MAYALL, John A Hard Road (LP)

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(Decca Records) 14 tracks, John Mayall was from Macclesfield, Cheshire, and grew up in Cheadle... more

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MAYALL, John: A Hard Road (LP)

(Decca Records) 14 tracks,

John Mayall was from Macclesfield, Cheshire, and grew up in Cheadle Hulme. He had already made a name for himself on the Manchester blues scene before moving to London in 1963 at the urging of Alexis Korner.
In the summer of 1966, Clapton left the band to form Cream with former bluesbreaker Jack Bruce.
Mayall never looked back, rehiring East London guitarist Peter Green, who had previously filled in for Clapton.
Undoubtedly Clapton's equal, but with a marked difference in style, Green's signature sound enlivens the 1967 album "A Hard Road."
Hughie Flint was replaced by Aynsley Dunbar on drums, and the characteristic interpretation of Chicago blues became harder.

Article properties: MAYALL, John: A Hard Road (LP)

Interpret: MAYALL, John
Album titlle: A Hard Road (LP)
Genre Blues
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Label Decca Records
Artikelart LP
EAN: 0805520240369
weight in Kg 0.26

Mayall, John - A Hard Road (LP) LP 1
01	A Hard Road	John Mayall
02	It's Over	John Mayall
03	You Don't Love Me	John Mayall
04	The Stumble	John Mayall
05	Another Kinda Love	John Mayall
06	Hit The Highway	John Mayall
07	Leaping Christine	John Mayall
08	Dust My Blues	John Mayall
09	There's Always Work	John Mayall
10	The Same Way	John Mayall
11	The Supernatural	John Mayall
12	Top Of The Hill	John Mayall
13	Someday After A While (You'll Be Sorry)	John Mayall
14	Living Alone	John Mayall

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"MAYALL, John"

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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