trower Live 1975
The Derek Trucks Band Live At The Georgia Theatre 2003
The Derek Trucks Band Roadsongs 2009
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux 1982 and 1985
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live At Carnegie Hall 1984
Leslie West Toronto 1976
West, Bruce and Laing Live ‘n’ Kickin’ 1973
Whitesnake Live In The Heart Of The City 1978 & 1980
Johnny Winter And Live
Johnny Winter Captured Live! 1975
ZZ Top Fandango 1975
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In The Beginning is a live album by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
It was recorded at the Steamboat 1874 club in Austin, Texas on April 1, 1980 and was broadcast over KLBJ-FM radio.
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Live At A&R Studios, NYC, December 14th 1970 is a live recording by The Butterfield Blues Band.
It was originally a radio broadcast on WPLJ-FM.
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Live At Manny’s Car Wash is a live album by Rhett Tyler & Early Warning.
This was recorded in New York and was released in 1999.
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Blues Guitar Virtuoso: Live in Europe is a live album by Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters.
It was originally released as Blues And Forgiveness: Live In Europe and was recorded in Bremen in Germany in 1993.
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Lowdown Live At The Capitol Theatre New Jersey June 15 1980 is a live recording by ZZ Top.
It was released on Brr (Broadcasting Radio Records).
This concert has also been released as Lucky Thirteen on the Smokin’ label.
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Fandango is a half live and half studio recorded album by ZZ Top.
lIt was recorded live at The Warehouse in New Orleans.
The remastered and extended verion released in 2006 has three more tracks recorded live in concert.
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Whiskey Store Live is a live album by Jimmy Thackery & Tab Benoit.
It was recorded in March 2003 while they were promoting the Whiskey Store studio album.
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Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live was the first live album released by Jeff Beck apart from Beck Bogert & Appice Live In Japan.
It was recorded on the US tour in the Summer and Fall of 1976.
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Live From Austin, Tx is a live album and DVD by Delbert McClinton.
This was recorded in 1982 and wasn’t released until 2006.
This should not be confused with Live From Austin that was recorded and released in 1989.
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The Flamin’ Groovies In Person is a live album by the band.
The first ten tracks are from a show that was one of the last ever gigs to take place at the Fillmore West in San Francisco on June 30, 1971. It was a live KSAN-FM broadcast.
The album ends with two tracks, “I’m a Man” and “Headin’ for the Texas Border” from a Matrix show from a year earlier.
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