at least it wouldn't have happened as it did. And the connective tissue between jazz and rock 'n' roll is the post-WWII rhythm and blues performed by artists such as Louis Jordan, Roy Brown ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Justin Hayward had a pretty modest idea of success when he joined the Moody Blues in 1966. "I did have one ... "Where are the French artists?'' Yes, rock 'n' roll is an American ...

It's rock and roll, it's the blues ... "One of the first videos we did that got a lot of views was "Preachin Blues," the Son House tune," Megan explains, "and through a bunch of people it ended ...

What came next: Johnson died at 27, cementing his Faustian pact in rock ... of genius musicians lost far, far too young. What it did: Lead Belly’s 1939 recording of this tragic blues song ...

The soul-rock-blues quartet Vintage Trouble see themselves ... The band of veteran musicians -- Ty Taylor on vocals, Nalle Colt on guitar, Rick Barrio Dill on bass, and Richard Danielson on ...

The big show here is the blues taking center stage.” The Blues Festival lineup also features New Orleans blues-rock artists Alvin Youngblood ... “The day-of revenues did very well,” Brooks ...

Instead, inductees the Moody Blues ended the night as the last act. Rock Hall voters have recently opened their hearts to progressive rockers, which benefited the "Nights in White Satin" singers.

Lonnie Mack, the blues-rock pioneer who influenced an entire generation ... Mack also served as a session guitarist for artists like James Brown, Hank Ballard and Freddie King.

The mainstream pop world still may not be aware of it but, over the last four decades, there has been a distinctive brand of guitar-driven, blues and rock-flavored music wafting in from ...