John Mayall w Mick Taylor 1968 FRENCH TV.

AMAZING FOOTAGE ...I have waited years for any film of those days, My FAV time for John Mayall ...remember buying the Crusade album when it came out..............what with this & the live cds of green and Mayall i can now die happy.

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Blues from Laurel Canyon…A True Masterpiece….

[@clouddog2393]

Great to see this even though it makes me sad and nostalgic for the wonderful '60's and a time and era long gone . At least we still have the music and the memories to remember them by .

[@janedumanoir6998]

Same feelings...

[@bobbrown1522]

Cameraman was in love with Mayall. I was hoping to see Mick playing.

[@Imsteppenwolf]

Same here. Cool video, but too much Mayall and no Mick Taylor...

[@olafbigandglad]

Well, maybe if it was Mick Taylor and the Bluesbreakers, that would have happened.

[@acethisspace1131]

@@olafbigandglad Poor camera work to never even pan over during guitar solo.

[@Imsteppenwolf]

@@olafbigandglad Easy, man. No reason to get excited...

[@chrishutchison4875]

Thankyou so much. Almost too emotional to watch after all these years. So many memories of watching and listening to Mayall with Eric and Peter in the sixties. The Marquee Club was one of my favourite haunts. I think this band is the Laurel Canyon lineup.

[@coreymihailiuk5189]

A wonderful time capsule of 1960's blues greats. It's great to hear Mick Taylor who already had that lovely vibrato nailed. It's hard to believe just how long John Mayall stayed on the road as an ambassador for the blues. This is history that will never be repeated in this way. An amazing time for live music.

[@lordofthemound3890]

I’m glad someone mentioned it! Gorgeous vibrato!

[@robertpacho9154]

The first time in 67'; I was fortunate to catch Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Mick Taylor, D. Heckstall-Smith, Keef Hartley, C. Mercer, H. Lowther at the Whisky a GoGo on the Strip... They had released the 'Crusade' LP in Sept 67; Mick was only 19; and he killed it !! Mayall's keyboards, harp and vocals were the roots of the Bluesbreakers, a tight groove and a flashy horn section made for an exciting venture into the blues! In June 68' Mayall's Bluesbreakers released 'Bare Wires' LP; great stuff one of their best... IMHO!! John Mayall, Godfather of British Blues has carried the torch for so many years was again on the road at age 88 this year. He did one show in Ontario, CA with former Mayall guitarist 🎸 Walter Trout! Couldn't make that one; maybe next time !! Peace to All ......

[@Pigeon55]

Amazing snapshot of a bygone era, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers was like a production line of excellent musicians, what a time to be alive it was.

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@Becks Bolero 66 Three? By my count, there were at least five: Clapton, Greeny, Mick Taylor Coco Montoya and Walter Trout. But I'm sure I'm neglecting someone worthy too.

[@Gerard_2024]

@Becks Bolero 66 Who are the 3 who played in both groups ? I can only think of Eric Clapton.

[@santrixhimself3679]

this at 4 am sitting alone in the dark with a beer. so good

[@francollanosvasquez241]

Mick Taylor is very fenomenal, amazing prodigy

[@robertcudny1839]

Thank God the Rolling Stones decided to join Mick Taylor.

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@robertcudny1839 Agreed. The world probably wouldn't have Ry Cooder's wonderful catalog. Couldn't bear it.

[@lfader]

True to form Mick Taylor soloing shots of everyone including wildlife Mick Taylor nowhere to be found Once again film directors -editors engineers in the booth all clueless 👏👏👏 .....

[@mandiabrahams7824]

John Mayall hangs up his harp...thanks for the blues in my life John...nobody worked as hard as you...

[@randycollins7910]

I didn't know that John had called it a day. What a day it's been!!! When was this made official? I've followed John since Diary Of A Band was released.

[@wwill2516]

Mr Mayall taught me to play harp, he doesn't know that though. Did you know that electric harp holder was home made by John.

[@davidhughes4361]

I was there for his final show in California. I first saw him live in 1970 when I was 15.

[@edwardtracey6143]

It was earlier this year, as he turned age 88.

[@indieshack4476]

Great seeing early Mick Taylor. His playing here is very early, a couple or three years later he would blossom to become an outstanding lead guitarist

[@bodhiheeren]

Each to his own. I would say his playing on "Bare Wires" and "Blues From Laurel Canyon" is absolutely excellent progressive blues guitar.

