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John Mayall, known as the Godfather of British Blues, has died. He was 90. "It is with heavy hearts that we bear the news that John Mayall passed away peacefully in his California home yesterday ...
LONDON (AP) — 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.
British Blues pioneer John Mayall has died at the age of 90. He is shown here performing with his band, The Bluesbreakers, in Munich, West Germany on June 5, 1969.
Musician John Mayall, often referred to the “godfather of the British blues,” whose bands of the late ’60s and early ‘70s featured some of the most notable rock instrumentalists of the era ...
John Mayall, who died this week at 90, was a blues mentor to the likes of Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce of Cream, Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones and many more.
As Mayall and other proselytizers brought the work of Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and Elmore James to ravenous young audiences on the other side of the Atlantic, those blues legends ...
John Mayall, the famed “Godfather of British blues” and a pivotal musical catalyst for at least seven Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, was not yet 34 when he released his fifth album, “A ...
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.
John Mayall's regular flow of product over the last few years, including new albums like Stories and reissues such as the expanded Back to the Roots , bodes well for his fans and those likeminded ...