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Despite the 14-year gap, the blues-rock landscapes of 2004 and 2018 displayed striking structural similarities. Both years marked significant transitional periods where the genre simultaneously looked back—paying homage to its legends—and actively reimagined its future through the lens of contemporary indie and roots movements.
Both eras were characterized by a kind of "split personality": the mainstream popularity of raw, lo-fi garage-blues duos alongside the simultaneous triumph of technically flawless guitar virtuosos.
2004: The garage-blues movement (with its lo-fi aesthetic) reached its peak. The Black Keys released their breakthrough album *Rubber Factory*, embracing a minimalist, "dirty" (fuzz-laden) sound. Meanwhile, virtuosos such as Joe Bonamassa (who released *Had to Cry Today*) and Gary Moore (*Power of the Blues*) upheld the tradition of powerful, technically complex guitar solos.
2018: This dichotomy played out again. Energetic, uncompromising artists like Fantastic Negrito offered listeners a gritty, groove-heavy brand of indie-blues, while virtuosos such as Joe Bonamassa and the young Marcus King dominated the charts with polished, technically perfect, and clean guitar solos.
In both 2004 and 2018, major rock stars felt the urge to return to the genre's roots, releasing ambitious tribute projects honoring the legends who pioneered the blues. 2004: Eric Clapton became a key figure on the blues scene with the release of *Me and Mr. Johnson*, a full album of covers by Delta blues pioneer Robert Johnson. Aerosmith also looked to the past, releasing *Honkin' on Bobo*, a hard-rock tribute to traditional blues standards.
2018: The tradition of paying homage to the masters continued. Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart teamed up for the album *Black Coffee*, featuring covers of songs by soul and blues legends, while Keith Richards and Mick Jagger—returning to their roots to underscore the genre's enduring significance—participated in the recording of Buddy Guy’s *The Blues Is Alive and Well*.
In neither 2004 nor 2018 did musicians limit themselves to playing standard 12-bar shuffles. Instead, artists from both eras actively blended blues-rock with contemporary alternative music and roots-based genres. In 2004, blues-rock was closely intertwined with the garage rock revival and Americana: bands like the 22-20s combined alternative indie aesthetics with heavy blues riffs, while artists such as Buddy Miller mixed the genre with alt-country. By 2018, the focus of this cross-pollination had shifted toward Southern soul and psychedelic gospel: Marcus King fused blues with R&B, while Fantastic Negrito liberally infused his rock riffs with elements of funk and psychedelia.
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Blues Rock Mix Vol. 140
Blues Rock Mix #140
(Sep 25, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026)
01 Travis Bowlin - Dont Lead Me On - 2018
02 Black 13 - Sin City Living - 2018
03 Lucifer Was - Come Drug Me Babe - 2004
04 Saturn3 - Goin' Down - 2018
05 Bishop Gunn - Baby What You Want Me to Do - 2018
06 Sam Pace And The Gilded Grit - You Don't Leave Me Any Other Choice - 2018
07 RSO - Rise - 2018
08 Walking Papers - King Hooker - 2018
09 Nublues - Dreams Of A Blues Man - 2004
10 Patrick Sweany - Outcast Blues - 2018
11 8 Ball Aitken - Love Makes the World Go Round - 2018
12 Gary Hoey - Rocky Mountain Way - 2004
13 That Rebellion - The End of the Line - 2018
14 Billy F Gibbons - Mo’ Slower Blues - 2018
