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	John Mayall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Mayall, OBE, (born 29 November 1933) is a pioneering British blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
		He was the founder of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and has been influential in the careers of many instrumentalists, including Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Peter Green, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Don Harris, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor, Aynsley Dunbar, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser, Johnny Almond and Jon Mark.
		Mayall was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, the son of Murray Mayall, a guitarist and jazz enthusiast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Mayall (343 words)

	John Mayall, Blues Musician from Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK - 1933.
		With John on keyboards, harmonica, guitar and vocals, a rhythem section of McVie and Flint, and Eric Clapton as the undoubted star of the show, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers entered what was to be the classic phase of its history.
		John Mayall has seen and done it all; he has played with the best musicians in the world and weather through good time and bad, he has never stopped working.
		John heard a guitar player on record who he very much wanted in his band, and, come April 1965, it was goodbye Roger, hello Eric Clapton, the former lead guitarist with the Yardbirds, joins the Bluesbreakers.
	www.john-meekings.co.uk /jmayall.html (2106 words)

	[Slowhand] Review - John Mayall, "70th Birthday Concert"
		John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers And Friends, "70th Birthday Concert," -- with Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Chris Barber, and a horn section led by former Bluesbreaker Henry Lowther -- will be released as a double CD on Tuesday, 18 November here in the US.
		And last but not least, is John Mayall, who will reach the age of 70 on 29 November, celebrating his birthday 4 months and 10 days early this year, as indicated by the album's title.
		On this album, Mayall performs a recent composition called "Kids Got The Blues." The song indicates that John Mayall's crusade has not been in vain.
	six.pairlist.net /pipermail/slowhand/2003/000213.html (809 words)

	John Mayall
		John Mayall is known among his peers as a living legend, and the Father of British Blues.
		Mayall finds time with this new record to reminisce about the past, and remember what it means to him.
		Even with 63 years behind him, Mayall still plays the blues with all the energy and enthusiasm he did back when the Bluesbreakers were filling up clubs like Klooks Kleek and the Flamingo in the mid-'60s.
	www.penduluminc.com /MM/articles/mayall.html (1151 words)

	John Mayall
		John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - CD The quintessential British Blues album.
		Mayall had heard Eric Clapton on a Yardbirds single and was so impressed with the young guitar player that he invited him to join the Blues Breakers, Clapton's impact was immediate and profound.
		Mayall's own contribution "Little Girl" is one of the best, and his opening harp solo on "Another Man" is impressive.
	www.anycities.com /godders/john_mayall.html (279 words)

	DIG Internet Radio - Interview: John Mayall
		British blues great John Mayall, who will be in Australia as one of the headliners of the Melbourne International Music & Blues Festival, is well aware that a substantial part of his reputation is based not on his own recordings but on the musicians who have passed through his band.
		While Mayall's career stalled in the 70's, it was rejuvenated in the 80's with a Bluesbreakers reunion, albums on major labels and a determination by the blues man to continue to record and tour.
		Mayall's best-known song in Australia remains Room To Move, taken from the 1970 album The Turning Point, which was the theme for a much-loved ABC radio program in the 70's.
	www.abc.net.au /dig/stories/s774976.htm (761 words)

	MetroActive Music John Mayall
		JOHN MAYALL was born in 1933, in the small town of Macclesfield, England, and grew up amid the turmoil of World War II.
		The sole Mayall reference in the Stone piece is the inclusion of the classic 1966 record Bluesbreakers--John Mayall with Eric Clapton, the album that launched Clapton's career yet was great mainly because of Mayall's magnificently soulful feel for the medium and his sly, non- conformist style of blues songwriting.
		Case in point: John Mayall--the revered blues innovator and legendary progenitor of the white-boy British blues--whose band, the Bluesbreakers, has at one time or another contained such names as Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, John McVie, Coco Montoya, and Eric Clapton.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/05.21.98/mayall-9820.html (949 words)

	John Mayall & Friends - Along For The Ride - Audio Fidelity - SACD
		John Mayall and Friends starts off with a “A World of Hurt”, a kick off tune that expresses the blues rock style that belongs to Mayall.
		A good place to start is the Audio Fidelity SACD re-issue of Eagle Rock’s Along for the Ride, a collection of hot John Mayall recordings with many of his past recording cohorts recorded recently.
		At 70, Mayall is, respectfully, one of the elder statesmen in the history of rock.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/MayallJohnAlongForTheRideSACD.html (997 words)

	John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE, that included such luminaries as:
		In 2003, John Mayall celebrated at his 70th Birthday Concert.
		John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton album cover
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Mayall_&_the_Bluesbreakers (483 words)

	DVD.net : John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Friends - 70th Birthday Concert - DVD Review
		John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers are blues legends that have been the cornerstone of British blues since the '60s.
		Led by singer/songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist/mouth organist John Mayall, the band have recorded countless albums and played innumerable live shows, with an ever evolving line-up that has included such legends as Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Peter Green, Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor, amongst others.
		Mayall also looks bloody good for 70 years of age, especially when you consider the life of most bluesmen and rock and rollers; after all, many fail to reach half that age.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=3674 (1047 words)

