John Mayall - "I'm Gonna Fight for You J.B."

 When John Mayall was starting another band after the break-up of the Bluesbreakers in May 1969, he decided to have a band that would play "low volume music" – or music without "heavy lead guitar and drums". 

  "I'm Gonna Fight For You, J.B.", is a tribute to the American blues guitarist J. B. Lenoir who died in 1967 and who had a deep influence on Mayall

John Mayall - vocals/harmonica/guitar.Jon Mark-.guitar.Alex Dmochowski-bass.John Almond-sax/fluflut

John Brumwell Mayall  (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians of all-time. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and keyboardist, he had a career that spanned nearly seven decades, remaining an active musician until his death aged 90. Mayall has often been referred to as the "godfather of the British blues", and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category in 2024. 

John Michael Burchell (8 May 1943 – 10 February 2021), known professionally as Jon Mark, was an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his recordings with Marianne Faithfull, Sweet Thursday, John Mayall and Mark-Almond. Mark, who received a Grammy in 2004, lived in Rotorua, New Zealand.

                                      

Johnny Almond (20 July 1946 – 18 November 2009) was a British saxophonist, who is best known for his recordings with the Alan Price Set, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall and Mark-Almond. 

Alex Dmochowski (Death reported on December 21, 2024 )Bassist Alex Dmochowski became a familiar face on the British blues scene playing with John Mayall, Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation, Peter Green and Quincy Jones, among others. During the 70s he recorded several albums with Frank Zappa, including the iconic Apostrophe (‘), under the handle ‘Erroneous’. He was 79 when he passed away peacefully at his home in London.

                                           

 The Turning Point is a live album by John Mayall, featuring British blues music recorded at a concert at Bill Graham's Fillmore East on 12 July 1969.

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John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (feat.Mick Taylor) - California

 70th Birthday Concert Liverpool, England on 19 July 2003

California (Mayall/Thompson) album The Turning Point
John Mayall - Piano, Guitar, Harmonica and Vocals.Mick Taylor-guitar Buddy Whittington - Guitar and Vocals. Joe Yuele - Drums. Hank Van Sickle - Bass Guitar. Tom Canning - Organ and Piano 

                  John Mayall (Macclesfield, 29 november 1933 – Californië, 22 juli 2024)

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers feat.Coco Montoya/Walter Trout - Looking Back

                                                     Pori Jazz Festival (Finland) 13-7-1986

                                                                    Looking Back

John Mayall-keys/guitar/harmonica.Coco Montoya-guitar.Walter Trout-guitar.Bobby Hays-bass.

Joe Yuele-drums

                                      John Mayall  29 november 1933 - 22 juli 2024 R.I.P.

John Mayall, feat. Mick Taylor/Dick Hestall Smith (London 1968)

 Blues from Laurel Canyon is a 1968 album by John Mayall, featuring British blues music. It was his first album after the breakup of his band the Bluesbreakers in May 1968,although others claim it was on 14 July 1968. It was also his last album with Decca before moving to Polydor.

                                  With beautiful images of the Theems in 1968.................                

. John Mayall sings and plays harmonica, organ and guitar on the album. The other band members are a young Mick Taylor (guitar), Colin Allen (drums) and Stephen Thompson (bass). The guitarist Peter Green is featured on the track "First Time Alone". The engineer was Derek Varnals. All the songs on the album were written by Mayall. 

 

John Mayall (feat.Mick Taylor) - Walking On Sunset

                                  Recorded on January 2nd 1969 at the Marquee Club in London

John Mayall-vocals/guitar/harmonica.Steve Thompson-bass.Colin Allen/drums.Mick Taylor-guitar
 

                        Walking On Sunset (album Blues From The Laurel Canyon)

                         not enough attention from the filmmaker for Mick Taylor....

Blues from Laurel Canyon is a 1968 album by John Mayall, featuring British blues music. It was his first album after the breakup of his band the Bluesbreakers in May 1968, although others claim it was on 14 July 1968. It was also his last album with Decca before moving to Polydor.
 

