In the mid to late 1960s blues musicians hoping to appeal to a wider audience were starting to broaden the definition of their sound by incorporating elements of the more pop oriented funk, soul and R&B genres. Young, white, and predominately British, musicians had been mining blues back catalogues to churn out rock and roll hits since the the early part of the decade, with the result that the music's originators were far too often left out in the cold.

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