Boogie rock

Boogie rock

Infobox Music genre
name = Boogie rock
color = white
bgcolor = crimson
stylistic_origins = rock and roll, blues-rock, rhythm and blues, country and western
cultural_origins = 1970s Britain and United States
instruments = Guitar - Bass - Drums - Piano - Harmonica
popularity = Peaked in 1970s in Europe and the Americas
derivatives =
subgenrelist = #Types of Boogie rock
subgenres = American boogie rock - British boogie rock
fusiongenres =
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Boogie rock is a music genre which came out of the hard heavy blues-rock of the late 1960s. [ [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/04/03/053317.php Sunday Morning Playlist: Blues Rock ] ] It tends to feature a repetitive driving rhythm in place of instrumental experimentation found in the more progressive blues-rock bands of the period.

Boogie rockers concentrate on the groove, working a steady, chugging back beat, often in shuffle time. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040817110147/http://entertainment.msn.com/style/?style=1953 MSN Entertainment - Music: Boogie Rock ] ] Boogie rock can be considered the upbeat form of blues-rock.

One of the first bands to popularize boogie rock worldwide was Canned Heat. [ [http://www.theoutlookonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=121461693877336400 Festival brings the blues to Portland's waterfront ] ] The main distinction between bands is their instrumental attack.

Boogie rock reached the height of its popularity in the mid to late 1970s [ [http://www.rhapsody.com/rockpop/bluesboogierock/boogierock/more.html Free Boogie Rock Music: Album, Track and Artist Charts - Rhapsody Online ] ]

Early Influences:

Jerry Lee Lewis, whose boogie-woogie piano style was one of the influences of the genre. Chuck Berry developed a similar style on guitar, and even earlier, artists like John Lee Hooker together with many Blues players, were among the forerunners of Boogie Rock. The genre as it developed through the 70's, has been described as a mixture of: "Blues and Chuck Berry, with a lot more band."

Boogie rock started out as a sub-genre of Rock'n Roll, but evolved into a genre in its own right. It is divided between US style; Southern rock with bands like ZZ Top, Molly Hatchet, Foghat - originaly British but moved to the US in the early 70's - and Blackfoot, and a European/Australian style with bands like Status Quo, Slade, Nazareth, Spider [ [http://uk.msnusers.com/TheSpiderArchive-/ The Spider Archive ] ] , Whitesnake - (though the band left the style in the mid 80's), AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. All bands being at their heights in the 70's and early 80's.

Types of Boogie rock

American boogie rock

Many US boogie rock bands have a southern twang, like ZZ Top [ [http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/ENT/806120345 These entertainment options are Best Bets | tallahassee.com | Tallahassee Democrat ] ] and The Allman Brothers Band. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:2772 allmusic ] ]

British boogie rock

British bands like Status Quo [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,8480.sm STATUS QUO | Unique, Detailed Biography | Rockdetector ] ] , Humble Pie, Savoy Brown and Foghat [http://www.foghat.com/fog_band/history.htm] tend to have a distinctive, heavier sound. [ [http://www.mp3.com/hard-rock-metal/genre/359/styles.html Hard Rock/Metal Downloads - Download Hard Rock/Metal Music - Download Hard Rock/Metal MP3s ] ] Status Quo became, in the early 70's and onwards to this day, the quintessence of Boogie rock. Despite never gaining the respect bands like The Who or The Rolling Stones did, their distinctive boogie style and being the band with most UK hits - 65 in total, more than any other artist - Quo is one of the most important bands in Rock history. Their musical heritage has influenced generations of bands, and they were also the predecessors of Heavy metal. This has influenced current European bands such as Backstreet Girls, Predatür [http://www.predatur.com/] and Hercules [ [http://www.herculesband.com/ Hercules - Home ] ] which carry on in a style reminiscent of Status Quo.

References

External links

* [http://music.msn.com/music/subgenre-albums/rock/boogie-rock/ Examples of boogie rock albums]
* [http://www.last.fm/tag/boogie%20rock/artists Top Artists tagged "boogie rock"]


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