15 ZZ Top - Cover Your Rig - 2004
16 Ben Poole - Let Me Be - 2018
17 Dirty Dogs - Such Love - 2018
18 Satisfied Drive - Back When We Were Friends - 2018
19 Danny Bryant's Red Eye Band - Memories - 2004
20 Giles - In My Soul - 2004
21 The Blackwater Fever - Chains - 2018
22 Concrete Blonde - The 'a' Road - 2004
23 Giles - Tease You - 2004
24 Guitar Shorty - I've Been Working - 2004
25 Willie Logan - Losing Hand - 2004
26 Berdon Kirksaether & The Twang Bar Kings - Under The Seven Skies Of Time - 2018
27 Lowdrive - Fallen Saviour - 2018
28 Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Addicted - 2018
29 Concrete Blonde - Himalayan Motorcycles - 2004
30 Black River Delta - Keeps Me Bleeding - 2018
31 Post Stardom Depression - Monster - 2004
32 Willie Logan - Little Wing - 2004
33 Buddaheads - Train Train - 2004
34 Post Stardom Depression - Boom Boom Boom - 2004
35 Sparrow Blue - Lil' Rockin' Mama - 2018
36 Lucifer Was - When The Crossword's Done - 2004
37 Guitar Shorty - It Ain't The Fall That Kills You - 2004
38 Sean Chambers - Keep Movin On - 2018
39 Siggi Schwarz & The Electricguitar Legends - Stormy monday blues - 2004
40 Tammie Shannon - I'm on That - 2018
41 Steve Hill - Go On (Live) - 2018
42 Buddaheads - Howlin' At The Moon - 2004
43 Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Dam Your Eyes - 2018
44 Siggi Schwarz & The Electricguitar Legends - Superstitious - 2004
45 Triple Zero Band - Goin' Down - 2018
46 Berdon Kirksaether & The Twang Bar Kings - Can't Get You Off My Mind - 2018
47 Will Wilde - Love That Burns - 2018
48 Phil Manca - Down Payment Blues - 2018
49 Doug Pinnick, Gary Hoey, Mike Porcaro, Greg Bissonette, Derek Sherinian - Welcome To The Machine - 2004
50 Black Stone Cherry - James Brown - 2018
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Blues Rock Recap Sep 2023
(Sep 12, 2026 - Oct 03, 2026)
01 Harvey Mandel - Leopard Spots - 2017
02 E D Brayshaw - Twilight - 2020
03 Billy F Gibbons - My Lucky Card - 2021
04 Cosmic Tribe - Howling With the Wolves - 2023
05 The Dirty Mojo Blues Band - Catfish Blues - 2021
06 Holebones - Mojo Hand - 2021
07 The Heavy - A Whole Lot Of Me - 2023
08 Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - Dirty Job (ft Ian Hunter) - 2022
09 Brandon Miller Band - Night After Night - 2014
10 Mark Rogers Band - In a Maze - 2022
11 Stephen Foster & Howler - When You Love Somebody - 2021
12 Jim Kirkpatrick - Road of Bones - 2023
13 Julian Sas - Waiting for Tomorrow (Electric Version) - 2022
14 Muddy Wolfe - High & Dry - 2020
15 Dan Patlansky - Bad Soul - 2022
16 Devils Smoke - Blue in All Shades - 2022
17 Austin Meade - Forever Unfaithful - 2022
18 LR Marsh - Devil & The Black Dog - 2021
19 Koritni - Born To Lose - 2023
20 Robin Barrett and Coyote Kings - Waiting to Be Free - 2015
21 Jack White - Shedding My Velvet - 2022
22 Wille & The Bandits - Without You - 2022
23 David Edwin Townson - Trem Lock - 2021
24 Greg Koch - Moanin' Glory - 2023
25 Vincent Flatts Final Drive - When The Blues Catch Up With You - 2020
26 Matt Pearce & The Mutiny - All The Gods - 2022
27 JD Simo - Know It All - 2021
28 Dudley Taft - Still Burning - 2023
29 Jeff Beck - Left Hook - 2001
30 Flying Joes - Give Me Faith - 2022
31 Holebones - Catfish - 2021
32 Joe Bonamassa - Heavenly Soul - 2012
33 Bryce Janey - Time Doesn't Wait - 2015
34 Losekes Blues Gang - That Kind Of Feeling - 2015
35 Andreas Diehlmann Band - Long Way To Go - 2023
36 Ryan McGarvey - Little Red Riding Hood - 2014
37 Gary Hoey - This Time Tomorrow - 2016
38 Sugar Blue - Dirty Old Man - 2019
