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As It All Began: The Best of John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers (1964-1969)

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

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As It All Began: The Best of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1964-1968 is an excellent 20-track retrospective, capturing Mayall's band at their peak. The Bluesbreakers went through several different lineups during those four years, with musicians the caliber of Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Paul Butterfield, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Peter Green floating through the group. Hardcore fans of any of those musicians, or of British blues, will naturally want to familiarize themselves with the original albums, but As It All Began is a fine sampler for the casual fan, featuring such staples as "Lonely Years," "Bernard Jenkins," "All Your Love," "Parchman Farm," "Double Trouble," "The Death of J.B. Lenoir," and "Miss James." Even at 20 tracks, there are a number of fine moments missing from this collection, but As It All Began remains the best available single-disc overview of the Bluesbreakers' prime period.

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"Professor Mayall's School Of The Blues!"

It seemed like every young aspiring guitar picker in Britian wanted an apprenticeship in John Mayall's band! The list of talents to graduate from "Mayall University" reads like a who's who of "Guitar Gods": Eric Clapton, Peter Green & Mick Taylor being the most "Talented Schoolboys"; playing in groups like Cream, Fleetwood Mac & the Rolling Stones! { Let's give all props to "The Headmaster"; Mr. John Mayall; a very fine guitarist, pianist+vocalist in his own right!} The English "Blues Revival" of the early to mid-sixties owes a huge debt to John Mayall's efforts in interperting these tunes, hand-picking young talent to play them right & ceaselessly touring the world, preaching the "Gospel Of The Blues!" Some gems within: Parchman Farm, Heartache, A Hard Road & Start Walkin". "Looking Back"; John Mayall has given the world an amazing assortment of musical offerings. Each new band sounds fresh & new; though still rooted in the traditions of "The Blues". Quite the Collection!...by Grimmbo.

Biography

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

Genre: 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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