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 became the “godfather of British blues” by pioneering blues rock and unwittingly nurturing the careers of future Hall of Fame musicians. Mayall helped expose blues music to a wider ...

John Mayall, who has died aged 90, played a major role in bringing the blues music of the black ghettos to white America, by way of Manchester and London; however, his fame was eclipsed by that of his ...

John Mayall, the musician and bandleader often referred to as the godfather of the British blues — and whose long-running group the Bluesbreakers incubated some of rock music’s biggest talents, ...

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 ...

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