John Mayall
Background information
Birth name	John Mayall
Born	November 29, 1933 (1933-11-29) (age 73)
Origin	Macclesfield, England
Genre(s)	Blues-rock Harmonica blues British blues Electric blues Blues revival
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar Keyboards Harmonica
Years active	1956 - present
Associated acts	John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Canned Heat Cream Fleetwood Mac Keef Hartley Band Mark-Almond
Website	http://www.johnmayall.com

For the photographer, see John Jabez Edwin Mayall.

John Mayall, OBE (born November 29, 1933) is a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical career spans over fifty years but the most notable episode in it occurred during the late '60s. He was the founder of John Mayall & 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, Jon Hiseman, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Johnny Almond, and Jon Mark. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Macclesfield Town Hall St. ... 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Mick Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is an English musician best known for his role as the drummer with the rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. ... Michael Mick Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English musician best known as the former lead and rhythm guitarist for The Rolling Stones. ... Canned Heat was a blues-rock band in the 1960s. ... Larry The Mole Taylor (June 6th 1942 -) Larry Taylor is an American Bass Guitarist best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. ... Prolific English drummer Aynsley Dunbar (born on January 10, 1946, in Liverpool, England) has worked with some of the top names in rock and roll, including John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, and Sammy Hagar. ... Dick Heckstall-Smith (September 16, 1934 – December 17, 2004) was a British jazz and blues saxophonist. ... 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Biography

Mayall was the son of Murray Mayall, a guitarist and jazz music enthusiast. From an early age, he was drawn to the sounds of American blues players such as Leadbelly, Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith, and Eddie Lang, and taught himself to play the piano, guitars, and harmonica. Mayall served three years of national service in Korea and, during a period of leave, he bought his first electric guitar. Back in Manchester he enrolled at Manchester College of Art, now part of Manchester Metropolitan University, and started playing with semi-professional bands. After graduation he obtained a job as an art designer but continued to play with local musicians. In 1963 he opted for a full time musical career and moved to London. His previous craft was put to good use in the designing of covers for many of his own albums. John Mayall married twice and has already six grand-children. Mrs Maggie Mayall is an American blues performer and since the early 1980's takes an active part in the management of her husband's career. In 2005 Mayall was awarded an OBE in the Honours List. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a sporting club, person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... Leadbelly, also known as Lead Belly (born Huddie William Ledbetter; January 20, 1889 (although this is debatable) - December 6, 1949), was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. ... Albert Ammons (1907-1949) was a rapist on the run ! !!!!Is he really a rapist? Prove it please!!!!!!! ?!?!Is this info had been vandalised?!?! Ammons formed his own band in 1934, and in 1938 performed in the From Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall, which among other achievements launched... Clarence Smith, better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith (11 June 1904 - 15 March 1929) was an influential boogie-woogie style jazz pianist. ... Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was a jazz guitarist, considered by many the finest of his era. ... National service is a common name for compulsory or voluntary military service programs. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is based in Manchester, England. ...

The Early Years

In 1956, with college fellow Peter Ward, Mayall had formed the Powerhouse Four which consisted of both men plus other local musicians with whom they played at local dances. In 1962, Mayall became a member of the Blues Syndicate. The band was led by trumpeter John Rowlands and included drummer Hughie Flint who Mayall already knew. It was Alexis Korner, another blues enthusiast, who persuaded Mayall to opt for a full time musical career and move to London. There, Korner introduced him to many other musicians and helped them to find gigs. In late 1963, with his band, which was now called the Bluesbreakers, Mayall started playing at the Marquee Club. The lineup was Mayall, Ward, John McVie on bass and guitarist Bernie Watson, formerly of Cyril Davies and the R&B All-Stars. The next spring Mayall obtained his first recording date with producer Ian Samwell. The band, with Martin Hart at the drums, recorded two tracks: "Crawling Up a Hill" and "Mr. James." Shortly after, Hughie Flint replaced Hart, and Roger Dean took the guitar from Bernie Watson. This lineup backed John Lee Hooker on his British tour in 1964. Hughie Flint (b. ... Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, South London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... The Marquee is a legendary music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts. ... John Graham McVie (born November 26, 1945) is best known as the bass guitarist in the rock group Fleetwood Mac. ... Cyril Davies All-Stars:L-R: Nicky Hopkins, Cyril Davies, Carlo Little, Rick Brown, Bernie Watson Cyril Davies (1932 - January 7, 1964) was a British harmonica player and blues musician. ... Ian Ralph Samwell (born in Lambeth, South London, January 19, 1937, died March 13, 2003, in Sacramento, California, USA) was an english musician, songwriter and producer. ... Freyjas Castle, 1987 Roger Dean (born August 31, 1944, in Ashford, Kent) is a contemporary English artist best known for his work on album covers, which he began painting in the late 1960s. ... John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. ...

