Blues Rock: The Anthology. This DVD is another great collection of Blues Rock classics – definitely on the rock side of blues rock. It gets heavy at times, with some of the very best British rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s getting down and bluesy.

This 90 min DVD features 16 songs, by 16 different artists, including the Moody Blues, Wishbone Ash, Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower. Opening up with Free’s Mr Big, the scene is set immediately, and doesn’t stop for a full 90 minutes. Every track is killer, with some superb guitar playing throughout.

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Blues-Rock Crossroads 1964-1986 A great collection of blues rock music. There’s rocky blues, and bluesy rock. This is definitely the latter; a collection of British and American rock acts attempting the blues – and pulling it off superbly. Click through to Amazon to check the sound clips. If you want to explore the bluesiness of 1960s rock, here would be a great place to start. From well-known classics by the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Animals and Procul Harum, to lesser known (but just as good) nuggets by Savoy Brown, Traffic and the Electric Flag.

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