John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers

Mayall has been brewing up his own version of the blues for more than forty years along with a shifting lineup of Bluesbreakers. Mayall is a multi-instrumentalist and distinctive vocalist with a keening tenor who has always tried to find his own place within the blues idiom. His backup band, the Bluesbreakers, have included a veritable who's-who of musicians, including three of the best guitarists to come out of Great Britain: Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor -- not to mention the legendary rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVeigh. Over the course of his career, Mayall has experimented with Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues, Jazz Blues, and just about every other hyphenated blues hybrid imaginable.