Music
John Mayall has been better known for the musicians he has played with than for his own considerable skills and accomplishments as a key pioneer of the ‘60s British blues movement.
March 14, 1995
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. That’s John Mayall.
Feb. 17, 1996
If a man is known by the company he keeps, John Mayall is certainly worthy of a top spot on rock music’s honor roll.
Dec. 6, 1990
Another bandleader with John Mayall’s resume might be tempted to put on airs.
Dec. 28, 1988
They call John Mayall the “Godfather of British Blues,” and,chronologically and geographically speaking, he rightly could lay claim to the sobriquet.
May 25, 1991
At 63, John Mayall Is Still Exploring the Form, and With All the Skill and Energy of His Glory Days
June 28, 1997
In “Always a Brand New Road,” a song on the latest album by John Mayall, the veteran British bluesman and bandleader sings, “I’ve built careers down through the years / Stood back and watched them take the credit / It might have made me a bitter man / But I’m much too strong to let it.”
May 26, 1999
British blues man John Mayall has rarely depended on recognition to fuel his music.
Feb. 11, 1994
He’s made more discoveries than the heroine in a haunted house movie, except no one screams.
Dec. 5, 1991
As a guitarist for John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Coco Montoya is part of a singular musical lineage.
June 30, 1988