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Sep 13, 2024 · Mayall was born in Macclesfield in 1933, and first courted music by scouring his father’s imported collection of blues 78s, before teaching himself piano, guitar and harmonica. After completing national service in Korea, Mayall returned to Britain in the 1950s, unimpressed by, according to Classic Rock magazine, “a monopoly of trad-jazz ...
Jul 25, 2024 · The father of British blues, who died this week at age 90, is remembered in testimonials from Robben Ford, Rick Vito, Coco Montoya, Buddy Whittington, Carolyn Wonderland, and others from his post-Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor years. Dan Forte also looks at Mayall’s compelling discography.
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Jul 24, 2024 · John Mayall, the Godfather of British Blues, has passed away. A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Mayall was a central player in the 1960s British blues scene that birthed groups like ...
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Surrey native Eric Claptonis one of the most admired guitar players in the world. His career started in rock and blues with The Yardbirds in 1963 and has included other groups like Cream before he went solo in 1970. Clapton is the only performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times. He’s won numerous awards, including 18 G...
Brian May is the lead guitarist for the rock supergroup Queen, one of the best-selling groups of all time. He was born in Twickenham, a London suburb in1947. He was one of the founding members of Queen in the 1970s and still tours with them today with Adam Lambert as the lead singer in place of the late Freddie Mercury. May’s guitar skills helped l...
Although he grew up in Ireland, The Edge, whose real name is David Howell Evans, was born in Barking, Essex to Welsh parents. He began piano and guitar lessons as a child with his love of music eventually leading him to want to be part of a musical group. He’s been the guitarist for the rock band U2since its founding in 1976 playing keyboards and g...
Born in Sutton, a borough of London, Jeff Beck went from hearing his first electric guitar at age six and trying to build guitars his own guitars to becoming one of the top guitarists in the world. Beck replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds in 1965 and later formed The Jeff Beck Group with rock singer Rod Stewart. Beck released several albums and ...
Saul Hudson’s mother was a costume and fashion designer who created costumes for artists like David Bowie, and his father designed album covers for musicians like Neil Young. Those early musical influences and a move to Los Angeles when he was five led Hudson, who would become known as Slashvia a childhood nickname, to pick up the guitar. Born in S...
London-born Cat Stevens, the stage name for Steven Demetre Georgiou, has played everything from folk to rock and even spent several years playing religious music before returning to his roots. Stevens’ love of The Beatles got him interested in learning to play the guitar at age 15. He had several international hits between 1966 and 1978, like “Wild...
Born in Cheltenham in the southwest of England, the multi-talented Brian Jones started playing music with a clarinet in the school band. Later, he played slide guitarbut went on to play lead guitar in the group he founded in 1962, The Rolling Stones. Jones intended the group to primarily play blues, but other members took the sound in a rock direct...
Born in Cambridge, England in 1946, David Gilmourloved music as a child and learned to play on a borrowed guitar. He joined Pink Floyd in 1967 as a guitarist and singer and helped make Pink Floyd one of the world’s most successful musical groups. Gilmour released several solo albums and produced albums for other talents like Kate Bush. Pink Floyd r...
Scotland-born Mark Knopfler plays guitar with his right hand even though he’s left-handed. He rose to fame as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the rock group Dire Straits who went on to become an international hit and one of the UK’s biggest rock bands in 1985. Knopfler has also composed the soundtracks to many feature films like “The Princess Br...
English guitarist Peter Green was born in Bethnal Green, London in 1946 and taught himself to play the guitar at age 11. He released several solo albums during his career but is most well-known today for being the founder of the supergroup Fleetwood Mac in 1967. Green wrote several songs, including “Black Magic Woman,” a single Fleetwood Mac releas...
British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s, and reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s. In Britain, blues developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar, and made international stars of several proponents of the genre, including the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton ...
Dec 6, 2023 · However, the Rolling Stones and other new groups with rhythm-and-blues influences made them less well-known. When guitarist Eric Clapton became a Bluesbreaker in April 1965, things changed very ...
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May 6, 2015 · Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson were just a few that he inspired. Decades before rock ‘n’ roll, Patton would regularly play the guitar behind his head or back during raucous live performances. Listen: Charley Patton - Rattlesnake Blues. PrevPage 3 of 30Next PrevPage 3 of 30Next. Junior Kimbrough.
