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I hear ya, though I do understand the classification. In the second part of the 'eighties I played in bands the leaders of which thought they were bluesmen but really they were rockers. The real distinction to me is the beat. A lot of Anglo=American blues has a rock beat to it and not a blues shuffle or other beat. (I used to play shuffles and end up having to play a rock beat instead for the comfort of the band). The Mayall has a bluesier beat than otherwise and is very jazz and blues centered. I'd not call it rock, but if you do place it in a rock listing it's possible someone who was new to Clapton might stumble across it and might not otherwise. But I'm not sure who would be new to Clapton these days, his clout is pretty diminished. Though it might be something that someone who isn't that into the blues might buy if found in a rock listing.
But anyway, yeah, it belongs in blues.
I confess, I have never really seen why Bloomfield gets such praise, he really never did much for me in those days. But in those days I was very very much into the blues and jazz pioneers of the guitar, not the sixties' practitioners with the exception of Hendrix, who was my guitar god.
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