John Mayall - Godfather of British Blues - Documentary

[@romandybala]

Imagine 1966 I was 14 years old, discovering girls, liked the Stones, beatles were ok for light songs and a friend of my girl at the time said , hey , why dont you listen to John Mayall? I had no idea, went to my local music shop and they had four or five of his albums, not mainstream by any means. Five dollars over the counter and I was hooked for life. Completely destroyed me for any other type of music. Bought the remaining albums and just dug the hell out of them. No one else at the time shared any interest at all in his music. Still love it all today, Still got all the albums and listen to them every now and then.Great docco on his life . Thanks for posting.

[@waltertanner7982]

Thanks to YOU for posting!

[@alanthomson1227]

My story similar to yours , in 1968 / 9 a music teacher played Laurel Canyon been hooked ever since . Got every vinyl from Beano up to Jazz blues fusion .

[@landesart]

They had four or even five different John Mayall records in that store in 1966?! Wow they were really ahead of their time 😂👍🏼

[@landesart]

But anyway: yeah, same story, almost 12 years later ☺️ „Blues From Laurel Canyon“ - couldn‘t get better.

[@MikeLike8]

I saw John Mayall and his 85-89 Bluesbreakers, 5 times with my friend Lenny. The most memorable shows, fantastic music and performances with spirited play and great fun. They showed any musicians in the making in attendance how it is done. Love John Mayall. Thank you for this video !

[@johngore7744]

I’m a 63 year old Montrealer and my Grandparents on both sides were from the North of England. I spent 5 weeks there when I was 17 and visited family in Macclesfield and on the same trip spent a wet night in Cheadle Hume looking for a wire haired terrier with my travelling companion from Montreal as well we never found the dog but we found the local Pub and the dog came home later. Lol. I had no idea John Mayall was from That part of the UK. Been a fan since I was 15. Cheers from Montreal

[@davegoldsmith4020]

I was a teenager in the sixties when i discovered John Mayall, still listening, saw him live a couple of years ago, I am 70 now.

[@danielthyme8609]

Hey...nice that's my story too i could have written the same thing and i'll be 71yo the 14th december 2023 ENJOY LIFE 😆 💙

[@timmorris245]

Same here guys, we're all on the same page. Been a fan since 1970.

[@EnglishVeteran]

Great documentary at this sad time. I followed John right back in the early days. What a life he had! Lived to the full !!!! Big loss! RIP John

[@RandyResnick]

Playing with John in 1974 was amazing. We toured Europe, Asia, Australie and New Zealand.

[@DonnaFuelling]

RIP John Mayall. Thank you for the music you made. I love and have always loved the Blues.

[@joyb5525]

❤ Privileged to have lived in an Era of Magic Music. From Ireland 🍀

[@frankierodriguez8661]

Absolutely wonderful, after the passing of John Mayall, this documentary fills my eyes with tears of joy and recognition for the man we all guitar players in general and blues lovers in particular owe such huge amount of inspiration. He gave us the love for this amazing music and opened so many doors. Thank you Mr. Mayall, We'll see you in the other side ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AntonyCar-l6l]

The greatest PURE MUSICIAN... great music 😊

[@darecop53]

Blues from Laurel Canyon AWESOME ALBUM My all-time favorite still listening to it!!!!! Thank you for giving us Eric Clapton Mick Taylor and others

[@Horsemam3190]

Legend, rest in peace. Thanks for the music. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@GaryMarkley-h3z]

Amen💟

[@flashtheoriginal]

A Hard Road. Played it again last night. It still gives me goose bumps. RIP John

[@RodneyGuitarsplat]

BEANO was the album that influenced countless new bands that went in so many different directions, thank you John Mayall. Thanks for Posting this Documentary, Cheers!

