The following is a list of blues rock musicians. Blues rock is a subgenre of rock which developed in the late-1960s and which emphasizes the traditional, three-chord blues song and instrumental improvisation. The first original blues rock artists such as Cream, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Canned Heat actually borrowed the idea of combining an instrumental combo with loud amplification from rock and roll, and also attempted to play long, involved improvisations which were commonplace on jazz records and live blues shows. As blues rock gained popularity, bands that followed immediately were louder and more riff-oriented, giving birth to both heavy metal and Southern rock, which both used basic blues riffs and featured extended solos. In the early 1970s, the lines between blues rock and hard rock were barely visible, as bands including ZZ Top began recording rock-oriented albums that tended to obscure their blues roots. However, blues rock soon distinguished itself from hard rock and acts continued to play or rewrite blues standards, as well as write their own songs in the same idiom. In the 1980s and 1990s, blues rock was more roots-oriented than in the 1960s and 1970s, even when artists such as the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan flirted with rock stardom. Solo artists are listed alphabetically by last name, and groups are listed alphabetically by the first letter (not including the prefix "the", "a" or "an"). A AC/DC Aerosmith Jim Allchin Bernard Allison The Allman Brothers Band Devon Allman Duane Allman Gregg Allman American Blues Jake Andrews The Animals The Answer Arc Angels The Ardells Gwyn Ashton Atomic Rooster The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation B Bachman–Turner Overdrive Back Door Slam Bad Company Ginger Baker Long John Baldry Band of Skulls The Barons Lou Ann Barton Jeff Beck Duster Bennett Beware of Darkness Big Brother and the Holding Company Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs Elvin Bishop The Black Crowes The Black Keys Blind Faith Blodwyn Pig Mike Bloomfield Blue Cheer The Blue Van The Blues Band The Blues Project Blues Traveler Joe Bonamassa Graham Bond Deborah Bonham Jean-Paul Bourelly Box of Frogs Doyle Bramhall II The Brew Roy Buchanan Paul Butterfield Butts Band C Cactus J. J. Cale Canned Heat Captain Beefheart Tommy Castro Nathan Cavaleri Yavuz Çetin Sean Chambers Chickasaw Mudd Puppies Chicken Shack Chris Robinson Brotherhood Cinderella Eric Clapton Gary Clark, Jr. Climax Blues Band Clutch Joe Cocker Colin Dussault's Blues Project Jamie