Mayall was offered a recording contract and on December 7, 1964 a live performance of the band was recorded at the Kleek's Klook. A single, "Crocodile Walk", was recorded later in studio and released along with the album but both failed to achieve any success and the contract was terminated.

In April 1965 former Yardbirds guitarist Eric Clapton replaced Roger Dean and John Mayall's career entered its decisive phase. Yardbirds album cover The Yardbirds were an early British rock band, noted for spawning the careers of several of rock musics most famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ... Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning British guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ...

The Late Sixties

The Bluesbreakers with their new guitar player started to attract considerable attention. However Clapton departed without notice and had to be replaced urgently. John Weider, John Slaughter and Geoff Krivit attempted to fill in but finally Peter Green took the charge. John MacVie was dismissed and during the next six months Jack Bruce, from Graham Bond Organization, held the bass. In November Clapton came back and Green departed. Sometime later in the month, the band entered the studio to record a single, "Sitting on Top of the World." Also, a live date recorded at the Flamingo provided tracks that appeared later on the 1969 compilation Looking Back and the 1977 album Primal Solos. Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, October 29, 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a British blues-rock guitarist and founding member of the band Fleetwood Mac. ... John Symon Asher Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish-born musician, composer and singer. ... Graham John Clifton Bond (28 October 1937 in Romford, Essex, England – 8 May 1974 at Finsbury Park station, Finsbury Park, North London, England) was an English musician, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s. ...

In April 1966, the Bluesbreakers returned to (Decca) Studios to record a second LP with producer Mike Vernon. The sessions with horn arrangements for some tracks (John Almond on baritone sax, Alan Skidmore on tenor sax and Dennis Healey on trumpet) lasted just three days. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was released in the U.K. on July 22, 1966. Today the album has gained the status of a classic, but it was also Mayall's commercial breakthrough, rising to #6 on the chart. In the mean time Clapton announced the formation of Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Michael Mike Vernon (born 24 February 1963 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player. ... Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton is a 1966 Electric Blues album by John Mayalls Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton as lead guitarist. ... Cream were a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... John Symon Asher Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish-born musician, composer and singer. ... Peter Edward Ginger Baker (born August 19, 1939, Lewisham, South London) is an English drummer and singer who gained fame as a member of the Graham Bond Organisation (GBO) and Cream from 1966 until 1968. ...

Mayall had to replace him and persuaded Peter Green to come back. During the following year with Peter Green on guitar and various other sidemen some 40 tracks were recorded. The album A Hard Road was released in February 1967. Today its expanded versions include most of this material and the album itself also stands as a classic. Peter Green gave notice and soon started his own project Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac which was to include the three former Bluesbreakers. A Hard Road is a 1967 Electric Blues album recorded by John Mayalls Bluesbreakers featuring Peter Green on lead guitar. ... This article is about the band. ...

Mayall's first choice to replace Green was 16-year-old David O'List, guitarist from The Attack. However O'List declined and went to form Nice with organist Keith Emerson. Mayall found two other guitarists for the Bluesbreakers, Terry Edmonds and 19-year-old Mick Taylor. David OList is a rock guitarist. ... The Attack is a band formed in 1966 around singer Richard Shirman (born April 26, 1949 in London). ... Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson, Brian Davison, Davy OList, circa 1967-68. ... Keith Noel Emerson (born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, Yorkshire) is a British keyboard player and composer. ... Michael Mick Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English musician best known as the former lead and rhythm guitarist for The Rolling Stones. ...