[@bluesdawg8014]

My band opened for John Mayall 3 years ago in Southern California. I had a chance to talk to John backstage during sound check. The guy is a legend and is so humble it was hard to believe. He's truly historic when it comes to Blues. John still setup his own keyboard at 86 years old. What a guy. He gave so many guitarists a chance to become known it's hard to remember them all. I have so much respect for John. Long Live The Blues Los Angeles

[@gitlutz]

In blues we trust, cause blues is the truth :-)

[@r.d.sandman6474]

Short dude isn’t he? Like, Roger Daltry short, but seriously

[@Mark-dx8rr]

That must have been quite the honor!!

[@rickmartin5132]

RIP John Mayall....thanks for playing me the blues since '67.../Marquee Club

[@evangray2594]

Did you see him with Peter Green?

[@GaryMarkley-h3z]

💟 As a teen in the early seventies, John's vibe and soulful music live on.

[@liamfinch4129]

Great talent is generally unassuming and humble - thanks John.

[@SuperMCFIVE]

My brother had John Mayall's "Turning Point", and I loved "California"! That's where I wanna be - in a blues bar of course!

[@EnglishVeteran]

The Godfather of English Blues. Great man. RIP John

[@bobgarr6246]

Thanks for all you have given us John, may you rest in peace.

[@johneaston2293]

Saw him first in the Flamingo way back then still a fan now a British guy can go to the USA the land of the blues and fits right in .RIP you were a one off

[@kennethhacker3014]

These brits went bonkers over our delta blues and for that,,,,i thank you from the bottom of my heart.RIP Mr Mayall

[@reinhardschuetze9004]

Hallo John. Ich werde dich vermissen. Du hast mir viele schöne bluesige Stunden geschenkt. Ob in Frankfurt oder in Freiburg, absolut 100% Qualität. RIP John Mayall.

[@lisameier-y2x]

This was a man who never stopped. Creating music, verses every minute. Obsessed with music unlike any other. Sagittarius . Pepper Watkins and Harvey Mandel what a time. Capable of so much regretting that percussion and his vocals were things he couldn't master. Genius!

[@weiloong7]

Very awesome, and most memorable and outstanding Story!!! Thanks much much and more...

[@vansan7750]

Rest in Peace John thank you 💕 for your music

[@uncledan2u]

Discovered John Mayall at 19. Never forgot him. Now 64 from Malaysia 🇲🇾.

[@maxo1124]

I saw John Mayall in April 2010 in Australia,was lucky to shake his hand and get autograph on his new than CD. Day later in the same place played Peter Green.Great shows of great blues stars

[@lisameier-y2x]

John Mayall Most generous musician ever!

[@johnmccann8319]

My big sister Siobhan brought Bare Wires and Back to the roots home to our house.Those albums were never off the turntable.Thank you John Mayall and all the musicians on these amazing albums.(and big sister😊)❤

[@GOLDENFLYWARRIOR]

RIP John Mayall. 💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️💔🎸❤️

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Always Loved his Artwork on his Guitars and the back of his Piano/Organs…

[@TheVatonaught]

I was in college when the Beano album came out...I bought it because I liked the cover...hadn't heard of any of them guys 'til them but I was a blues nut...! I became a fanatic fan and I still am...just turned 80...

[@peterjohnson7478]

My older brother introduced me to the Blues when I was about 15 years old (now closing in on 69) with John Mayall being the first concert I ever attended at Festival Hall in Melbourne. Have never looked back. I still remember at the beginning of the night the lighting people put a spot on him and he stopped the concert and told them that everyone on stage is equally important to the performance so just put the stage lights on and leave them on for the night.

[@tommc49]

74 years old and I still have the Beano album cover on the wall (with the album).

[@elss8717]

Same age, still have that album.

[@uncledan2u]

I don't have the album, but I share how you feel. ✌️ from Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@geraividet]

My sister had some Mayall recods. I listened to those all the time and totally loved it. I must have been in my early teens. I've been listening to his music ever since

[@uklaw]

RIP John. Thanks for the memory. Hard Road

[@parahycodan]

Wow. This is really important. Thanks to the persons who created this. I’ve shared it with many

[@wettham715]

Has always been a part of my life since age 14as a kid in south Africa. 70 @ this time, 2023

[@lloydclaussen3925]

Laurel Canyon has always been my Mayall favorite.

