BBC News Top StoriesBritish blues pioneer John Mayall dies aged 90
His band the Bluesbreakers was a springboard for stars including Eric Clapton and Mick Fleetwood.
teledyn ð“‚€#JohnMayall, once he "got rich" (relative term) thought it would be cool to build himself a fireplace in his new mansion, and build it so it looked like a natural tumble of random rocks that just happened to form a hearth.
He said he learned a GREAT DEAL MORE about masonry than he had ever intended. I find life in software to be a bit like that too. RIP John. One of the rarities.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (feat. Peter Green) ~ Live In 1967 ( Full Album )
That youtube John Mayall 1969's recording quality brings back such visceral memories of cranked bootleg vinyl, a uniquely sensual sensory distortion as unmistakeable as the smell of gloss finish pages in vintage Playboy. Or so I'm told. I don't think I can turn this off. Must be a bug.