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.

‘Rock And Roll’ was a track from Led Zeppelin IV released in 1971. The whole track is built on a 12-bar blues progression and is one of their most popular tracks. Gallagher didn’t offer any comment on ...

No matter how he did it, the loping 12-bar blues of ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ comes in like a mournful SOS Morse signal and deserves its place among the great guitar tracks of its day. Michael Mann may not ...