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John Mayall, RIP


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https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/john-mayall-dead-blues-legend-1236082294/

What a life! Ninety is damn good for a blues-rocker.

My Mayall story comes from when I was on KCHU FM
here in Dallas during my high school days. I very frequently
filled in for no-shows of other programs. It was Xmas in the
middle of the week and I filled in - much to the chagrin of
family members who thought I should be with them.

Anyway, after about 12 hours on the air, I was still waiting
for the morning guy to show up, so I just stuck Mayall's 
The Turning Point on the turntable and just let it play thru
like the live concert that it was - turning it over to the B-side
as well.

Well, a guy named Walter B---- shows up yelling at the top
of his lungs, "YOU CAN'T DO THAT HERE!!" over and over.
It wasn't because of any legal reason (as it would be now),
but he kept screaming that the album is something that's
played on that "other station" - meaning the "classic rock"
one and "we don't play that crap here!"

Still like that album.

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RIP.

I respected him for routinely hiring young guys better than him.  At the time, some of my favorites did that - Herbie Mann, Miles Davis, Spencer Davis.  I guess Paul Revere did that too.

I just the other day listened to his Greatest Decca Hits cd, and I'll give it another go.

 

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RIP, I quite enjoyed his first decade of albums.  Gave the world Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Jon Hiseman, and others (Clapton was already known from his work with the Yardbirds).  Cream, Colosseum, Fleetwood Mac, Keef Hartley Band (and, regretably, Mark-Almond) all come directly out of his groups.

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6 minutes ago, Jim Duckworth said:

If it weren't for him I would never have seen Blue Mitchell play live.

Yes, I can say the same thing. . . saw Mayall with Mitchell at the University of Chicago for a television show taping. Also on the bill was the Ohio Players, another band I enjoy.

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