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(2017/Forty Below) 11 tracks. At the age of 82, John Mayall presents his 2017 album 'Talk About... more

John Mayall: Talk About That (CD)

(2017/Forty Below) 11 tracks. At the age of 82, John Mayall presents his 2017 album 'Talk About That'. Eleven songs, eight Mayall originals and the three blues classics. His band: guitarist Rocky Athas, bassist Greg Rzab and drummer Jay Davenport. Mayall himself took over the vocals as well as keyboard, guitar and harmonicas. As a special guest, Joe Walsh can also be heard on 2 songs.

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  • Interpret: John Mayall

  • Album titlle: Talk About That (CD)

  • Genre Blues

  • Label FORTY BELOW

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0888295485630

  • weight in Kg 0.1
Mayall, John - Talk About That (CD) CD 1
01 Talk About That John Mayall
02 It's Hard Going Up John Mayall
03 The Devil Must Be Laughing John Mayall
04 Gimme Some of That Gumbo John Mayall
05 Goin' Away Baby John Mayall
06 Cards on the Table John Mayall
07 I Didn't Mean to Hurt You John Mayall
08 Don't Deny Me John Mayall
09 Blue Midnight John Mayall
10 Across the County Line John Mayall
11 You Never Know John Mayall
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers When Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds in the wake of their 1965... more
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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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Tracklist
Mayall, John - Talk About That (CD) CD 1
01 Talk About That
02 It's Hard Going Up
03 The Devil Must Be Laughing
04 Gimme Some of That Gumbo
05 Goin' Away Baby
06 Cards on the Table
07 I Didn't Mean to Hurt You
08 Don't Deny Me
09 Blue Midnight
10 Across the County Line
11 You Never Know