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 1990s
The Allman Brothers Band An Evening With … First Set 1991 1992
The Allman Brothers Band Play All Night Live At The Beacon Theatre 1992
The Allman Brothers Band 2nd Set 1994
Eric Clapton 24 Nights 1990 1991
Climax Blues Band Blues From The Attic
Ronnie Earl Blues Guitar Virtuoso Live in Europe 1993
Rory Gallagher Meeting With the G-Man Live at Paradiso Amsterdam 1993
Gov’t Mule Live at Roseland Ballroom 1995
Gov’t Mule Live With A Little Help From Our Friends 1998
Gov’t Mule Sco-Mule 1999
Gov’t Mule Mulennium 1999 2000
Peter Green Splinter Group Soho Live At Ronnie Scott’s 1998
Alvin Lee Live in Vienna 1994
Little Feat Live From Neon Park 1995
Gary Moore Essential Montreux 1990 to 2001
Gary Moore Blues Alive 1992
Carla Olson & Mick Taylor Live Too Hot for Snakes 1990
The Pretty Things Rockin’ The Garage 1992
Bonnie Raitt Road Tested 1995
Jess Roden Live At The Robin 1996
The Rolling Stones Flashpoint 1990
The Rolling Stones Stripped 1995
The Rolling Stones No Security 1998
Jim Suhler & Alan Haynes Live at Blue Cat Blues 1998
Ten Years After Access All Areas 1990
Ten Years After Live 1990
George Thorogood Let’s Work Together Live 1994
George Thorogood Live In 99
Walter Trout Live No More Fish Jokes 1991 & 1992
Walter Trout Face The Music Live On Tour 1999
Rhett Tyler Live At Manny’s Car Wash
Various Artists Warren Haynes Presents The Benefit Concert Vol 1 1999
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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
Stripped is the album by The Rolling Stones which is their equivalent on an “Unplugged” album which were so popular in the mid 90s.
It was recorded in 1995 and comes from some small gigs and some “live in the studio” recordings.
It sounds very different from the guitar heavy version of The Rolling Stones that blazes away on Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out and Brussels Affair.
24 Nights is an Eric Clapton live album recorded during long stints at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1990 and 1991. It includes five songs from the Journeyman album he was promoting at the time.
During these concerts Clapton was experimenting with different formats of backing band – 4-piece, blues, 9-piece and orchestra nights and all of these are captured on 24 Nights.
A well structured play list stops the album sounding like a messy mixture as each format is grouped together.