[@lfader]

​@@bodhiheeren Definitely 🌟

[@richardmathew9465]

I have the song “Giddy up” off Mick’s solo album, it’s worth a listen

[@ADEker]

The verry first record ever both , the best till this day ! blues from laural canyon Home.

[@Guitar_Smasher]

I saw the Bluesbreakers with Mick at the CU campus in Boulder, CO. Mick is a fantastic blues player!

[@thedebbieparrybandx4733]

Mick Taylor is a special talent. Almost certainly the most underrated of the UK greats from that era. His Stones stuff, like Moonlight Mile, is indicative of why the Beggars Banquet to Only Rock n Roll era was their richest vein of form, especially Sticky Fingers. As an SG owner it’s great to see Mick with his SG too.

[@gimmeshelter2151]

I think that SG is the one Keith Richards sold him before Taylor joined the Stones.

[@mcleanartists]

His first work was Honky Tonk Women on Let it Bleed.

[@lloydclaussen3925]

Greatest modern bluesman in the world

[@erasmusomnius]

Oh, this is exquisite. My favorite Mayall band period. John on the Hammond. This song. Just wonderful. Probably Colin Allen on drums, and Steven Thompson on bass.

[@lloydclaussen3925]

Broken Wing

[@AuxesisHyperbole666]

Keef Hartley on drums? Crusade album around this time..

[@boyoboy1968]

@@AuxesisHyperbole666 No, it's Colin Allen (later of Stone The Crows)

[@arvidsmith1038]

Dick Heckstall-Smith on reeds ...... Joined for Bare Wires ..

[@alexmacinnes8321]

Unmistakably Colin Allen on drums.

[@lloydclaussen3925]

Long gone midnight is my favorite Mayall song, Laurel Canyon is a fantastic album

[@JoseGarcia-md9lv]

TODA UNA LEYENDA DEL BLUES BRITÁNICO ESCUCHO A ESTE GIGANTE MUSICO DE LOS 14 AÑOS EN MI ETAPA DE ESTUDIO ..GRACIAS X COMPARTIR ESTE MAGICO MATERIAL .SALUDOS HERMANAS Y HERMANOS QUE COMPARTEN ESTA MUSICA HARE KRISHNA☮️✌️☯️

[@mijnvogels3947]

Great. I never thought I would ever see this line up performing these tracks. Thank you very much.

[@viallabernard5552]

"Blues from Laurel Canyon" , mon premier disque de John en 1968.

[@johnhogan6555]

1970 Frankston hall on Nepean hway… 16 yr friend on bass & sang “walking on sunset” as a three piece. Song been with me ever since…68 myself.

[@jimdep6542]

Great and rare video of Mayall during a very unique era of music. Thank you for sharing this !

[@user-rk7ci3gn5f]

❤❤ ИНТЕРЕСЕН. СТИЛ

[@bobburroughs6241]

This line up came to our college that year.

[@jameskennedy721]

Mayall released tons of albums . A legend .

[@danbartko164]

James Kennedy Only recently retired from touring. Still puts out stuff,and he may not be done with studio work. He is in a class all by himself.

[@jameskennedy721]

@@danbartko164 Im still catching up on listening to his stuff . I really like the Laurel Canyon album , and many others .

[@danbartko164]

@@jameskennedy721 I can guarantee you that it is a catching-up that you will not mind at all! lol He is 88yrs young, God bless him,and an lp in 2022 and 2021.Phenomenal musician.

[@jameskennedy721]

@@danbartko164 Thanks for the info . I will look into these releases .

[@jorgeramirezcamarena4904]

Great John Mayall, great band with the second best guitar player John Mayall ever had. The best guitarists John Mayall ever had was the great Peter Green definetely. ✌️

[@thedebbieparrybandx4733]

For me, Mick was definitely the best. His Stones stuff is also magical (eg Moonlight Mile].

[@zapbranigan5314]

I concur!!

[@mnbv990]

@@thedebbieparrybandx4733 agreed. very melodic and thoughtful player.

[@chriscoughlin9289]

@@Newcastle423 50? He spent at least 30 of those wishing he was JJ Cale. Get in line.

[@samilsam]

@@Newcastle423 everybody knows that Peter Green was much better

[@jrdunn5052]

Mick Taylor's playing a solo, so let's look at the swans. Efin French.

