or iTunes Price: $9.99 Genre: Blues Released: May 13, 2014 Customer Ratings (5 Ratings) |
A Special Life – John MayallCustomer ReviewsA Special Life (5 stars)I first saw John Mayall live in the UK in the 60’s and was amazed then by his music and his band. Some of the first albums I bought were by him and I still have them. He was such an influence on the British scene then, and many great bands arose because of him. Its hard to believe how time flies and also just as amazing that he’s still producing music and touring, if you are new to John Mayall check out some of the early albums A Must Have for Mayall devotees (5 stars) John and The Bluesbreakers do it again. Another outtasite CD! You will not be disappointed! BiographyBorn: November 29, 1933 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, EnglandGenre: Blues Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s 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....
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