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1 day ago · Following Jones’ departure in June 1969, John Mayall recommended one of his Bluesbreakers, Mick Taylor, as a replacement. As far as the 20-year-old prodigy knew at the time, his first meeting with The Stones was for session work. Little did he know, it was an audition of sorts.
1 day ago · One night at Winterland, Jimi Hendrix was top of the bill, John Mayall and myself and the Bluesbreakers opened the show, and Albert King was in the middle. It was incredible, especially when you ...
4 days ago · The song opens with Rocky’s slide guitar as Watson’s vocals follow in an ongoing exchange between guitar and vocals until it all culminates into a driving rhythm that drones into oblivion. While the band was in the process of recording Livin’ My Best Life Jeff Beck passed away. Rocky wanted to do a tribute song to Beck the guitar ...
3 days ago · Although bands that followed this generation—John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac, for example—called themselves blues bands, rhythm and blues remained the rubric for the Animals, Them, the Pretty Things, and others. Today a band that advertises itself as rhythm and blues is almost certainly following in this tradition rather ...
- Ed Ward
5 days ago · John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, live in the UK and Germany. The legendary John Mayall's various bands were a revolving door of musical greats. This superb new collection gathers performances by three separate outfits, featuring outstanding performances by Eric Clapton, John McVie, Mick Taylor, and others. Originally performed live for radio ...
For me it was Feeling Good, written and sung by Nina Simone in 1965. Up to then it had been pop, early hard rock and folk. She opened me up to so...
4 days ago · Andy Swapp These pages are where since 2006 I come to have some fun and share some musical references and relieve the stresses of daily life after my early retirement from an eclectic work life; for over twenty years in the art world and book trade and after a re-think in later life a twenty+ year career in counselling & psychotherapy working with a specialism in drug addiction and winding up ...
