RIP JOHN MAYALL 1933-2024 | The Godfather of Blues Rock

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  • @brianfreeman8290
    @brianfreeman8290 Місяць тому +1

    THANK YOU for that tribute to one of Britain's most significant musicians. Never a household name, but to music fans, John was an absolute legend. I saw him and his band, in many different incarnations, literally dozens of times, and met him on, I think, four occasions. I believe he should be remembered with a tribute gig at the Royal Albert Hall. Are you reading this, Eric?

  • @jerrychetty2524
    @jerrychetty2524 Місяць тому +40

    Such a great awesome musician, REST IN PEACE JOHN MAYALL, thank you for your music

  • @AndrewjWilson
    @AndrewjWilson Місяць тому +2

    Lovely tribute 😊

  • @steverogers2635
    @steverogers2635 Місяць тому +32

    RIP Mr. Mayall and thanks for the great music.

  • @MourningHasBroken
    @MourningHasBroken Місяць тому +1

    Great rememberance for a great man and musician Andy. I have seen him live twice and one of the occasions I called him from the front stage while he was packing his keyboards, yes he was doing his job himself, he waved at me that he was going to come down after he finished his packing and he did. We had a little chat and he signed my cd's and left. Such a great guy and such a loss RIP.

  • @alanmatthew5713
    @alanmatthew5713 Місяць тому +4

    John Mayall was in the same league as Miles Davis and Frank Zappa in the sense that every musical virtuoso wanted to play in their band. John was a TRUE musical pioneer.

  • @rogerfurer2273
    @rogerfurer2273 Місяць тому

    RIP Mr. Mayall. So glad I got to see you.

  • @Afterburner2
    @Afterburner2 Місяць тому +1

    Spot on Andy, 🙏💎

  • @gregj.gotham4402
    @gregj.gotham4402 Місяць тому

    Very good video you put together for John never to be forgotten. R.I.P. John

  • @hmanuel7138
    @hmanuel7138 6 днів тому

    I 🎉saw John Mayall many 😮years ago in Tampa. Chicachica. Great musician. RIP

  • @mixaliskokkinos1496
    @mixaliskokkinos1496 Місяць тому

    My first live concert ever in Athens..💜🔥🎹💯RIP John Mayall

  • @jig7saw
    @jig7saw Місяць тому +1

    I really had to comment, John Mayall had an incredible time here in California, I think it was his second home. Growing up with his harmonica playing - he was the guy to learn from, you could feel his passion. Laurel Canyon- Wow !!! I was 15yrs. old and I was hooked, and you're right look at the line of music and people he inspired !!!! We celebrate His Life !!!

  • @jackdolphy8965
    @jackdolphy8965 Місяць тому +17

    Oohhh sad night. Goodbye John and Thank You for it all, especially for Peter Green.

    • @rammstein1994able
      @rammstein1994able Місяць тому +2

      B.B. King said once that Peter Green touched him the most of all guitarists

  • @danielschaeffer1294
    @danielschaeffer1294 Місяць тому +4

    Saw Mayall playing with an unknown kid named Mick Taylor. Stunning show. Like Miles, he’s to be thanked for the younger talents he fostered. The sign of a true gentleman.

  • @giork2828
    @giork2828 Місяць тому +11

    “Now the Blues has lost a king 🎶...” As a 40-yo Brazilian who, finally this year, has “discovered” the music of Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck and last week... John Mayall, once again I learn that all I’m left with is his recordings and videos. It is oddly wonderful to know that John too left so much for me and you to learn from and appreciate. Feels like a relief and a task to honor his work by enjoying it for good and sharing it to others, so we keep his memory and his art alive. Rest In Peace, John

    • @TheNoncritical1
      @TheNoncritical1 Місяць тому

      John Mayall is dead, and it hit me like a hammer blow.

    • @deadtoolhead22
      @deadtoolhead22 Місяць тому

      Check his stuff with Blue Mitchell...top notch!

