Blue Groups In Music History

I recently asked myself an email question on my website wondering what I think is the most successful “blue combination”. (I have reduced it to the word “blue” at the beginning of the band’s name)

I can only say that there is such an eclectic list of options, you have to limit it to what kind of music the group is playing, how success is defined and, of course, personal preference.

If you are looking for a hard rock band, you have several options, including Blue Cheer, a 60-year-old group that some call the first heavy metal band. His success, adapted from Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” took ten weeks on the Billboard Top 40 in the United States and reached 14th in 1968. Even with many personnel changes, Blue Cheer of San Francisco can release several innovative albums and influential

However, if you are looking for commercial success and longevity, you could argue that another hard rock / heavy metal band, Blue Oyster Cult, may be at the top of the list. In 1972, with his debut album, Blue Oyster Cult combined the elements of hard rock and intense tours to pave the way for the next success. In 1976, they broke the main stage and FM radio through the album “Agent Of Fortune”, including their most popular, classic and contagious albums “Do not be afraid of the reaper”. Blue Oyster Cult proved that they are not only yours. He honored more than 14 albums.

Also, if you are looking for a high-level “Blues” blue album, then there are some in this area. Blues Brothers (composed of live students on Saturday night Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi) managed to drive SNL shorts, and many superstar musicians won the 40 most successful songs, including “Soul Man.” Blues Traveler, harmonic singer / teacher Known as “Bruces Jam Band”, John Popper has powerful improvisation skills and his hit song “Run-Around”, one of the greatest singles of 1995.

The Blues Project was founded in 1965 by guitarists Danny Kalb and Steve Katz. It is one of the first “underground” groups in the United States, mixing rock / blues / pop and folk songs; they wrote some in the mid-1960s. a unique and revolutionary album.

But if you are looking for the latest blues album of the band Bruce, Blues Breakers by John Mayall (in collaboration with Eric Clapton) offers the perfect example of the excellent combination of Bruce and Buji from Clapton.

The fascinating musical genre is well represented in the Bronx’s Blues Magoos, which produced “(We Were Not) omnipresent in 1967”. In their short career, they rode a psychedelic horse and played a mix of infectious rock music. And indomitable rock garage.

A little-known blue band, Blue Things, combines its Byrdesque ballads with vibrant pop rock to become a regional hit in the Midwest and Texas. Despite signing a national record deal with RCA, they remain one of the best examples of the music era of the mid-60s that you have never heard of.

A team called Blue Rodeo from Toronto, Canada, has compared the Beatles / Dylan with soft harmonies and folk rock roots. If you like alternative rock, it is definitely worth listening to.

Other blue combinations include the Blue Nile, which was founded in Glasgow, Scotland in 1981, and is highly prized for its fantasy pop music. The Blue Ridge Rangers were nominated by the iconic John Fogerty, and John Fogerty released an album with this name (although technically, the organization only Fogerty plays all instruments), although this is not a great commercial success. But it turns out that it belongs to one of the best artists of rock music.

“Ride Captain Ride” is the top 40 of the 1972 Blues Image, a rock band with Mike Pinera (later joined Iron Butterfly). The R&B soundtrack of Blue Magic in Philadelphia won the top ten results in 1974. In addition, a band of the English reggae band Blue Haze won the top 40 in 1972 with the song “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

Now, you may not have fully answered the email question, which I think depends on personal preferences and tastes. But I will give you a comment about the worst songs of the blue group. This distinction belongs to the remake of the Blue Swede and the song “Hooked On A Feeling” created in 1974, with the nasty and terrible lyrics of “OOGA Chacka” added to the song.