The Groove

The greatest blues rock artists of all time

107 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Led Zeppelin

United Kingdom · 1968–1980 · rock

37.315

Why this number?

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Australia · 1983– · alternative rock 4.924

Lynyrd Skynyrd

United States of America · 1964– · southern rock 4.908

Clutch

United States of America · 1990– · hard rock 4.877

28 Jack White

United States of America · 1975– · blues rock 4.523

The Beatles

United Kingdom · 1960–1970 · rock 4.165

Deep Purple

United Kingdom · 1968– · hard rock 3.529

31 Bad Company

United Kingdom · 1973–2023 · rock 3.519

Fleetwood Mac

United Kingdom · 1967–2022 · rock 3.133

33 Derek and the Dominos

United States of America · 1970–1971 · rock 3.049

Whitesnake

United Kingdom · 1978–2022 · hard rock 2.697

35 B.B. King

United States of America · 1925–2015 · blues 2.674

36 Gary Moore

United Kingdom · 1952–2011 · blues rock 2.660

37 J.J. Cale

United States of America · 1938–2013 · blues rock 2.488

Ireland · 1976– · rock 2.430

39 Greta Van Fleet

United States of America · 2012– · rock 2.370

40 Blind Faith

United Kingdom · 1968–1969 · blues rock 2.123

41 John Mayer

United States of America · 1977– · rock 1.915

42 Black Country Communion

United States of America · 2009– · hard rock 1.680

43 Bonnie Raitt

United States of America · 1949– · blues rock 1.500

The Mothers of Invention

United States of America · 1964–1975 · rock 1.397

45 4 Non Blondes

United States of America · 1989– · alternative rock 1.365

The Who

United Kingdom · 1964– · rock 1.341

47 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

United Kingdom · 1963–2008 · blues 1.333

48 The Raconteurs

United States of America · 2005– · alternative rock 1.313