Blues Rock

Whitesnake and David Coverdale were never key proponents of subtlety in rock music. But whereas the blues players who had influenced them disguised their lustful ways, Coverdale let it all hang out. But the band had the songs to match the machismo. Whitesnake is one of the…

Janis Joplin sang the blues like no other. Her performances were burningly intense, and her flamboyance made her a hit with hippie audiences. Like Jimi Hendrix or Jim Morrison, she died too young. But by this point, she was rightfully regarded as one of the most legendary…

Free was one of the first truly great blues-rock bands capable of taking a minimalist, but muscular guitar-based sound and making it a success with giant live crowds, as well as radio listeners. But the group members were also young and plagued by personal demons. Where does…

Faces was the ultimate groove-rock band. The musicians were notorious party animals who never performed sober nor missed a note, and danced their way through their brief stint as band. They were blessed with a legendary line-up. These were musicians at the peak of their…

There isn’t much Led Zeppelin-stamped music that doesn’t routinely get played on the radio, isn’t learned by kids in bedrooms around the world, and isn’t immensely famous. Zep’s a rock institution. Still, even the mighty British rockers have…

Bad Company was a self-confessed, Led Zep-assisted supergroup created to charge up 1970s charts dominated by loud hard-rock bands. The experiment worked better than even the biggest earlier expected. Ultimately, Bad Company turned into a decades-long affair and into one of…