John Mayall & Duster Bennet - Worried About You

 

                                                          Live TV Apperance 1970

                 John Mayall

                Anthony "Duster" Bennett (23 September 1946 - 26 March 1976)

                 Johnny Almond (20 July 1946 - 18 November 2009) 

                 Jon Mark(8 May 1943 - 10 February 2021)

                 Alex Dmochowski.- bass

       Duster Bennet

   https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2010/03/duster-bennett23-september-1946-26.html

 

John Mayall "USA UNION" LIVE!!

  
USA Union is a 1970 album by blues musician John Mayall, featuring Harvey Mandel on guitar, Larry Taylor on bass and Don "Sugarcane" Harris on violin. The album was recorded on July 27 & 28th, 1970 at Larrabee Studios in LA and released by Polydor later in the same year .



Off the road

 At the end of the sixties John Mayall was residing in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California and had developed connections with local musicians, befriending Harvey Mandel and Larry Taylor, who had both just departed Canned Heat. Taylor had appeared on one track of Mayall's previous album, Empty Rooms, the only studio recordings of his "Turning Point" band, and stayed on to replace Stephen Thompson (with whom he duetted on "To a Princess"); Mandel essentially replaced acoustic guitar specialist Jon Mark, and electric violinist Harris replaced saxophonist Johnny Almond.



Nature Disapearing

 In the USA Union liner notes, Mayall noted that, after the Turning Point band broke up, he'd played a British music festival with an all-star lineup and then needed to form a new band swiftly when Polydor Records pressed him for a new album.



Pretty Girl

 The USA Union lineup would appear as some of the core of Mayall's Back to the Roots set, which featured several notable Mayall alumni including Eric Clapton, John McVie, Mick Taylor, Stephen Thompson and previous drummers Keef Hartley and Aynsley Dunbar. Mayall would keep the drumless format for just one more album, Memories, where Jerry McGee replaced Harvey Mandel as guitarist.

Harvey Mandel (born March 11, 1945),speelde samen met Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, en John Mayall alvorens hij een solocarriere begon .Hij was een van de eerste gitaristen die het z.g two-handed fretboard tapping beoefende.

Don "Sugarcane" Harris (born Don Francis Bowman Harris, June 18, 1938[1] - November 30 (or December 1), 1999) was een Amerikaanse rock & roll violist en gitarist.Vormde jarenlang een duo met zijn jeugvriend Dewey Terry Harris onder de naam Don & Terry .Hoewel ze zelf geen hits hadden waren ze wel verantwoordelijk voor bekende nummers als "Farmer John", "Justine", "Leavin' It All Up to you", en "Big Boy Pete," hoofdzakelijk uitgevoerd door andere artiesten

Larry Taylor (born Samuel Taylor, 26 June 1942, New York) meest bekend als bassist van Canned Heat Hiervoor was hij sessie bassist voor The Monkees en Jerry Lee Lewis.

 

                                                         John Mayall Biografie
                                             http://www.johnmayall.com/bio.html

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - Dry Throat (Stockholm April12th, 1972)

John Mayall-voc.harm.git.piano.Keef Hartley-drums.Freddy Robinson-git.Blue Mitchell-trumpet
Cilifford Solomon-sax.Victor Gaskin-bass.

John Mayall - Jazz Blues Fusion (1972) live!

                                                        

         Jazz Blues Fusion is a live album by John Mayall. The first side is from a gig in Boston at the Boston Music Hall on 18 November 1971, and the second side was selected from two concerts at Hunter College, New York, on 3 and 4 December 1971                                               

                                Olympia Parijs May 19th May  1972

   California /The Laws Must Change,

 Freddy Robinson - lead guitar,Larry Taylor - bass guitar,John Mayall - vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica,Ron Selico - percussion,Blue Mitchell - trumpet,Clifford Solomon - alto & tenor saxophone

   Olympia Parijs May 19th May  1972