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(2003 'Eagle Rock') (134:58/16) Dolby, DTS, PAL, Surround Sound - Englisch - All Regions... more

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John Mayall: 70th Birthday Concert (DVD + CD)

(2003 'Eagle Rock') (134:58/16)
Dolby, DTS, PAL, Surround Sound - Englisch - All Regions - Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Celebrating his 70th birdthday; this show is featuring Mick Taylor and Eric Clapton a.o. - contains interview. JOHN MAYALL - pno/hca/gtr/voc, BUDDY WHITINGTON - gtr, TOM CANNING - kbds, HANK VAN SICKLE - bass, JOE YUELE - drums. Special guests: MICK TAYLOR - gtr, ERIC CLAPTON - gtr, CHRIS BARBER - tromb. - PAL (Farbe/color) 16:9, Dolby Digtal Stereo 5.1, Regional code: 0

Let me say that for so many years I have dreamed of something like this event being possible.
On the night of the concert, I felt truly overwhelmed by not only the response of the Tour and a half thousand blues fans who'd journeyed to Liverpool from far and wide but with the fun we all had on stage. To play again with Eric after a gap of 38 years was like time had just melted away. By the time we came to the finale I was almost shocked to look at my watch and realize we'd been on stage for two and a half hours!
I foresee that there will probably neuer be a night like this again and so it's such a blessing that it was all captured on tape and film for all of us to treasure in the years to come.
JOHN MAYALL

BONUS FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MAYALL

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Interpret: John Mayall
Album titlle: 70th Birthday Concert (DVD + CD)
Label EAGLE
Genre Rock
Language English
DVD-Regionalcode 0
DVD-Genre Music & Concert
DVD-SubGenre Rock
FSK Suitable without age restriction
Artikelart DVD
EAN: 5034504902299
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Mayall, John - 70th Birthday Concert (DVD + CD) DVD 1
01	Dirty Water	John Mayall
02	Walking On Sunset	John Mayall
03	Please Mr Lofton	John Mayall
04	Hideaway	John Mayall
05	Have You Heard	John Mayall
06	It Ain't Right	John Mayall
07	California	John Mayall
08	Talk To Your Daughter	John Mayall

Mayall, John - 70th Birthday Concert (DVD + CD) DVD 2
01	Southside Story	John Mayall
02	Kids Got The Blues	John Mayall
03	Dirty Water	John Mayall
04	Somebody's Acting Like A Child	John Mayall
05	Blues For The Lost Days	John Mayall
06	Walking On Sunset	John Mayall
07	Oh, Pretty Woman	John Mayall
08	No Big Hurry	John Mayall
09	Please Mr Lofton	John Mayall
10	Hideaway	John Mayall
11	All Your Love	John Mayall
12	Have You Heard	John Mayall
13	Hoochie Coochie Man	John Mayall
14	I'm Tore Down	John Mayall
15	It Ain't Right	John Mayall
16	Talk To Your Daughter	John Mayall

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John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

When Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds in the wake of their 1965 breakthrough hit For Your Love for going too pop, he quickly gravitated to the godfather of the British blues scene, John Mayall, and his Bluesbreakers.

Born November 29, 1933 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, Mayall was inspired by his dad's extensive record collection. He became proficient on guitar, piano, and harmonica as he progressed, spending four years in art school and a stint in the Army during the Korean War. In 1962, Mayall opened for Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, Korner subsequently mentoring the relative newcomer. In early '63, Mayall, by then in London, formed his first line-up of Bluesbreakers. Decca staff producer Mike Vernon helmed their debut single Crawling Up A Hill in 1964, which sold 500 copies.

After many personnel changes, Mayall's rhythm section solidified with bassist John McVie and drummer Hughie Flint. Decca cut their first album, a live set, that year (Roger Dean was their guitarist, with Mayall on piano and harp), and another studio single, Crocodile Walk, before letting the Bluesbreakers go. Clapton joined the ranks in April of '65, Jimmy Page producing I'm Your Witchdoctor with the new line-up for Immediate before they reunited with Vernon in April of '66 to cut a full-length studio LP for Decca.

'Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton' was the name of that incendiary affair, loaded with well-chosen American blues covers (Clapton shared Mayall's purist tendencies) and a handful of originals including Have You Heard, written by Mayall about his then-girlfriend Christine. Clapton fed his solid-bodied Gibson Les Paul (he switched from a Telecaster after seeing Freddy King cradling one on an album cover) through a powerful Marshall amp, affording him sonic superiority. Alan Skidmore's jazzy tenor sax opens the luxuriously downbeat Have You Heard, Mayall on organ and impassioned vocal, but it's Clapton's blasting, Freddy-influenced axe that ignites it.

The album was a smash in Great Britain, peaking at #6, but that didn't stop Eric from splitting to form Cream with bassist Jack Bruce (another Bluesbreakers alumnus) and drummer Ginger Baker just after its release that July. Peter Green had already served a brief stint with the Bluesbreakers, and he rejoined in time for the band's next LP, 1967's 'A Hard Road.' When Green left later that year along with drummer Mick Fleetwood to form Fleetwood Mac (McVie quickly followed), Mayall turned to yet another promising young British guitarist, Mick Taylor.

Mayall modernized his approach during the late '60s, freely experimenting with extended jazz-rock formats. At the dawn of the '70s, he relocated to California. No matter where he resided, Mayall retained his uncanny knack for unearthing terrific players: guitarist Harvey Mandel and electric violinist Don 'Sugarcane' Harris were in his first U.S. band. Mayall remains musically active and on the road, that knack having yet to desert him: guitarists Coco Montoya, Walter Trout, and Buddy Whittington have passed through the ranks in more recent times.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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