  • @markfisch1396
    @markfisch1396 Місяць тому +3

    I was in high school when Beano came out (14). And one minute into All Your Love I became a guitar player!!! And I agree it’s still the best white blues album! And Clapton’s work on it is genius! Recently I got to play a 59’ LP through a Marshal and I had reached the promise land! Thank you John for changing my life! 💜

  • @AngusRockford
    @AngusRockford Місяць тому +15

    Sorry to hear of this great man's passing. I know what I'll be listening to and appreciating over the next few days.

  • @mortonwilson795
    @mortonwilson795 Місяць тому +12

    R.I.P Mr. Mayall. He was the godfather of the blues rock that so many of us grew up with.

  • @allansmusicchannel7400
    @allansmusicchannel7400 Місяць тому +1

    Nice tribute Andy. I got to see John Mayall with his 1980's Blues Breakers in Toronto. As per Andy's partial list, he always had great guitarists. The band I saw had Coco Montoya on lead guitar. The man was on fire that night garnering several standing ovations. John Mayall obviously had a great sense for picking blues guitarists. RIP.

  • @7ANGLIA
    @7ANGLIA Місяць тому +1

    SAW HIM MANY TIMES,ALL GOOD PERFORMACENCES

  • @rammstein1994able
    @rammstein1994able Місяць тому +1

    Thank you John Mayall.
    The Turning Point was one of my favourite albums between a lot "heavy stuff" I had

  • @jimmycampbell78
    @jimmycampbell78 Місяць тому +11

    RIP John Mayall. Such an important figure in British music.

    • @lockedonlaw
      @lockedonlaw Місяць тому +4

      American music as well. Even if most Americans don't know it.

  • @jimdonoghue7808
    @jimdonoghue7808 Місяць тому +3

    John Mayall introduced me to the blues back in sixties at Bluesville in London . A great musician. Sail on . 😊😊😊

  • @Alun49
    @Alun49 Місяць тому +14

    Very sad loss. He has been there since before I got into music in 1969. A hugely important figure in the development of British music.

  • @enzotommasi6512
    @enzotommasi6512 Місяць тому

    Back to the Roots is my favorite John Mayall album. There are so many great tunes that are vastly underrated I only recently added the whole album to my playlist after years of not listening to it, Thanks to you John Mayall for your contribution to music and life of entertaining us.

  • @peterwright9640
    @peterwright9640 Місяць тому

    Thank you Andy - I appreciate you doing this, and thankyou Mr Mayall for the music

  • @gregcable3250
    @gregcable3250 Місяць тому +2

    Well done, Andy. Passing of a great, influential figure especially in the British blues/blues rock scene. When I was first really getting into Eric a long time ago I went back before Cream to learn more and was told that the Yardbirds are legendary, but if you really want to hear what first blew everyone away about EC was the John Mayall Blues Breakers album, which I immediately bought and listened to over and over.

  • @alitabbal9529
    @alitabbal9529 Місяць тому +9

    RIP Mr Mayall, your music will live in our heart and soul forever....

  • @claudebuysse7482
    @claudebuysse7482 Місяць тому

    The only old guy we trusted in the 60-70...i saw him in the seventies in a cinema in MTL. One of the best musician of that era. RIP Mister Mayall !

  • @davidnelson696
    @davidnelson696 Місяць тому

    I bought that album when I was in High School. I still love it.

  • @observer87
    @observer87 Місяць тому +1

    Excellent tribute. I listened to the ‘beano’ album daily through 67/68. Can play hideaway note for note (learnt the hard way on vinyl). It’s impossible to overstate his influence in the evolution of rock music.

  • @davescurry69
    @davescurry69 Місяць тому

    Well said Andy. Beautiful tribute. I was lucky enough to see John Mayall in Melbourne sometime in the middle of the 1990's. Vale.

  • @keithwatkins7908
    @keithwatkins7908 Місяць тому +4

    Thanks for the great tribute, RIP John Mayall.

