EKE BBB Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 https://www.facebook.com/share/71oUNRCUHNbyco9A/?mibextid=WC7FNe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 (edited) 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. Edited July 24 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 RIP Still respect him for hiring Blue Mitchell, et. al. He didn't have to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 R.I.P .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 I've always enjoyed this solo piano outing of his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 RIP John saw him a couple of times, once here in Brisbane circa 78 then Sydney early 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 Thank you, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmonkie Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 When I saw him his band had Blue Mitchell, Victor Gaskin and Ernie Watts. One of the opening acts was a young upstart named Boz Scaggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Duckworth Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 12 hours ago, JSngry said: RIP Still respect him for hiring Blue Mitchell, et. al. He didn't have to do that. If it weren't for him I would never have seen Blue Mitchell play live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 I was re-visiting electric blues classics a few months ago, and the Beano record really stood out as an inflexion point in the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 This is my favorite Mayall album. I also especially like the albums with Peter Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nelson Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 Best track -- the magic starts at 2:30 getting into a serious jazz-blues jam, Hammond B3 included. Recorded in November, 1968 when Mayall moved to SoCal and joined the hippie scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 1972: RIP Mayall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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