Nearly a decade later, Bill Haley & His Comets employed the same melody over a 12-bar blues to create “Rock Around the Clock,” the first mainstream rock song.

“Hand to heart, my favorite players were always the ones that had such an identifiable style and wrote songs in that very 12-bar blues framework,” Knowles told Cleveland.com and The Plain ...

In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar blues improv in the key of ...

The result is a droning, hypnotic character. And unlike the comfortingly predictable 12-bar blues most people are familiar with—think of “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley or “The Thrill Is Gone ...

In the seventh track, “The Buddha On The Lawn” they bring back a late ‘70s-’80s sound, incorporating elements of blues through a baby grand backing, prominent alongside steady rhythm guitars and ...