[@bassbobrobert4946]

As a young lad ,used to have my ear glued to the Dansette record player trying to pick out John Mcvies bass lines, now in my seventies and still knocking out the brilliant stuff he created with the Bluesbreakers!

[@philodonoghue3062]

Blues great(s) who have got the in-depth perspicacious doco they’re worthy of here

[@extremelydave]

What a great video. It filled in many gaps of my knowledge of Mayall and his many artists he nurtured. He is one of a kind and his like won't be seen again for a long, long time.

[@richierugs6544]

many many stood on this great man's shoulders

[@chuckbouscaren3898]

Great job putting this documentary together. Thanks for this and RIP John Mayall.

[@TimsGuitarWorldwithTimFeskorn]

Great docu.

[@ZalMoxis]

I used to teach guitar to his cousin a few years back..... sad these times are long gone....

[@ShaunLowthian]

His music is the soundtrack of my entire, I hope he lives forever.

[@HektorBandimar]

Back in the sixties in the U.K. we used to spend our saturday afternoons listening to records in the booths at our local record shops. I didn't know anything about John Mayall, I was a Stones fan, and Yardbirds, so I guess it must have been about the time of the famous Beano album, someone played John Mayall's album A Hard Road, Dust my blues, that was it, I was hooked, I have been a Mayall fan ever since. he's 90 now, keep rocking John.

[@TweedSuit]

Will be 90 this month.

[@GOABR]

DOD 22 July 2024 Rip . So many good memories to the contribution he made to the music and musicians of that era

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

THE BLUES FROM LAUREL CANYON AND MEDICINE MAN ARE MY TWO FAVORITES !

[@howe4729]

Yeah , great documentary I I was a great fan since the mid Sixties of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and Eric Clapton !

[@surfraptor]

Great thanks! Mayall was my first musical hero. Still have my fanclub membership card no 43. :-) Did see the BluesBreakers with Mick Taylor twice and Fleetwood Mac with Greeny in Holland.

[@prajnachan333]

Like all of you I've loved John's music for years. My older brother had the '"Beano'" album and his first solo record. Then went on to enjoy the Peter Green and Mick Taylor records. As well as many others along the way. Thanks John. The right man at the right time. There will always be The Blues! 🕉

[@tomfielder8973]

Mayall, with Clapton, with Green, with Taylor, I saw them all, and as good guitarists as they were, ‘burn out your blind eyes’, played at Manor House, Finsbury Park, sticks in my memory as something special…

[@weekendwet1]

90 years of age yesterday. Amazing guy.

[@alecspeer]

As a young university student, I had a side gig, which was as volunteer host DJ of the campus radio station at the University of Toronto. When I joined Varsity Radio, the station manager taste was reflected in the music played .... Sinatra and the like. I brought my own albums and fearlessly played Beatles, Stones, Dylan. After a short time I moved up in rank to replace the station manager with myself. Varsity Radio was reborn as a rock, folk and blues outlet. In quick order, reps of music industry companies came by to promote and provide the station with upcoming new releases from known and soon-to-be known artists. It was then that I discovered British blues with early Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall & the Blues Breakers. I remember the fuss made about Mayall's "Beano" album, featuring Eric "Slowhand" Clapton. The Beano reference was a magazine which was in the cover photo of that album. I eventually attended a live performance by Mayall at the O'Keefe Centre in downtown Toronto. My girl and I were greeted by a young ,and, I must say, very pretty, woman handing out oatmeal cookies to folks entering the front door. Yeah, those laced cookies sort of set the tone of the evening. The opening act was literally a one-man band, whose playing was a music revelation. Then John Mayall and his band came on stage. The capacity 3,,000+ persons crowd loved every second of their performance, One of the great aspects of KZbin is the posting of video like this we are watching, which provide an avenue for long neglected memories of great times of 50-60 years ago to be recalled and enjoyed anew - just like me here and now.

