John Mayall, RIP

[EKE BBB]

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[rostasi]

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, 2024 by rostasi

[JSngry]

RIP

Still respect him for hiring Blue Mitchell, et. al. He didn't have to do that.

[GA Russell]

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.

 

[felser]

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.

[soulpope]

R.I.P    ....

[danasgoodstuff]

I've always enjoyed this solo piano outing of his.

[romualdo]

RIP John

saw him a couple of times, once here in Brisbane circa 78 then Sydney early 80s

[sonnymax]

Thank you, sir.

[Jazzmonkie]

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.

[Jim Duckworth]

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.

[jazzbo]

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.

[Rabshakeh]

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. 

[felser]

This is my favorite Mayall album.  I also especially like the albums with Peter Green.

 

[Bill Nelson]

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. 

[BFrank]

1972: RIP Mayall

[MomsMobley]

On 7/23/2024 at 10:28 PM, JSngry said:

RIP

Still respect him for hiring Blue Mitchell, et. al. He didn't have to do that.

Mayall, Blue, Red Holloway, Victor Gaskin, Freddy Robinson, Keef Hartley in Australia '73

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkHOavAEDrM&ab_channel=myrageHQ

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IeyTowzRCk&ab_channel=myrageHQ

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same band audio only

 

[romualdo]

7 hours ago, MomsMobley said:

Mayall, Blue, Red Holloway, Victor Gaskin, Freddy Robinson, Keef Hartley in Australia '73

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkHOavAEDrM&ab_channel=myrageHQ

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IeyTowzRCk&ab_channel=myrageHQ

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same band audio only

 

thanks for posting the links - I used to watch the Australian GTK music show in the early 70s

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, MomsMobley said:

Mayall, Blue, Red Holloway, Victor Gaskin, Freddy Robinson, Keef Hartley in Australia 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IeyTowzRCk&ab_channel=myrageHQ

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Blue Mitchell (!!) ....