	John Mayall MP3 Downloads - John Mayall Music Downloads - John Mayall Music Videos
		Mayall, too, had the reputation of being a difficult and demanding employer, willing to give musicians their walking papers as his music evolved, although he also imparted invaluable schooling to them while the associations lasted.
		Mayall turned quickly to Peter Green, who managed the difficult feat of stepping into Clapton's shoes and gaining respect as a player of roughly equal imagination and virtuosity, although his style was quite distinctly his own.
		Mayall's output has caught some flak from critics for paling next to the real African-American deal, but much of his vintage work -- if weeded out selectively -- is quite strong; especially his legendary 1966 LP with Eric Clapton, which both launched Clapton into stardom and kick-started the blues boom into full gear in England.
	www.mp3.com /john-mayall/artists/4159/biography.html (1306 words)

	SLIPKID'S Concert Photos - John Mayall
		John Mayall has been soldiering along playing his own brand of "british" blues for what seems like forever now, surrounding himself over the years with a multitude of monster musicians (Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jack Bruce, etc).
		This show was billed as something like "John Mayall and the ORIGINAL Bluesbreakers", which of course was completely incorrect.
		Ironically, Mick used to be the guitar player in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before he joined the Rolling Stones.
	www.webserves.com /slipkid/p-johnmayall.html (282 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers [1987]: DVD
		John Mayall is acknowledged as the father of British blues, having baptized a whole generation of white, British musicians and an audience who might otherwise have never discovered the blues.
		As far as I am concerned this is the best guitar combo John Mayall has ever had in his band.
		I have no problem with the John Mayall concert from 1984.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000Z0I1G (552 words)

	John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
		The son of a keen amateur dance band musician, John Mayall put his first group, The Powerhouse Four, together while he was still at art school, studying to become a commercial artist.
		Throughout their career the musicians themselves may have changed frequently but Mayall remained unconcerned about the commercial pressures of the day and stuck to a "back to the roots" policy of playing the blues.
		Mayall moved south and formed the Bluesbreakers in 1963.
	www.geocities.com /fabgear6366/mayall.htm (425 words)

	John Mayall
		John Mayall arrived with 3 excellent musicians, a bass player, drummer, and guitarist.
		Since John was the last to arrive, we did a sound check with each musician one at a time.
		John ran his keyboards into our Roland JC-120 guitar amp, as well as 2 direct boxes (one for the module, one for the Kurzweil).
	www.fishnose.com /jmayall.htm (322 words)

	The History of Rock Music. John Mayall: biography, discography, reviews, links
		A spectacular harmonica-player and a terrific conductor of ensembles, John Mayall was for several years the main reference point for the British blues scene.
		Mayall named his next album for the concept he was pursuing: Jazz-Blues Fusion (Polydor, 1972) but his vision was perhaps too ambitious for his composing limits, although the record does provide some suggestive hints for others to follow.
		Mayall has created more music than any other bluesman and is the only musician who has tried, albeit irregularly, and managed fusion with both rock and jazz.
	www.scaruffi.com /vol1/mayall.html (1918 words)

	HPR1.com / Cover Story
		John Mayall is perhaps the most well-known blues artist on the line-up this year.
		Mayall's discography is staggering in its size and the wealth of its chronicle of blues songs and musicians.
		This year, Mayall has two DVDs, "Cookin' Down Under" and "Godfather/Turning Point," and a new CD called "The Turning Point Sound Track." Though Mayall is the father of six and grandfather of six more, he is truly the godfather of the blues.
	www.hpr1.com /archives/aug1904/coverstory.htm (883 words)

	John Mayall
		Mayall, who remembers "Bugle Call" by the Mills Brothers as the first record he heard, was quite influenced by his father's record collection, which exposed him to such revered performers as Django Reinhardt, Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Armstrong, and Charlie Christian.
		The first one, a "warts and all" documentary, features commentary from Mayall, former and current members of the Bluesbreakers (the band he formed in 1963), and family members, plus rare archival footage from the late 60s.
		Mayall explained that one of his longtime goals had finally reached fruition.
	www.dirtynelson.com /linen/115/115mayall.html (357 words)

	John J. J. E. Mayall
		John Jabez Edwin Mayall was born in 1813, near Oldham in Lancashire, England.
		This portrait of John J E Mayall was made in Philadelphia,where Mayall established a daguerreotype portrait studio in the 1840s.
		Turner visited Mayall's premises regularly from 1847 to 1849, yet only at the end of their acquaintance did Mayall realise that the elderly man who took an interest in his work was the great landscape painter.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /DSmayall.htm (3830 words)

	Amazon.com: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - 70th Birthday Concert: DVD: John Mayall,Eric Clapton,Chris Barber
		John Mayall's vocals in is old age have improved (that is always controversial- I don't think him a really horrible singer).
		Mayall, a capable if not exactly stellar singer and multi-instrumentalist, is best known for the many fine players who passed through his band over the years, and Eric Clapton, the most renowned of the lot, is on hand here, as is former Mayall/Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor.
		John does a good job, but it is curious that with his lack of real talent on the harmonica he would do a tune about Little Walter as well as one of Little Walter's own songs.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000E6FOK?v=glance (2179 words)

