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Mayall recognised that the Bluesbreakers lacked a guitarist to channel the hard, lean, electrified attack of Chicago players such as Freddie King. And so, on 28 March 1965, he gathered his rhythm ...

John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A statement on ...

John Mayall, the newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose group the Blues Breakers helped nurture many British music legends including Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and several future members of ...

At age 89, John Mayall has clearly earned the right to boast about the fabled career that earned him his reputation as the father of British blues. The artists he nurtured under the tutelage of his ...

The godfather of British blues reflects on a career that has seen him give breaks to Eric Clapton and Peter Green, move into fusion, and stay on the road past 80 A few veteran blues musicians could ...

LONDON — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A ...

Perhaps it is just the cumulative effect of what this title represents as the third and last release in a series of similarly- designated editions, but a dramatic sense of history arises from mere ...

John Mayall, a British musician dubbed “The Godfather of British Blues” who played alongside legends like Eric Clapton and Mick Fleetwood, died Monday at the age of 90. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer ...

John Mayall is 80 years old and nearing the 60 year mark in a career that stretches back to 1956. His early bands contained a virtual "who's who" of musicians including Eric Clapton, Peter Green, John ...

John Mayall and his band the Bluesbreakers pioneered British blues rock, introducing it to a larger audience. They included musicians who went on to join legendary bands like Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and ...

During the course of his forty-year career, John Mayall has endured some fallow periods, but the British-born bluesman put himself into a creative stride when he renamed his band the Bluesbreakers ...