Wikipedia defines blues rock as follows:
“Blues rock is a musical genre combining bluesy improvisations, commonly over the twelve-bar blues, with rock styles. The core of the blues rock sound is usually created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar often amplified…The style began to develop in the mid-1960s in Britain and the United States. British bands, such as John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds and the Animals and American bands such as the Butterfield Blues Band and the Siegel–Schwall Band, experimented with music from older African-American bluesmen…”
Out of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers came Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor while the Yardbirds helped to develop Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck.
Live Albums Recorded By Blues Rock Artists And Bands In The 1980s
Roy Buchanan Live At Rockpalast 1985
Captain Beefheart Merseytrout Live In Liverpool 1980
Climax Blues Band The River Sessions 1982
Rick Danko Richard Manuel and Paul Butterfield Live At The Lone Star Cafe 1984
Rory Gallagher BBC Sessions 1971 to 1986
Rory Gallagher Live At Montreux 1975 to 1985
Grinderswitch Live At My Father’s Place
Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session 1983
Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern By The Grace Of God 1987
Lonnie Mack Live Attack of the Killer V 1989
John Mayall Featuring Mick Taylor Return Of The Bluesbreakers
The Rolling Stones Hampton Coliseum 1981
The Rolling Stones Still Life 1981
Screaming Blue Messiahs Live At The BBC 1985
Southside Johnny Reach Up And Touch The Sky 1980
George Thorogood Live In Boston 1982
George Thorogood Live 1986
Walter Trout Life In The Jungle 1989
Stevie Ray Vaughan In The Beginning 1980
Stevie Ray Vaughan The King’s Head Inn 1980
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux 1982 and 1985
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live At Carnegie Hall 1984
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Alive 1985 1986
Stevie Ray Vaughan Spectrum Philadelphia 23rd May 1988
Whitesnake Live In The Heart Of The City 1978 & 1980
Johnny Winter With Dr John Live In Sweden 1987
ZZ Top Lucky Thirteen 1980
ZZ Top Lowdown Live At The Capitol Theatre New Jersey June 15 1980
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The All Time Best Live Blues Rock Albums
I don’t have an album poll to find the best blues rock albums for the decade but I do have an all-time best blues rock live albums poll that will guide you to the best choices for your music collection.
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Blues Rock By Decade – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
In Session is a live album and DVD by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan.
This 1983 jam session was recorded for the Canadian TV program called In Session.
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Live In Sweden 1987 is a live album and DVD by Johnny Winter with Dr John making a special guest appearance.
This was broadcast on Swedish television.
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Return Of The Bluesbreakers is a part studio and part live album by John Mayall.
Of interest to me are the five live tracks (tracks 6 to 10) recorded live at The Wax Museum, Washington DC in 1982 or 1983 with Mick Taylor on lead guitar.
For full details of who plays what on the live and studio tracks, please see discogs.
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Hampton Coliseum is a live album by The Rolling Stones.
This was recorded on December 18, 1981 and was the first pay per view concert broadcast on TV.
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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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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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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 Friday Rock Show Sessions Live At Reading 1983 is alive album by Ten Years After.
It was recorded at the Reading festival in August 1983.
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Spectrum Philadelphia 23rd May 1988 is a live recording of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble and was originally broadcast by Washington DC FM.
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Lucky Thirteen is a live album by ZZ Top.
It was recorded at the Passaic Theatre in New Jersey in 1980.
This concert has also been released as Lowdown Live At The Capitol Theatre New Jersey June 15 1980.
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