Boogie rock is a music genre which came out of the hard heavy blues rock of the late 1960s.[1] It tends to feature a repetitive driving rhythm in place of instrumental experimentation found in the more progressive blues-rock bands of the period.
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Boogie rockers concentrate on the groove, working a steady, chugging back beat, often in shuffle time.[2]
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One of the first bands to popularize boogie rock worldwide was Canned Heat.[3] Boogie rock reached the height of its popularity in the mid to late 1970s.[4]
Many US boogie rock bands have a southern twang, like Canned Heat, ZZ Top, The Allman Brothers Band[5] and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Canadian band Bachman-Turner Overdrive also popularized a style of heavy, danceable boogie rock in the mid-1970s.[6]
British bands include Status Quo,[7] Humble Pie, Savoy Brown,[8] Foghat[9]and Engine. Status Quo became, from the early 1970s the most significant British boogie rock band.
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