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
Reach Up And Touch The Sky is a live album by Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes which was recorded in 1980.
It’s hard not to immediately think about Bruce Springsteen when you think about Southside Johnny and that’s a shame because he’s produced some great albums on his own.
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