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John Mayall
John Mayall English musician and bluesman John Mayall performing in Bologna, Italy, 2015.

John Mayall

British musician
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Staff Writer, The Guardian, London. Author of Dylan: A Man Called Alias.
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John Mayall (born November 29, 1933, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England—died July 22, 2024, California, U.S.) was a British singer, pianist, organist, and occasional guitarist who was among the guiding lights of the British blues movement in the early to mid-1960s. Always a popular performer, Mayall is nevertheless more celebrated for the musicians he attracted into his band, the Bluesbreakers. Through his patronage of several important guitarists, notably Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor, he exerted...

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