John Mayall was the linchpin figure behind much of the boom in British blues rock players in the 1960s. The likes of Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Jack Bruce and John McVie all passed ...

As a kid growing up on the outskirts of Manchester, England, John Mayall recognized something personal in the blues records coming over from the United States. He heard joy, agony and stories from ...

Musician John Mayall, often referred to the “godfather of the British blues,” whose bands of the late ’60s and early ‘70s featured some of the most notable rock instrumentalists of the era, died ...

John Mayall’s death Monday at the age of 90 from undisclosed causes came less than three months before he was to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But for scores of music fans, the ...

John Mayall, perhaps best known for his band the Bluesbreakers, as well as his nurturing of a host of British blues musicians, died last week at the age of 90. The news was posted on his Facebook page ...

LONDON — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A ...

(CNN) — John Mayall, a pioneering Blues musician who was recently announced as a 2024 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90 years old. The news was confirmed Tuesday by ...

The Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall, whose band John Mayall's Bluesbreakers served as a training ground for some of British rock's greatest guitarists, died Monday at age 90. Eric Clapton, ...