  • @sjbang5764
    @sjbang5764 Місяць тому +2

    My wife informed me of John Mayalls passing this morning, and I almost fell down, because I had just watched, a few days ago, a couple of his live videos. I mean it just kind of threw me. Beautiful tribute and yes, of course Mr. Mayall will be missed, he was the original bluesbreaker. I saw him in 1973.

  • @PatKennedydon
    @PatKennedydon Місяць тому +6

    He was a genius, I have a lot of albums by him and haven't played them in a while, so to honour this great man I will play nothing but John Mayall for a few days out of respect for what he gave us. RIP to the great man the godfather of British blues and more.

  • @ricardomoraesbressan243
    @ricardomoraesbressan243 Місяць тому

    I was very lucky ´cause I saw him at live in Porto Alegre RS, Brasil.
    Amazing and unforgetable show.
    RIP.

  • @briand.9633
    @briand.9633 Місяць тому +1

    Sadly I never saw John Mayall but I did see so many of the big hitters that went through the swinging doors that was the JM blues academy. I agree with everything you said Andy.
    RIP John and thankyou

  • @InnocentAbyssinianCat-eb7ge
    @InnocentAbyssinianCat-eb7ge Місяць тому +3

    A great musician a great band leader and a great man RIP Mr John Mayall

  • @callmeal3017
    @callmeal3017 Місяць тому +1

    Andy thanks for making this video. Saw Mayall's band just once, over 50 years ago, here in the States.

  • @jrm2fla
    @jrm2fla Місяць тому +2

    Saw him in Perugia, Italy, in the early 80s, he was great! So influential, played guitar, had a full blues band, he used a super long cord and walked out into the audience, had a big neck mounted harmonica holder with mic, played guitar and harp together, great harp player, too!

  • @burniemaurins2382
    @burniemaurins2382 Місяць тому +10

    Had the pleasure of seeing John with a few of his different bands over the years, including the "Beano band", always a huge fan of his music. R.I.P John.

  • @colinness375
    @colinness375 Місяць тому +3

    Thanks, Andy.

  • @vinylwood
    @vinylwood Місяць тому +2

    I’ve got several albums and 3 or 4 cds of John Mayall. I actually just picked up last month a very early rare record of his, stumbled on to it. I started with the Blues Breakers while a teen decades ago. He helped build my love and journey to collecting the blues along with Clapton, Beck, and so many others.
    RIP Mr Mayall.

  • @thaddeuspinkney5823
    @thaddeuspinkney5823 Місяць тому +3

    RIP John Mayall. Can't thank you enough for the gifts you shared.

  • @TresHombreszz
    @TresHombreszz Місяць тому +3

    The brilliant John Mayall, fantastic bluesman, Godfather of British blues, will be greatly missed by worldwide blues community!!!

  • @user-mu9cw8xe4r
    @user-mu9cw8xe4r Місяць тому +1

    I just put on my 2 John Mayall and the Bluesbreaker albums when Mayall did not use a drummer. First was The Turning Point (1969): Jon Mark on finger style acoustic guitar; Steve Thompson on Bass; and Johnny Almond on sax and flute. The following year was USA Union: Harvey Mandel on lead guitar; Larry Taylor on bass; and Don Harris violin.
    Most agree they are surprisingly good, not dull, and the drum beat not being there is hardly noticeable.
    The album that turned me into a fan (resurrecting my vinyl collection) was Jazz Blues Fusion Live from Boston and NY (1972): Clifford Solomon and Blue Mitchell on sax and trumpet, respectively; Larry Taylor on bass: Freddie Robinson on guitar; Ron Selico on drums. Flawless record.
    Also, of note I own 2 CD's Live in Germany from the late 80's that introduced me to lead guitarists Walter Trout and Coco Montoya.
    Thanks again John for the festival-marathon of music I am currently partaking in.
    RIP. You improved the listening habits of many Blues-Rocknroll musicians and patrons of the art.
    Great video. Well deserved tribute for Mayall and accolades for Andy's effort

  • @Handwerkskunst
    @Handwerkskunst Місяць тому +5

    I'm glad to say, that I saw him twice - live on stage. But he has always been with me through my entire musical life

  • @edgardoplasencia511
    @edgardoplasencia511 Місяць тому +2

    My first rock concert in the old world :
    John Mayall at Quartier Latin , Berlin winter 1988.. unforgettable !