[@MikeFloutier]

All the lovin’ is lovin’! Man that takes me back, lovely to hear them play it again. 🎸🎹🥁🍾❤️

[@raybede]

John Mayall has been my guide to the blues since the 60s Him and his musicians have had such an influence on me and thousands of others. I love him and just about everything he has done but let us not forget Alexis Korner who was one of THE originators in the UK.

[@ArthurRobertson-ne7ik]

My God what a fantastic video, story, group, musicians, the man John Mayall himself. Wow, my favorites, my favorites! I knew him I bought his records when they first came out John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers I still have it. I had no idea about John and his life since Laurel Canyon. Really warms my heart; love this guy and his music. Thank you John for your music and this video Be well sir, and live long. ❤

[@KAHouli-p1x]

Really enjoyed this documentary John Mayall a terrific individual and a musicians musician

[@chuckpurcell-dq1un]

What an amazing man and a consummate musician. It may be a very long time before all of his contributions are fully realized in the world. He gave us so much.......!!!

[@Mark-dx8rr]

Definitely an earned title --THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH BLUES 💙.

[@cravinbob]

Blues is American.

[@anauticalgate5496]

Meeting this extraordinary , but still grounded legend ,left me with a signed Beano album cover ...and a sense of even deeper waters. He IS a Renaissence Man. And definition of cool.I'm humming My Laurel Canyon home to myself as I putter around the kitchen,though i've never (yet)been to California.

[@robertdigrappa8660]

I gotta share this little ditty. I was living in SF in '70 and went to see John Mayall at the Filmore of course. After the show, myself and a friend were out back having a smoke and we see this white Rolls Royce, this very fine woman gets out and then up walks John and kisses her on the cheek and she holds the door for him, and he gets in, and they drive off. Dems was da days!!!

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

I saw John and his band when they came to my country. We had great local blues bands but nothing like his. Larry "the Mole" Taylor on bass and Hightide Harris on guitar, a fantastic concert.

[@fiachra4266]

I bought Bare Wires as a 17 year old in 1984 purely because Mick Taylor was on it and knew nothing about John. That all changed and quickly went out and snaffled up as many other albums as I could. Laurel Canyon, Turning Point, Beano, Fusion and many others. Saw him live a few times. Absolute legend.

[@MrLittlefeat]

Damn, This is so, so, good.

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Still enjoy listening…”Blues from Laurel Canyon” is my favorite Album….

[@quixodian]

I used to love John Mayall in the 60’s. (For those wondering, the 70th Birthday concert mentioned was in 2003.)

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

what a wield ride, and better then ever on those blues vocals.

[@ohcanada7838]

Jazz Blues Fusion is still one of my all time favourite albums.

[@kc0lif]

john mayall great musician. that's wild that eric clapton, john mcvie, mick fleetwood and peter green played with john mayall.

[@paulcybotron347]

don't forget Coco Montoya, Walter Trout, Buddy Whittington, and all the latter day members, equally talented.

[@keithskelton5596]

For sure He is the man Saw him in the early 60’s A true legend

[@therodrivers572]

Jazz Blues Fusion is the best album ever!!!

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

'The Turning Point'. Great Album as i found out after buying it.

[@raatroc]

Let's pay tribute to him while he's still with us. He did more to British music than most of us realise...