[@richardcorreya2739]

Just the times....😢

[@starcloud4959]

This is incredible,rare footage of the great one ,how come there are not a million hits already!

[@GilObregon-hj6zh]

Without a doubt, the lineup is: John Mayall, Mick Taylor, Steve Thompson and Colin "Jerry Lewis jawline" Allen. Guest star, Dick H-Smith (saxes).

[@clarkewi]

I used to have the Mayall LP "Blues From Laurel Canyon" that featured this song with Mick Taylor.

[@gauradas108]

THe cameraman forgot that Mick Taylor was there, LOL.

[@davidstewart9982]

Absolute gem. Love ‘blues from Laurel Canyon ‘....!

[@robertcudny1839]

Vacation is a gem.

[@spudwas]

The John Mayall band I always wanted to see in concert!

[@jimmydean1689]

I did

[@spudwas]

@@jimmydean1689 You the MAN!

[@littleglimmer2325]

Saw them at the Kinema ballroom in Dunfermline in December of this year. Supported by The Shadettes - soon to become Nazareth. Great gig. Who would have known we were watching a future Stone?

[@banburyjammer]

Camera operators and editors needed a good kick in the bollocks. Just wanted to watch Mick Taylor!

[@VonL]

Watching those inserts of the dreary Thames dockside reminds me of why JM eventually escaped to California, “Walk’n on Sunset”, indeed.

[@OscarGutierrez-vs7eg]

Ni una toma para Mick Taylor, 😢

[@johnnorth9355]

John Mayall was very popular with me because I could afford the entrance to his gigs ! Got to see the best musicians of the time as a result. Dick Heckstall -Smith on Sax being one.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

.. J. Mayall & M. Taylor were also very popular with my mother when dad worked the late shift.

[@chriscoughlin9289]

Yes!!! In the late 90's I was fortunate enough to see Mr. Heckstall - Smith late in his career with the Peter Green Splinter Group - during one of their London home stands at Jazz Cafe in Kentish Town - without knowing much about his royal pedigree at the time.

[@valeriyblinov1573]

Super Great!!! Super Blues Legend!!! LOVE!!! Thank You!!

[@irvinhansen7173]

There's a bit of Canned Heat to the sound in "Walkin on Sunset." It captures the excitement of the time like a happy family photo. I appreciate the post.

[@paolo60333]

Fantastic footage. But the camera man didn't film neither Mick Taylor nor bassist Steven Thompson. Hard to believe

[@danielgarigust1499]

Laurel Canyon the best reccord i listen , i was 16yo...hi

[@motman52]

That's Colin Allen on Drums. His work on "The Bear" (from 'Blues From Laurel Canyon') is amazing.

[@AuxesisHyperbole666]

Not Keef Hartley? Crusade was around this time and the style's like 'Drivin' Sideways'..

[@motman52]

@@AuxesisHyperbole666 Nope. It's definitely Colin Allen. ......... (Even though The Keef Hartley Band was one my very favorite bands from the era. Very "adult" music from Keef & Miller Anderson. Funny...just yesterday I was listening to "The Time Is Near.")

[@drummerboy1390]

Colin Allen with Steve Thompson on bass. Keef Hartley was gone by this time. Both great drummers.

[@raybede]

I am so grateful to be able to see this footage thanks so much. I am back in the 60s in what was know as the Chinese R&B club in Bristol and also at Glastonbury Town Hall where all our great bands of the day would play. Including John Mayalls Bluesbrakers. Brilliant music brilliant times.

[@rockyrovere2526]

Rite,mate. Peace

[@eghii]

saw them in a small club in Milwaukee during this era.

[@OscarGutierrez-vs7eg]

Rey de Reyes del blues blanco con el mejor requinto Mick Taylor

[@ronwood7029]

Peter green was by far the best ,he had a great voice for the blues and was just in a realm of his own as a guitarist

[@mcleanartists]

That's an opinion.

[@danbartko164]

Unbelievable portal from back in time, this is absolutely moving. Being in black and white film footage only adds to the incalculable intrique and mystique.Good Lord. When is Elon Musk coming out with his perfected Time Machine?

[@iagobroxado]

Gotta love 60's band footage: seems it was obligatory never to film the guitarist during a solo. Lol

[@catholiccowboy8545]

Usually the cameramen didn't knew nothing on music or Rock. The singer sang so they just focus on the singer, period.

