John Mayall's Bluesbreakers incubated some of rock's biggest talents, including Eric Clapton and Mick Fleetwood. He was 90.
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, including Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Mick Fleetwood — died Monday at his home in California, according to a statement posted by his family on his official Facebook page. He was 90.
His 1966 LP “Blues Breakers,” which featured Clapton on guitar , is widely considered a classic of the form and earned a spot on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Mayall was born in 1933 near Manchester, England, where his father collected records and played music as a hobby.
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