	BBC - Music / Profiles - John Mayall
		John Mayall and Eric Clapton's Bluesbreakers album was groundbreaking when it was released in 1966.
		John Mayall talks about listening to music in the '50s (1969 interview)
		Mayall fought in Korea with the British Army for three years and didn't start playing Blues full time until he was 30.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/profiles/mayalljohn.shtml (380 words)

	John Mayall
		Mayall, in fact, shuns such celebrity oriented fare, subscribing instead to the simple pleasures he derives from writing and performing new material, as well as extending the blues tradition.
		Widely acknowledged as the father of British blues, Mayall remains its hardiest perennial, continuing to expand the boundaries and impact of the music he loves.
		Mayall composed the solemn "Double Life Feelings" during a Bluesbreakers soundcheck just prior to a recent performance in Sweden.
	www.catalystclub.com /bios/mayall_bio.html (1574 words)

	John Mayall
		John Mayall has devoted his life to spreading the gospel of the blues, but he knows his own limits.
		Mayall was never one to hold them back from seeking greater fame and fortune.
		For Mayall, part of that construction has gone toward "Blues For the Lost Days," his third recording for Silvertone Records.
	www.rocknet.com /mar97/john.html (1198 words)

	RockNet Concert Review: John Mayall
		My attention was drawn back to the stage when Mayall started waving his hands in a most unroyal fashion and shouting at the stage crew to "Put the spotlight on Buddy and keep it there!" Seeing Whittington in the bright light, I suddenly appreciated the subtle wisdom of his introduction.
		When all was said and done, two standing ovations from the sell-out crowd were as ample a testimonial as could have been provided on Mayall's ability to raise feelin' bad music to shivering, leg spinning in mid-air, ooo-dat's-nice heights.
		Catch Chubby on the next of his frequent small club stops in the area - but you really need to be as sweaty as he is, to properly appreciate the full Popa experience.
	www.rocknet.com /mar96/mayall.html (460 words)

	Amazon.com: John Mayall: Blues Breaker: Books: Richard Newman
		Mayall is introduced after about the first hundred pages and even then there is scant reference to any personal data about the man, his early influences and everything one would expect in a biography.
		Mayall also said he would be penning his autobiography so pass up this turkey and wait for the real McCoy.
		I suspected that the author never talked to Mayall and this was confirmed when I asked Mayall after one of his recent shows to sign the book.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1860741290?v=glance (435 words)

	John Jabez Edwin Mayall (Getty Museum)
		Mayall became renowned as a portraitist; within his first three years in England, he photographed Sir John Herschel, Sir David Brewster, and Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre.
		In April 1847 Mayall opened the American Daguerreotype Institution in London, explicitly naming it American because American daguerreotypes were known for greater clarity and polish and were of a larger size.
		In 1855 Mayall sold the American Daguerreotype Institution and began to mass produce cartes-de-visite, small, calling-card-size photographs that were inexpensive to make, easily exchanged, and extremely popular.
	www.getty.edu /art/collections/bio/a2058-1.html (203 words)

	John Mayall (Knights In Blue Denim)
		John Mayall is of course the Godfather of the U.K. blues scene.
		John Mayall's albums are probably listed in every Rock Dictionary available - I omit them here until I get a new rush of high energy.
		Mayall on stage a couple of times: sounding like a soul band at the (sadly missed) Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas ('77?) and much later playing de Brit blooze on the good ole' parking lot 'Heden' in central Gothenburg - with Carlos Montoya or Walter Trout on lead guitar.
	www.fridhammar.com /xjohnmaya.html (365 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Blues Legend John Mayall Is Named Officer of the Order of the British Empire
		John Mayall's legendary Bluesbreakers launched the careers of some of the greatest musicians of our time.
		Following in the footsteps of 2002's "Stories" (Eagle Records), John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers' "Road Dogs" continues down the familiar path that Mayall himself has paved during nearly 50 years in music.
		Mayall, also known as the father of the British Blues, has a new album with his band the Bluesbreakers, titled "Road Dogs," due from Eagle Records on Tuesday, June 14.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=88643 (486 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Blues from Laurel Canyon: Music
		Thoughno-one would seek out a John Mayall album for the authenticvocals--he barely sounds American, let alone black--his choices of both musicians and musical settings are always impeccable, and LAUREL CANYON delivers the goods on both counts.
		Mayall's first post-Bluesbreakers album saw the man returning to his roots after the jazz/blues fusion that was Bare Wires.
		Despite the cover pics of Mayall pretending to be a backwoodsman communing with nature and some crass lyrics the music hits the spot most of the time.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001F6W (1373 words)

	John Mayall -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon John Boyd Dunlop was born in Dreghorn, near Irvine.
		Always a popular performer, Mayall was nevertheless more celebrated for the musicians he attracted into his band, the Bluesbreakers.
		British blues band that evolved into the hugely popular Anglo-American pop-rock group whose 1977 album Rumours was one of the biggest-selling albums of all time.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9105713 (709 words)

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