  • @mteufel472
    @mteufel472 Місяць тому

    I had the fortune to see him live in Las Vegas before the Pandemic , great gig ...
    His 1970 double album " Back To The Roots " is Classic & a must have ...

  • @Brian-jv5me
    @Brian-jv5me Місяць тому +5

    RIP Mr Mayall

  • @JoyDivision88
    @JoyDivision88 Місяць тому +1

    The first JM album I ever bought was in 1967 and it was The Blues Alone on Ace of Clubs label. Also got a second hand copy of A Hard Road but it was not until I started work in 1970 that I could afford to buy albums such as Blues From Laurel Canyon etc. Loved the guy's music, RIP JM.

  • @tommonk7651
    @tommonk7651 Місяць тому +2

    Mayall was the incubator for so many amazing musicians. What an influential musician!

  • @googoogjoobgoogoogjoob
    @googoogjoobgoogoogjoob Місяць тому +3

    Any 60s band leader who can champion Clapton, Green and Taylor in their early years is a legend. He's now taking over the house band upstairs.

  • @ianlancaster4897
    @ianlancaster4897 Місяць тому +1

    Well said. Great tribute to an outstanding & legendary musical pioneer.
    RIP JOHN

  • @LuvHrtZ
    @LuvHrtZ Місяць тому +1

    I cut my teeth on that Blues Breakers album with Clapton. RIP Mr Mayall.

  • @frankierodriguez8661
    @frankierodriguez8661 Місяць тому

    Hi Andy, Rest in Peace Mr. Mayall. Despite the tremendous importance of the Beano, and probably for the age gap, I'm 59 now, for me it was the Jazz Blues Fussion live album which really gave me the real dimension of this amazing musican who brought us that incredible amount of great music.. He'll be missed for sure.

  • @stevethornton8270
    @stevethornton8270 Місяць тому +6

    Very sad when we lose such a talent, but what a legacy to have left behind, he will never be forgotten ❤

  • @bbbart77
    @bbbart77 Місяць тому +4

    Every British artist I liked always seemed to be a former Bluesbreaker. R.I.P.

  • @tinysherpa7180
    @tinysherpa7180 Місяць тому +2

    A band leader, ideas man, immense knowledge of styles, a good player of many instruments. As an example - his creation of the solo blues piano 'Marsha's Mood' absolutely delicious.

  • @apollomemories7399
    @apollomemories7399 Місяць тому +2

    What a guy! Responsible for so many careers of great guitarists and that period of albums 1966-71 were essential and again with his albums from 1990 to 1997, including all these great Silvertone label releases. Loved his music and always will.

  • @ChuckMarteau
    @ChuckMarteau Місяць тому +1

    Got to chat with him at the Dallas Forth Worth airport. That "Beano album" is such an essential record.

  • @paulgmarriott
    @paulgmarriott Місяць тому +4

    Saw him and the band in '69 with Mick Taylor. Sad news indeed, but what a cracking innings. RIP John.

  • @Luminacat9
    @Luminacat9 Місяць тому

    I first heard this album when I was around 12. In my ignorance at the time I didn’t think I was a blues fan. But I loved this. Turns out I love BRITISH blues and some of its hybrids emerging in the 1960’s.
    I saw John Mayall around 2010 at a small venue in Albany NY, blew me away. I am so glad that I had the chance to see him live.

