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Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody, accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, mellotron, and synthesizers. Other instruments sometimes utilized in rock include saxophone, harmonica, violin, flute, French horn, banjo, melodica, and timpani. Also, less common stringed instruments such as mandolin and sitar are used. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, and often revolves around the guitar, either solid electric, hollow electric, or acoustic.



Rock music has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll and rockabilly, which evolved from blues, country music and other influences. According to the All Music Guide, “In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk. All of these influences combined in a simple, blues-based song structure that was fast, danceable, and catchy.”

In the late 1960s, rock music was blended with to create , blues to create and with , to create fusion, and without a time signature to create . In the 1970s, rock incorporated influences from , , and music. Also in the 1970s, rock developed a number of subgenres, such as soft rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock. Rock subgenres that emerged in the 1980s included synthpop, hardcore punk and alternative rock. In the 1990s, rock subgenres included grunge, Britpop, indie rock, and nu metal.
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August 2008
Today (Wednesday 27 August 2008)
Dave Matthews Band

Robert Earl Keen

USANA Amphitheatre
West Valley City, United States

7 people attending
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Friday 29 August 2008
Dave Matthews Band

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Gorge Amphitheatre
George, United States

12 people attending
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Saturday 30 August 2008
Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary Celebration featuring Bruce Springsteen at Roadhouse at the Lakefront

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen, Alejandro Escovedo

Roadhouse at the Lakefront
Milwaukee, United States

10 people attending
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Dave Matthews Band

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Gorge Amphitheatre
George, United States

8 people attending
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Sunday 31 August 2008
Dave Matthews Band

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Gorge Amphitheatre
George, United States

5 people attending
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September 2008
Friday 5 September 2008
Dave Matthews Band

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Greek Theatre - U.C. Berkeley
San Francisco, United States

16 people attending
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