[@arthurhoffman6520]

When Mayall decided to change his fortes’ a bit, presented that crucial moment for Mick Taylor to marry into the Stones. Amen 🙏

[@larrymccarthy8215]

Wow, I loved seeing those scenes of boats on the river. NOT!

[@pawelpap9]

Probably you didn’t notice all lyrics were about boats on the river, so the pictures were quite fitting.

[@katerjohn]

The first time I saw John Mayall and the Blues breakers was in the Hague 1967.

[@jipes]

Such a precious footage ! It's sad that the cameraman only focus most of the time on John Mayall even during Mick Taylor's solo but the sound is there. Wonder who is playing drums and bass ? It's not anymore Fleetwood and McVie and they were gone for playing in Fleetwood Mac I guess

[@spudwas]

Wow. a year later I never noticed the Mick is nowhere to be seen! Just John, the drummer and the bass player. How Bogus!

[@danielosullivan3110]

Back to the roots is my go to Mayal CD. This is great thank you for sharing ❤

[@oscarpolo6310]

¡Fantastic! Gracias por compartir.

[@mfisher9372]

actually the thames footage is as cool and very appropriate-one year from this and i was drinking with the band backstage in the pavilion bar at the first bath festival..

[@martinheath5947]

Lovely!

[@mathildelamite-hy3pm]

Wow amazing

[@kateconway-hickman5945]

Tak skal du have 💕 ✨️

[@albertoortega2467]

🎹🎸🔥🙏....gracias por compartir....esta obra de arte ❤desde Argentina....🇦🇷✌️

[@lostchord702]

Love It !! 😍

[@urbanhammar7759]

That was an amazing time. Got all the albums from this time when they were released. A pity don't show much of Mick Taylor

[@chabrake]

GENIAL in french 😍

[@ashratempel5094]

Awesome!!!!

[@lennydepalma8863]

Long overdue for the rock and roll hall of fame. Imagine the band you could put together for the induction performance.

[@franktaconelli9095]

John Mayall & The Yardbirds brought us Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Peter Green, & Mick Taylor…wow

[@albertoortega2467]

Y......Mick Taylor 🎸🔥🙏

[@philippedelville1797]

Mick Taylor n'apparaît même pas sur la vidéo pendant le solo... Honteux !

[@mickeythompson9537]

Not entirely appropriate, but I love the juxtaposition of the London docks with Mayall's blues. Absolutely genius editing at 10:36!

[@picknick3591]

That looks like the old Marquee Club in Wardour Street . . .

[@zarbithechti]

Me too : great era !

[@WV591]

it's sad that nobody filmed the John Mayall with Clapton gigs.

[@marcmarty9038]

Un régal de retrouver ces morceaux. Great John Mayall

[@josettedupray8176]

fan de jm depuis le début.meilleurs albums pour moi :blues from laurel canyon/a hard road.Par contre déçu par la prestation à l'olympia il y a 5/6 ans.Les légendes ne devraient pas vieillir.

[@pedrogroves77777]

Great post gutbuster69, love it!!

[@lorincowell6944]

Look closer to see a 20th century Marlow, languishing on the deck of any of the boats in harbor, ruminating on missions earlier in the decade; assassinations in the Congo, incendiary provocations, up the Niger - setting fires, despoiling troublesome villages...

[@bellesnik]

РЕСПЕКТ +1500!!!

[@louislamboley9167]

The camera operator apparently does not appreciate the lead guitar player or where those guitar notes are coming from.

[@christianlacheze3323]

He has excuses, due to Mick’s habit of looking at his feet whilst playing , making him rather dull to film

[@hectorveron8923]

✨

[@carlosordenesrubilar1124]

Dick Hekstall at winds!!!!!wow

[@HappyHermitt]

If it wasn't for John Mayall, we might've never heard of Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, etc etc

[@catholiccowboy8545]

"Long Gone Midnight" and " Walking on Sunset" from LP " Blues from Laurel Canyon" (1968). And there Mr Mayall and his harmonica is not completely alone on the stage, believe me. Just bad tv framing.

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

His most recent guitarist, Caroline Wonderland, is great. She belongs on any list of Mayall guitar monsters

[@jeffsmith2022]

I saw John and his band in Providence, R.I. around 1997...

