Blues rock, from the outside in. Each step is a genre and the single record this encyclopedia would put on first. Play them in this order and the last one should sound like a next step rather than a wall.
- 1 The way in
Rock 1954
The whole family: guitar, bass, drums and a beat borrowed from blues and rhythm and blues. Every branch below grows out of this trunk, metal included.
Sung. Melodic singing throughout.
Put on
The Beatles - Revolver, if you want to understand why everything branched so fast.
The Beatles, Revolver (1966) - 2 What you asked about
Blues rock 1963
Electric blues played louder, longer and with improvised solos. The direct bridge between Muddy Waters and Black Sabbath.
Sung. Melodic singing throughout.
Put on
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love. The riff that showed how thick a trio could sound.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
Cream, Fresh Cream (1966) - 3 Where to go next
Boogie rock 1970
One shuffle riff held until exhaustion. Simple by design and impossible to sit still to.
Sung. Melodic singing throughout.
Put on
AC/DC - Riff Raff. Boogie rock at melting point.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
AC/DC, High Voltage (1975)
Assembled from the tree: every genre Blues rock descends from, in order. The last step is the gentlest of Blues rock's 3 subgenres - least harsh vocals first, then least heavy.