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Boogie rock

Boogie rock is a style of blues rock music that developed in the late 1960s.[1] Its key feature is a repetitive driving rhythm, which emphasizes the groove.[1] Although inspired by earlier musical styles such as piano-based boogie-woogie, boogie rock has been described as "heavier" or "harder-edged" in its instrumental approach.[1][2]

Boogie rock

Blues rock, boogie-woogie, rock and roll

U.S. late 1960s

The term has been applied to two styles:


Boogie rock has also been used to generally describe blues rock performers who emphasize "a back-to-basics approach typified by more simple chord structures and straightforward lyrics" rather than showmanship and instrumental virtuosity.[4][1]

John Lee Hooker-style[edit]

In 1948, American blues artist John Lee Hooker recorded "Boogie Chillen'", an urban electric blues tune derived from early North Mississippi Hill country blues.[5] Musicologist Robert Palmer notes "Hooker wasn't copying piano boogie. He was playing something else—a rocking one-chord ostinato with accents that fell fractionally ahead of the beat."[6] Hooker's "repeated monochord riff" on guitar was adapted by the American rock group Canned Heat for "Fried Hockey Boogie", first released in 1968 on their Boogie with Canned Heat album.[7]


Other artists soon followed, with Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" (1969, Spirit in the Sky) and ZZ Top's "La Grange" (1973, Tres Hombres) being two of the earlier popular songs in the style.[7] The English group Foghat reworked Hooker's boogie for their popular "Slow Ride" (1975, Fool for the City): "they help interject some breath into the riff and help give it more rhythmic propulsion".[8] In the 1980s, it was updated further by Van Halen for "Hot for Teacher" (1984, 1984) and by Joe Satriani in "Satch Boogie" (1987, Surfing with the Alien): "John Lee Hooker may not have recognized the roots of his [Satriani's] pioneering efforts, but it still contains the spirit of the genre, albeit in an exceptionally contemporary vein".[9]

See also[edit]

Category:Boogie rock albums

Bennett, Andy (2020). British Progressive Pop 1970–1980. New York City: . ISBN 978-1-5013-3663-8.

Bloomsbury Academic

Birnbaum, Larry (2012). Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll. Lanham, Massachusetts: . ISBN 978-0-8108-8629-2.

Scarecrow Press

Cope, Andrew L. (2019). Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock. New York City: . ISBN 978-1-351-02590-4.

Routledge

; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris, eds. (2001). "Rock Styles: Boogie Rock". All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-627-0.

Erlewine, Stephen Thomas

Johnson, Chad (2014). Cliff Notes to Guitar Songs. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: . ISBN 978-1-4584-2127-2.

Hal Leonard

(1982). Deep Blues. New York City: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-006223-8.

Palmer, Robert

Perone, James E. (2019). Listen to the Blues!: Exploring a Musical Genre. Santa Barbara, California: . ISBN 978-1-4408-6614-2.

ABC-CLIO

Popoff, Martin (2004). The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. ECW Press.  978-1550226003.

ISBN

Rubin, Dave (2015). Inside Rock Guitar. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: . ISBN 978-1-4950-5639-0.

Hal Leonard