Seven Ages of Rock
Episode 1 - The Birth of Rock (Blues-based Rock 1963 - 1970). The rock revolution of the 1960's seen through the life and music of Jimi Hendrix. The first doomed icon of rock, Hendrix was the synthesis of everything that had gone before him and all that was to come. The Birth Of Rock also explores the influence of rhythm & blues on a generation of British musicians such as The Rolling Stones, Cream and The Who, and how the song-writing of Bob Dylan and studio developments of The Beatles transformed the possibilities and ambitions of rock. (from bbc.co.uk)
| Episode 1 - The Birth of Rock (Blues-based Rock 1963 - 1970) |
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| Blues-rock Blues rock is a musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the twelve-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. |
| List of blues rock musicians Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre which developed in the 1960s, which combines elements of blues music - twelve-bar blues, extended boogie jams and a heavy, riff-oriented sound and feel - with the loud, overdriven electric guitar-driven sound of rock and roll. |
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