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 ... resonant ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

‘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 ...