John Mayall

Born: Nov 29, 1933 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

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Biography: 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 ...Read full biography

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Bluesbreakers [Remastered]

Released: 1966

Label: Universal Motown Records Group.

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Rarely has any single record album induced such a shift in popular music. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton not only catapulted Clapton to the helm of the burgeoning British blues-rock scene, it likewise ...Read full review

Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton

Released: 1966

Label: Sundazed

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Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton was Eric Clapton's first fully realized album as a blues guitarist -- more than that, it was a seminal blues album of the 1960s, perhaps the best British blues album ever ...Read full review

More John Mayall albums: Main Albums (62), Compilations (94), Singles & EPs (1), DVD/Video (20), Others (5)

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