John Mayall
UK
Born: 29 November 1933
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Rock & Roll/Roots, Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues, British Blues, British Invasion, Blues Revival, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Early American Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Texas Blues
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As the elder statesman of British blues, it is John Mayall's lot to be more renowned as a bandleader and mentor than as a performer in his own right. Throughout the '60s, his band, 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 ...
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