[@lloydclaussen3925]

Saw him in Detroit 1975

[@karenscigliano9787]

We caught him in NYC in 2000 at BB Kings in Times Square and John was sitting on a barstool that was holding the door open just watching the street life go by. My husband stood there next to him and casually began conversation like they were old friends. Great memory.

[@fabrikk60]

I think the drummer is Colin Allen, who later joined the Dutch band Focus for a couple albums.

[@daveschulps4470]

Both Allen and Steve Thompson were also in Stone the Crows.

[@peterwest5525]

Why do we never see the band ?

[@Alanoffer]

Mick Taylor never looked comfortable in the stones , He was more of a straight blues player , than a rocker

[@AuxesisHyperbole666]

Feel he was more a boozer than a stoner..

[@fabrikk60]

Taylor is also an excellent jazz guitarist. Way too talented for the Stones.

[@KennyLeeUK]

There's a band playing yet most of the coverage features a close up of Mayall!

[@richardcorreya2739]

😂 The early years...

[@dantean]

How no one was ever able to convince him NEVER to sing for others to hear remains a mystery to me to this day, more than half a century since first discovering his otherwise magnificent records. Like fingernails against a blackboard! Real long ones!

[@chriscoughlin9289]

FWIW The history of the blues tradition's trailblazers is not exactly rife with the vocal stylings of Sam Cooke and Ella. Start with Skip James and Robert Johnson and work your way forward to Wolf and Elmore James. Honestly? I'm not entirely convinced that you didn't end up at this posting by accident.

[@lumberpilot]

What type of harmonica holder is he using? It seems to slide back and forth when he's blowing it.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

Why the boats and the ducks ????

[@LeftCoast_TomP]

I had my hopes up but way too much time on closeups of Mayall's face and then when Taylor takes a solo they have the camera on Mayall. They need to make laws that people filming music at least be able to discern which instrument is taking the solo and especially if they are guitarists take pictures of what they are doing on their instrument. Then there is all the footage of the swans and boats Ahhhhhh

[@MarkBarna1]

I scrolled through this and only found a shadowy shot of Mick Taylor playing an SG that lasted a few seconds. That's it for Taylor in this?

[@josephmagdalen9220]

Hippie nightmare camera work.

[@JenniferGarcia-gs4ub]

Headphones and close my eyes

[@whatevershebrings]

Very typical of concert films made around this time (actual film stock/16mm cameras, etc.) The Europeans had it right; the exteriors here (while over-used) lend a sense of time and place. French camera crews especially were no doubt influenced by the French cinema.

[@josephmagdalen9220]

​@@whatevershebrings the camera work is distracting, nonsensical and in my opinion takes away from the music and performance. fortunately this style of Cinematography died off by the mid seventies and let's hope it never rears it's ugly head again!

[@chrisgiebler6779]

So wheres mick taylor shoot th HD cameraman lol

[@jimdowling1591]

Blues from Laurel Cayon. A great blues album.compositions by John. Suoerb guitar work by Mick Taylor. Enjoyable .

[@kokkinakispavlos7059]

who knows Robert Manthoulis who shot the film for the french TV?

[@robmac6508]

No, he must have become an art house film director 😂

[@marceloaraujo8728]

R O C K

[@geoffreyhattersley9186]

Where is Mick?

[@PIPEHEAD]

Having been struggling with a harmonica harness for the last few weeks, even his approach to playing the harmonica seems peculiarly apt. There seem to be a lot of complaints about the footage - I suspect that when the guy sent his team to London, he didn't instruct them to film every single person they could find ! It could be said that the cats in the crowd are more interesting than Mick, as images, and I can prove it - I've just said it ! .........................

[@mikeroberts9501]

France - such a wonderfully civilized, artistic nation. Never saw things like this on US tv in the '60's - artistry and beauty be damned - it's always about the f'ing dollar - then and now.

[@pawelpap9]

Actually musicians play for money. They like to get paid. If French were so great in artsy stuff they would have popularized blues in the 50s. As things stand, it wasn’t done by musicians paid in francs.

[@mikeroberts9501]

@@pawelpap9 Stupid comment. My point, if you have the capacity to comprehend it, is not who popularized blues, or how the musicians were paid, it's which society televised this uninterrupted, artistic performance on commercial television in the '60's. The monetary aspect of my comment refers to US commercial television's historical refusal to air anything of substance that interferes with advertising revenue NOT about whether or not musicians play for money or not!