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Post by hamsta2 on Jul 24, 2024 8:21:11 GMT
90 years old. Blues legend. RIP.
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Post by wannabee on Jul 24, 2024 8:44:48 GMT
Sad news, by the time I discovered his music in the 1970s you could pick up his albums second hand quite cheap. Fantastic Music and the fact he wasn't quite mainstream made me feel very cool.
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Post by scfc1863 on Jul 24, 2024 9:20:30 GMT
My first ever album, John Mayall and The Bluebreakers. Born in Macc, RIP John.
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Post by riverman on Jul 24, 2024 13:12:29 GMT
Sad to hear this but a bloody good innings none the less. Instrumental, along with the likes of Alexis Korner, in kicking off the British blues boom in the early to mid 60s which led to the establishment of the legendary British rock bands of the late 60s early 70s. Saw him a few years ago but unfortunately he was a shadow of his former self and didn't quite hit the mark. Still leaves a great legacy though. RIP John and thanks for the music.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 24, 2024 13:28:34 GMT
It cannot be over emphasised just what a major influence he had in shaping UK rnb. From Eric Clapton to early Fleetwood Mac, he was the absolute Daddy.
RIP
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Post by PotterLog on Jul 24, 2024 16:47:57 GMT
Saw him sometime in the early 2000s maybe? Terrible memory, can't remember where it was now. But what an absolute legend.
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Post by ian57 on Jul 24, 2024 17:09:18 GMT
I moved down to Kent in 1975 and my cousin introduced me to the music of John mayall. He and his friends used to follow John mayalls bluesbreakers around the country whenever possible and he told that me tales of seeing eric Clapton , mick Taylor ,Peter green, jack bruce etc perform with them and I was amazed that a band that I had never heard of contained so many great musicians. sad day indeed.
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Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 24, 2024 17:23:26 GMT
The only John Mayall LP I have, USA Union (1970), I won in a competition in the music paper Sounds. It has a violinist on it but no drummer.
Didn’t realise he was born and bred in Cheshire.
RIP
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Post by stokeson on Jul 24, 2024 17:51:22 GMT
Saw him at The Torch in Tunstall in jan 1969. Chicken Shack a couple of weeks later and fleetwood Mac a couple of weeks after that. Wonderful time for live music in Stoke....
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Post by smallthorner on Jul 24, 2024 19:53:47 GMT
It cannot be over emphasised just what a major influence he had in shaping UK rnb. From Eric Clapton to early Fleetwood Mac, he was the absolute Daddy. RIP Yeh.. Major influence on British music. Clapton. Peter Green. Jeff Beck. Led Zep. Rod Stewart? When you think of the early sixties with the Beatles, Stones, Small Faces etc ... wow.
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Post by pretzel on Jul 24, 2024 20:33:22 GMT
RIP
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 24, 2024 20:38:29 GMT
Only ever heard of two people with the surname Mayall. But by all accounts above this guy was a legend, as was Rick. RIP
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 24, 2024 20:39:13 GMT
Saw him at The Torch in Tunstall in jan 1969. Chicken Shack a couple of weeks later and fleetwood Mac a couple of weeks after that. Wonderful time for live music in Stoke.... I’d love to be dead old like you😉
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Post by stokeson on Jul 24, 2024 21:48:12 GMT
Saw him at The Torch in Tunstall in jan 1969. Chicken Shack a couple of weeks later and fleetwood Mac a couple of weeks after that. Wonderful time for live music in Stoke.... I’d love to be dead old like you😉 Yes we'd be like Biden And Trump ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/kwfoKwtHI0jglJZ4qZf6.gif)
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 24, 2024 21:48:52 GMT
I’d love to be dead old like you😉 Yes we'd be like Biden And Trump ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/kwfoKwtHI0jglJZ4qZf6.gif) Biden and Brad Pitt more like😉
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Post by stokeson on Jul 24, 2024 21:51:56 GMT
Yes we'd be like Biden And Trump ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/kwfoKwtHI0jglJZ4qZf6.gif) Biden and Brad Pitt more like😉 How did you know i was so hansome ![;-|](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/di8AbUjEyg4R6vkC_KKX.gif)
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 24, 2024 21:56:12 GMT
Biden and Brad Pitt more like😉 How did you know i was so hansome ![;-|](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/di8AbUjEyg4R6vkC_KKX.gif) Just a feeling mate😉
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Post by frasier37 on Jul 25, 2024 14:02:04 GMT
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