39 Howlin' Sun - Maxime - 2023
40 Olav & the Blues Cruise - You Left Me - 2022
41 Fernando Noronha & Black Soul - I Waited On - 2010
42 Bintangs - La Femme Sans Tete - 2002
43 The Smokestackers - Out of The Dark - 2023
44 Fortune Child - Don't Shoot Me Down - 2022
45 RICK DERRINGER, TIM BOGERT, CARMINE APPICE - Blood From A Stone - 2009
46 Floyd Lee - Can't You See - 2009
47 Eric Gales - Death of Me - 2022
48 GeminiiDragon - Blacktop Good Man - 2022
49 Mister Bolin's Late Night Revival - Meaning Of Love (Jeff Pilson) - 2010
50 Jack J Hutchinson - Call Of The Wild - 2022
51 Rory Kelly's Triple Threat - Get Me Back To You - 2010
52 James Solberg - Secondhand Smoke - 2004
53 Goodbye June - Breathe And Attack - 2022
54 John 'Lonely Stranger Pihel - Just Drink - 2015
55 Patrick McLaughlin - Bar Room Dream - 2022
56 Misty Blues & Big Llou Johnson - How The Blues Feels - 2022
57 Great White - Give It Up - 2017
58 Katie Henry - Bury You - 2022
59 Bon Jovi - Who Would You Die For - 2015
60 The Karma Effect - Doubt She's Coming Back - 2022
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Toxic Blues Vol.2
(Sep 14, 2026 - Oct 14, 2026)
01 The Chainsaw Blues Cowboys - The Storm Is Coming - 2020
02 David Brewer - Bad Habits - 2007
03 Thieving Birds - Graveyard Love - 2013
04 Mark Lanegan - Way To Tomorrow - 2015
05 The Andy Taylor Group - Cruel Cruel Woman - 2019
06 King Of The World - Howling Dog - 2016
07 Wily Bo Walker - Loan Me A Dime - 2018
08 All Them Witches - The Marriage of Coyote Woman - 2016
09 Poison Whiskey - Walk Away - 2017
10 Chris Rea - Restless Soul - 2004
11 Raging Grace - Nineveh - 2019
12 Fuel Junkie - Push Me Away - 2019
13 Delta Blues Band - Bad News - 2013
14 Walter Trout & The Radicals - Gotta Leave This Town - 2001
15 Izzy The Cat - Magnolia - 2019
16 Mr Hardearly - Dirty Mind - 2013
17 Sean Wright - Halloween ‘69 - 2019
18 George Foster - The Fields Of Aberdare - 2018
19 David Gogo - This Is A Man's Word - 2000
20 Fantastic Negrito - Plastic Hambugers - 2018
21 Voodoo Logic - Breathing Underground - 2019
22 Losekes Blues Gang - That Kind Of Feeling - 2015
23 Kris Pohlmann - Revelation - 2018
24 Dave Hoffheimer Band (US) - Hidden Track - 2010
25 The Howlin Volts - Straw Man - 2015
26 Jon Amor Blues Group - When the Time Comes - 2012
27 Sara Robinson Band - Sledgehammer - 2017
28 Paul Shortino - Same Thing - 1999
29 The Nobby Reed Project - Cure For The Blues - 2001
30 Chris Hicks - Blues Got Me Down - 1998
31 Electric Blue - Boulevard Station - 2018
32 Innes Sibun - Obsession - 2017
33 Wily Bo Walker - Storm Warning - 2016
34 Innes Sibun - Double Trouble - 2013
35 Todd Wolfe - Black Night - 2002
36 Ghosts of Dixie - Vishuddha - 2019
37 Big Gilson - Sentenced to Living - 2010
38 The Howlin Volts - Deep Dark Hole - 2015
39 Flo Bauer Blues Project - Angie (Ft Michel Yves Kochmann) - 2017
40 Don Griffin - Peter Gun Medley - 2000
41 The Howlin Volts - Same Thing - 2015
42 The Max Tribe - Mr. Rainjacket Man - 2017
43 Mick Simpson - Find Another You (ft Malaya) - 2012
44 Jochen Volpert - Dreamcatcher - 2017
45 Dave Plaehn - Cold Front - 2019
46 Jeff Fetterman - I Don't Want To - 2020
47 Void Commander - Game of Mushrooms - 2018
48 Blues Cousins - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - 2002
49 The Almost Three - Black & Blue - 2017
50 Brandon Miller Band - Do You Know - 2011
51 Barry Darnell - Tore My Heart - 2014
52 Layla Zoe - Backstage Queen - 2016
53 Gregg Wright - Brick by Brick - 2009
54 Big Gilson - Take Me To The River - 2010
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