In a single day of May 1967 Mayall alone had put together in a studio an album which was released in november with the apt title "The Blues Alone". Only former Artwoods drummer Keef Hartley appears on half of the tracks which showcase Mayall's ability as multi-instrumentalist. The Artwoods were formed in 1963, and over the next two years became an extremely popular live attraction, rivaling groups such as the Animals, although, despite releasing a clutch of singles and an album, their record sales never reflected this popularity. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

A six-piece lineup (consisting of Mick Taylor on lead guitar, John McVie on bass, Hughie Flint or Keef Harley on drums, Rip Kant and Chris Mercer on saxes), recorded the album Crusade on July 11 and 12, 1967. These Bluesbreakers spent most of the year touring and Mayall taped the shows on a portable recorder. At the end of the tour he had over sixty hours of tapes which he edited into an album in two volumes: Diary of a Band, Vols. 1 & 2, released in February 1968. Meanwhile a few lineup changes had occurred: McVie had departed and was replaced by Paul Williams who quit to join Alan Price and was replaced by Keith Tillman; Dick Heckstall-Smith had taken the sax. Crusade is a 1967 Electric Blues album recorded by John Mayalls Bluesbreakers featuring Mick Taylor on lead guitar. ... Alan Price (born April 19, 1941 in Fairfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear, England) is a musician, songwriter, and actor. ... Dick Heckstall-Smith (September 16, 1934 – December 17, 2004) was a British jazz and blues saxophonist. ...

Following a U.S. tour, more lineup changes occurred as Mayall replaced Tillman by 15-year-old Andy Fraser, who left within six weeks to join Free and Tony Reeves, previously a member of the New Jazz Orchestra, replaced him. Hartley also left to form his own band, the Keef Hartley Band, and was replaced by New Jazz Orchestra drummer Jon Hiseman, who had also played with the Graham Bond Organization. Henry Lowther who played violin and cornet joined in February of 1968. Two months alter the Bluesbreakers recorded "Bare Wires", co-produced by Mayall and Mike Vernon. Next Hiseman, Reeves and Heckstall-Smith moved on to form Colosseum; the new lineup retained Mick Taylor and added drummer Colin Allen, formerly of Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Dantalian's Chariot and Georgie Fame, and a young bassist Stephen Thompson. In August 1968, the new quartet recorded Blues from Laurel Canyon. Andy Fraser (born on 7 August 1952, in London) is an English musician, best known for his songwriting and bass playing with Free. ... Free was a British R&B-style rock band which formed in London in 1968 best known for their popular song All Right Now. Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become lead singer of the rock band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums, while lead guitarist Paul... Phillip John Jon Hiseman (born June 21, 1944 in Blackheath, London) is an English drummer who played with Graham Bond and also was in the seminal UK unit Colosseum. ... The Colosseum by night: exterior view of the best-preserved section. ... Zoot Money is a pianist, organist, and actor, born George Bruno Money on 17th June 1942, who appeared (playing a promotions man) in the film Breaking Glass with Hazel OConnor. ... Georgie Fame is a British R&B singer whose real name is Clive Powell. ... Blues from Laurel Canyon is a 1968 album by John Mayall, featuring British blues music. ...

After nearly two years with Mayall Taylor left and joined officially the Rolling Stones on June 13, 1969. Allen then left for Stone the Crows, leaving as the only holdover bassist Thompson (who would also eventually join Stone the Crows). Mayall recruited acoustic finger-style guitarist Jon Mark and flautist/saxophonist John Almond. Mark was best known as Marianne Faithfull's accompanist for three years and for having been a member of the band Sweet Thursday (which included Nicky Hopkins); Almond had played with Zoot Money and Alan Price. The new band was markedly different from previous Mayall projects. A performance at the Fillmore East provided the tracks for the live album The Turning Point. A studio album Empty rooms was recorded with the same personnel and Mayall continued the experiment of formations without drummers on two more albums. On USA Union a violin replaced the wind instruments and on "Memories" the band was stripped down to a trio. This article is about the rock band. ... Stone The Crows!, shouted legendary manager Peter Grant, when he first heard this splendid young Scottish band roaring into action. ... Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ... Nicholas Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 in Ealing, West London – September 6, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA) was an English musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ... Alan Price (born April 19, 1941 in Fairfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear, England) is a musician, songwriter, and actor. ... Fillmore East was promoter Bill Grahams rock palace in the East Village area of New York City. ... The Turning Point is a live album by John Mayall, featuring British blues music recorded at a concert at Bill Grahams Fillmore East on 12 July 1969. ... USA Union is a 1970 album by british bluesman John Mayall, featuring Harvey Mandel on guitar, Larry Taylor on bass and Don Sugarcane Harris on violin. ...

