There, against the backdrop of the folk music revival of the early 1960s, they issued three well-received albums that demonstrated their mastery of the rock idiom as well as their deep roots in traditional mountain music.
Elsewhere, songs like "Can You Get to That" and "Hit It and Quit It" demonstrate Clinton's mastery of soul and rock as well as his insistence on using pop music as an instrument of social change.
And, from the start, playing its hit "Down by the Water," the band showed its mastery of a classic country-rock idiom, which Gram Parsons conjured, and the Byrds made popular, and Neil Young, Dylan, and the Band perfected, in the seventies.
She has an easy mastery of bebop, bossa nova, chanson and soft rock, to name four of the many styles in which she is comfortable.
His ability to synthesise an intoxicating mix of musical styles, from funk, soul, gospel and rock to jazz, hip-hop and psychedelia, made him unique in rock music history, helped by his mastery of studio and audio technology.
(Anderson Ben Howardd (Monday) This British singer-songwriter unmistakably influenced by floor-quaking, drawling late 1960s and '70s psychedelic rock, Mr. Howard has a sharp mastery of his dynamics, allowing his lengthy folk tales to unspool slyly while working to mammoth apex.
Progressive rock is a genre which requires mastery of one's instrument and a large amount of knowledge on song-writing regardless of the style.
Playing the guitar, fishing, golfing, rock-climbing, sculpting, and painting all demand mastery of stubborn tools that often fail to do what we want.
But the highly touted English band Temples is not merely influenced by the acid rock of yesteryear, it's consumed by it, and the group displayed its mastery of the aesthetic on its début album, "Sun Structures".
Mastery of material was secondary.
