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3 days ago · July 23, 2024. John Mayall, the pioneering British bandleader whose mid-1960s blues ensembles served as incubators for some of the biggest stars of rock’s golden era, died on Monday. He was 90 ...
1 day ago · John Mayall was a decade older than the British Invasion rock stars and his background was in jazz. He was the “Godfather” to these would-be rock tastemakers, the poet laureate, the full professor who from the beginning of his recording career was 20 years ahead of the curve. He remained an innovator in the genre right up to his death at ...
1 day ago · After two years the musicians changed up again. And the changeups kept coming. Coco Montoya and Kal David were on guitars, and then Walter Trout and Joe Yuele. The lineup of Montoya, Trout, Haynes and Yuele was stable for four years with two live albums and Mayall’s first studio effort in seven years titled Chicago Line.
2 days ago · In other various configurations of the lineup throughout the ‘60s, Mayall recruited Peter Green and Mick Taylor – both teenagers at the time – to help flesh out the collective’s sound. Other musicians employed over the years included Buddy Whittington, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Jack Bruce, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, and more.
2 days ago · He was dubbed “the father of British blues,” but Mayall’s influence was worldwide, and he nurtured some of the finest guitarists in the genre, including Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Harvey Mandel, Coco Montoya, and Walter Trout. Mayall died at his California home on Monday, at age 90. John Mayall’s career spanned nearly 70 ...
2 days ago · John Mayall, the undisputed father of the British blues movement, passed away at age 90 in California on July 22, 2024. Mayall emerged in the heyday of the ’60s blues-rock scene in Britain, and over the ensuing years, he shepherded the ace guitar-slinging likes of Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Coco Montoya, Buddy Whittington, and Rocky Athas.
2 days ago · A new edition of the Bluebreakers, founded in 1984, featured a fierce two-guitar lineup of Coco Montoya and Walter Trout that incited new interest in Mayall’s music.