[@paulhumberstone4843]

great video well done

[@James-vv9fr]

Glinton school hall around 1965 John Mayall's Blues Breakers. Peter Green on guitar. Still have vivid memories

[@Bristolcentaurus]

coming up to his 90th birthday soon

[@kenlodge3399]

That was surprisingly good, i.e., better than I expected. Thanks J.M. Ya get a Big Fat WTG

[@amedeonicoletti2690]

RIP GREAT BLUES ARTIST ❤❤❤❤

[@miguelbazaaranaantunez4608]

Una verdadera Leyenda! Un gran músico de los que ya es difícil que aparezcan! Completo y virtuoso, su Harmónica, guitarra, órgano, piano y su voz tan característica lo vuelven el mejor exponente del Rock, blues y Jazz. Inolvidable el gran Jhon Mayall. Saludos desde México!!

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

I remember seeing JM at the Hollywood Palladium in the late seventies when he had his harmonica holster. He’s still amazing!

[@simonepinori9017]

I LOVE THIS MAN AND HIS MUSIC!

[@markstevens6568]

I became aware of Eric Clapton when I saw him with the Yardbirds and became aware of John Mayall when Eric joined the Bluesbreakers. My closest friend bought Bare Wires and I bought Blues from Laurel Canyon and we shared as kids. Many years later I saw him at the Montreux Jazz Festival. He has given so much to the British Blues and Jazz scene. When looking at his output on Google for example there are two albums that are rarely shown and they are Diary of a Band Vol. 1 and 2 and these lived on the turntable in the Common Room in my boarding house at school. For me his greatest albums are Turning Point, Laurel Canyon and Bare Wires, in that order. What a life what a star!

[@r.d.sandman6474]

John was a true artist, has been for years. Yet he never fronted a steady band, I dunno why. Lot of talent went through him, lot of people owe him.

[@alfalders3020]

Blues from Laurel Canyon still stands up. Incredible record.

[@Thomas-xs2kq]

Just listened to laurel canyon yesterday. I find a very weak compared to the Beano album.

[@salort2934]

The first concert I attended to, was John Mayall by 1977 in Mexico City, I barely knew him, and I didn’t even spoke English, but the sound was amazing, I’ve never heard music live in a massive auditorium, I remember those drums, they sound different live. It was a big impact.

[@madcarew5168]

Blues from Laurel Canyon..my 1st LP ,in Mono!!

[@christull6572]

Blues from the Canyon what a Album

[@ramblerdave1339]

Would of liked to see him live, went to see him once, about '71, at the Eastown Theater in Detroit. At midnight, he still hadn't shown up, and we had to take our girlfriends home, as they were in high school, and had to be home by 1:00. Thanks Mayall, you owe me $50 (adjust for inflation). Foghat and Small Faces never let me down.

[@brianfreeman8290]

I've seen JM&B many dozens of times, with all his different lineups. (Love Buddy Whittington !) Fabulous . Miss you John.

[@chrismiller6317]

God Bless John the Maestro thanks for the 🎵❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@phillipgoodyear4196]

I heard John in a very tiny club... blue the house down. Gentle, kind, fun.

[@iwanbottos5128]

My third album was one from John Mayall's bluesbreakers , and I loved that . And John did have a hit in Holland with "Room to move". With that great intermezzo beatbox avant la letter. Still one of the weirdest hits ever . But what a band those BB's were. Page,Green and even Mick Taylor were also in it .Plus half of the British session musicians from England.

[@iwanbottos5128]

Made a Yardbyrds mix up there .Good I didn't mention Beck as a BB member. So , no Page in Bluesbreakers then.

[@paulbfields8284]

I saw John at a long gone venue in NE Ohio called The Front Row Theater…in 1983 ish… the last venue Roy Orbison played before passing in 88…John had John McVee in the band… the stage was on a giant turn table that slowly spun in a circle so that everyone saw the band up close and personal at least for a few a few times during the performance… it was a great time in music

[@johnnapier8192]

John Mayall what a great man! RIP maestro!

[@energyasylum997]

RIP John Mayall🙏

[@johntiger5]

John Mayall was to the British blues scene what Miles Davis was to the American Jazz scene. Many virtuosos were tempered by Mayall, and Miles Davis.