In November 1970 Mayall launched an recording project involving most of the notable musicians with whom he had played during the last few years. The double album "Back to the roots" features Clapton, M. Taylor, Mandel and McGee on guitar, Thompson and L. Taylor on bass, Keef Heartley and Paul Lagos on drums. "Back to the roots" did not promote new names and "USA Union" and "Memories" were recorded with American musicians: Mayall had exhausted his catalytic role on the British blues-rock scene. The list of musicians who had benefited from association with him remains impressive.

Thru the seventies and beyond

At the start of the seventies Mayall had relocated in the USA where he spent most of the next 15 years, recording with local musicians for various labels.

The Return of The Bluesbreakers

In 1982 Mayall was reunited with M. Taylor, John McVie and Colin Allen, three musicians of his sixties lineups, for a brief tour from which a live album would emerge a decade later. In 1984 Mayall restore the name Bluesbreakers for a lineup comprising the two lead guitars of Walter Trout and Coco Montoya, bassist Bobby Haynes and drummer Joe Yuele. The mythic name did perhaps something to enhance the interest in a band which by all standards was already remarkable. A successful world tour and live recordings achieved the rest. In the early 1990s most of the excitement was already spent and Buddy Whittington became the sole lead guitarist in a formation which included then organist Tom Canning. Mayall's 70th birthday was the occasion for a get together concert with some previous sidemen, including Clapton, Taylor and a few other well known names. Walter Trout (born 1951 in Ocean City, New Jersey) is a blues guitarist and front man of Walter Trout and the Radicals. ... Coco Montoya (b. ...

Trivia

In 2005, Mayall was awarded an OBE in the Honours List. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ...

Discography

Original John Mayall Albums

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Unofficial, Limited editions & Bootlegs

• 1990 Crocodile Walk
• 1984 Blues Alive (RCA/Columbia)
• 199? Bulldogs For Sale (bootleg)
• 199? Beano's Boys (bootleg)
• 1999 Mayapollis Blues (bootleg)
• 1999 Horny Blues The first 5 years
• 2000 Time Capsule (Private Stash) Limited release (J.Mayall's private archive 57-62)
• 2001 UK Tour 2K (Private Stash) Limited release
• 2001 Boogie Woogie Man (Private Stash) Limited release
• 2003 No Days Off (Private Stash) Limited release

DVD

• 2003 70th Birthday Concert (Eagle) live '03 CD & DVD
• 2004 Live at Iowa State University DVD live'87
• 2004 Cookin' Down Under DVD (Private Stash) Limited release
• 2004 The Godfather of British Blues/Turning Point DVD (Eagle)
• 2005 Rolling with the Blues (Recall) live'72-82 2CD+DVD
• 2007 Live at the Bottom Line, New York 1992

John Mayall's Sidemen

A comprehensive list of musicians who have recorded and/or toured with John Mayall.

Paul Butterfield with John Mayall, 1967

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• Guitar: Eric Clapton, Roger Dean, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Harvey Mandel, Jerry McGee, James Quill Smith, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Randy Resnick, Sonny Landreth, Buddy Whittington, Eric Stekel, Don McMinn
• Bass: Jack Bruce, John McVie, Steven Thompson, Larry Taylor, Tony Reeves, Rick "RC" Cortes
• Drums: Hughie Flint, Keef Hartley, Aynsley Dunbar, Soko Richardson, Jon Hiseman, Colin Allen, Mick Fleetwood
• Keyboards: Dr. John
• Vocals/Harmonica: Paul Butterfield

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External links

• John Mayall's website
• MusicChain - John Mayall
• ABC Records Press Release
• John Mayall - Godfather “Original Re-importer” Interview with Vintage Guitar Magazine