John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE. Mayall used the band name between 1963 and 1967, but then dropped it for some fifteen years. However, in 1982 a 'Return of the Bluesbreakers' was announced and the name was in use until the band again dissolved in 2008, to be resurrected again in 2009. The name has become generic, without a clear distinction which recordings are to be credited just to the leader, or to leader and his band. The Bluesbreakers have included musicians such as:
Biography
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Links & Information
Links
- Wikipedia article on John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
- Last.fm page on John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
- MusicBrainz entry on John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Members
- John Mayall,
- Mick Fleetwood,
- Eric Clapton (1965-1966),
- Jack Bruce (1965),
- Peter Green (1967),
- Dick Heckstall-Smith (1967-1968),
- John McVie (1963-1967)
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BBC Reviews
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So Many Roads – An Anthology 1964-1974 2010
Reviewed by Sid Smith
He’s had the blues more times than the rest of us have had hot dinners.
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Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton 1968
Reviewed by Chris Jones
...remains just about the defining argument as to why Clapton really was once, God.
