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ALBUMLive in 1967 Volume 3 (feat. John Mayall, Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood & John McVie)John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Albums by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMCrusade (Remastered)John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMDiary of a Band, Vol. 1 & 2 (Remastered)John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMA Hard Road (Remastered)John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMStoriesJohn Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMSpinning CoinJohn Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMBlues From Laurel Canyon (Remastered)John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMBlues Breakers with Eric ClaptonJohn Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
ALBUMBlues Breakers with Eric Clapton (Deluxe Edition)John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
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Artist Biography
Throughout the '60s, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers acted as a finishing school for the leading British blues-rock musicians of the era. Guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor joined his band in a remarkable succession in the mid-'60s, honing their chops with Mayall before going on to join Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and the Rolling Stones, respectively. John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser (of Free), John Almond, and Jon Mark also played and recorded with the band for varying lengths of times in the '60s.
Mayall's personnel tended to overshadow his own considerable abilities. Only an adequate singer, the multi-instrumentalist was adept in bringing out the best in his younger charges (Mayall himself was in his thirties by the time the Bluesbreakers began to make a name for themselves). Doing his best to provide a context in which they could play Chicago-style electric blues, Mayall was never complacent, writing most of his own material, revamping his lineup with unnerving regularity, and constantly experimenting within his basic blues format. ~ Richie Unterberger
Hometown
England
Genre
Blues