British blues pioneer John Mayall performs in Munich, Germany, in 1970 with his band the Bluesbrakers. “He taught me all I really know and gave me the courage and enthusiasm to express myself without fear or without limit.” Mayall, who died this week at age 90, provided a home to an astonishing lineup of virtuosic players who passed through his …
John Mayall, the British blues pioneer whose 1960s music collective the Bluesbreakers helped usher in a fertile period of rock and brought guitarists like Eric Clapton to prominence, has died at 90, his family said Tuesday. UK blues legend John Mayall dead at 90 Mayall, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who was dubbed "the godfather of British blues," and whose open-door …
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. “I’m a band leader and I know what I want to play in my band — who can be good friends of mine,” Mayall said in an interview with the Southern Vermont …