  • @philt4346
    @philt4346 Місяць тому +2

    best friend to British Blues r.i.p. John Mayall alongside someone I am reminded how much we would miss down the long years, Alexis Korner.

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley Місяць тому +2

    I remember seeing John and the Blues Breakers in a bar in New Jersey late seventies. Wonderful harmonica and I think the band had a kid and a guy even older than John who was the first rocker I had seen with grey hair, he looked and sounded like the old Jazz guys, definitely my dads generation but playing rock. They sounded exactly like mid sixties british blues rock and I remember thinking Wow so this is what that is. Thank You John Mayall, unforgettable. The real deal. Rest In Peace

  • @bshstuff2410
    @bshstuff2410 Місяць тому

    R.I.P John, thank you

  • @casablanca2745
    @casablanca2745 Місяць тому

    Always saw Mayall as the Art Blakey of rock. Brought along so many great players who went on to form their own vision. He’s vastly underrated and will be missed. RIP Mate.

  • @johncrocker-nh7ey
    @johncrocker-nh7ey Місяць тому +2

    Great loss may he rest in peace been a fan since the late 60s everybody who was anybody played with him my two favorite albums by him is jazz blues Fusion and the Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton my prayers and heartfelt to his family rest in peace John

  • @jppagetoo
    @jppagetoo Місяць тому +2

    A towering figure in British blues. His imprint was deep and wide. Not only was he himself important but the members of his bands went on and created the whole rock and blues scene in London. He had slowed down in recent years but that in no way diminshes his impact. RIP Mr Mayall.

  • @EbonyPope
    @EbonyPope Місяць тому +2

    My father introduced me to him with Bare Wires and Jazz Blues Fusion. It was just incredible.

  • @tunaficiency
    @tunaficiency Місяць тому +7

    Rip grew up listening to John mayall and literally just bought my dad 2 of his albums

  • @davedavid7061
    @davedavid7061 Місяць тому +2

    90 years is a damn good run

  • @RichardKerrison
    @RichardKerrison Місяць тому +2

    A fantastic Tribute Andy, from the heart.

  • @stephenminchin4870
    @stephenminchin4870 Місяць тому +1

    Very sad to hear of his death. By coincidence for the past week I’ve been playing in the car the 1993 album ‘Wake Up Call’ with Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Mick Taylor and Mavis Staples guesting on some of the tracks. As everyone knows he played an absolutely pivotal role in the development of the British Blues scene. RIP John Mayall.

  • @StephenUniacke
    @StephenUniacke Місяць тому +2

    RIP to a legend. I had the pleasure of seeing him, with Mick Taylor and John McVie when they toured Aus many years ago. Also thanks for your comments about Eric - totally agree. I also think EC returned to form in the 90's with "From the Cradle" and "Rush" and as the recently release live album from that time indicates (Nothing But The Blues).

  • @walterevans2118
    @walterevans2118 Місяць тому +2

    Sorry to hear this. A great player with a great place in music history R.I.P John (Paul)

  • @anthonybowers7571
    @anthonybowers7571 Місяць тому +4

    Bluesbreakers changed my life .. RIP John

  • @beauripp1456
    @beauripp1456 Місяць тому +2

    Yes, I'm with you. I am 66 years old and wore out this record when I was a kid...

  • @theplayer2286
    @theplayer2286 Місяць тому +3

    John Mayall, the Brian Clough of the Blues.
    As you say, what a life! The Beano album certainly changed my life.
    Thanks for the tribute.
    Mayall was the greatest ambassador for the blues EVER!

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 Місяць тому

    What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Andy also RIP to John mayall ❤😢

  • @4kantprowler
    @4kantprowler Місяць тому +3

    RIP John! Thank you for the fabulous music allover the years. You was the greatest inspiration for me to play the blues!

  • @Garret00074
    @Garret00074 Місяць тому

    Incredible musician.

  • @chicojcf
    @chicojcf Місяць тому

    90 Years ! I miss JM. Saw him last in Dallas, Texas mid1990's or so with Mick Taylor. Fantastic band.

  • @steliosposeidon6871
    @steliosposeidon6871 Місяць тому +1

    Great tribute and history lesson, John Mayall was for sure one of the greats and pivotal figure in the UK music scene. Check out the ‘Live in London’ 1967 bootleg tapes featuring a fiery 19-yr old Peter Green and the rest of Fleetwood Mac (minus Jeremy Spencer) backing Mayall, astonishing, despite being recorded by someone in an overcoat with a reel-reel tape recorder under it!

  • @michaellenehan1369
    @michaellenehan1369 Місяць тому +2

    R I P, JOHN. One of my favourite album's is The Blues Alone. A tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson .

  • @TheAnadrome
    @TheAnadrome Місяць тому +3

    Excellent tribute Andy. Thanks.

  • @simondavies6270
    @simondavies6270 Місяць тому +2

    Sad news, the legendary blues musician John Mayall has passed away. Their will be many muscians of the sixties era who are still here with us that will be devastated at hearing the news this morning. He was the intersection connecting so many established careers. I wish that he was much more feted particularly in this country, by the music industry. However, he now passes into history where he will be featured in many music documentaries on the British blues boom of the 50s and early sixties. At 90, he had a jolly good innings, pardon my cricketing meterfor.

  • @user-jf3hh4xr4n
    @user-jf3hh4xr4n Місяць тому +1

    Some of the first LPs I owned were Blues Breaker albums, including the one pictured. Hard to come to grips that he is gone.

  • @syn707
    @syn707 Місяць тому +3

    I believe his place in British music history and the world has been greatly underrated. Been following since the mid sixties….what a loss!

  • @paulvassallo3317
    @paulvassallo3317 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks Andy.Well done. You said it all.

  • @stefanredin854
    @stefanredin854 Місяць тому +4

    R.I.P. John Mayall, a true legend ❤❤❤

  •  Місяць тому +1

    Straight to the point as usual Andy.....RIP Maestro Mayall and farewell...

  • @FrazerJones71
    @FrazerJones71 Місяць тому +2

    RIP John Mayall, the godfather of British blues whose band, The Bluesbreakers, launched the careers of among others Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, and Andy Fraser

  • @KingovalbangWallybum-wd2ww
    @KingovalbangWallybum-wd2ww Місяць тому +2

    He was kind of like the Miles Davis of the Blues,with many great players passing through his band ,because of his great ear for talent
    .RIP John.

  • @rocketpost1
    @rocketpost1 Місяць тому

    Nice tribute Andy to the great John Mayall. I remember being blown away by the Beano album back in 1965. I'm surprised that you didn't mention the drummer Hughie Flint !. I bought the album which introduced Peter Green and that was a A Hard Road which had Peter's instrumental The Supernatural. It's a great album too. So many great guitarists have passed through The Bluesbreakers and of course the superb Buddy Whittingham played guitar with John Mayall for fifteen years. John Mayall, your work is done. Thanks for all the music.

  • @eximusic
    @eximusic Місяць тому +1

    He's gone? Sad. Great artist. And that album in Andy's background is my favorite Clapton album ever. RIP John.

  • @vizzini589
    @vizzini589 Місяць тому +4

    One of the all time greats. RIP John.

  • @richardfurness7556
    @richardfurness7556 Місяць тому

    The first time I heard John Mayall was on a 99p 'sampler' in 1970. The track was called Saw Mill Gulch Road, and if there's a more blues-soaked title than that I've yet to come across it. Naturally it was the highlight of the album, and by some distance. RIP John, so many people listened to so much great music because of you.

  • @tomhenninger4153
    @tomhenninger4153 Місяць тому +1

    RIP John Mayall! Thanks for the video Andy. 😕

  • @KyleWhitlock-Music
    @KyleWhitlock-Music Місяць тому +1

    RIP John Mayall. You were an inspiration to me during the 70's especially. Great music!!