★★★★★
Redoubtable and self-motivated as ever Just shy of his eightieth birthday, John Mayall recorded an album with his current band late in 2013 that suggests in no uncertain terms he remains as potent a blues musician as the members of his group merely half his age. He titled with the same knowing understatement he writes, plays and sings (and renders the cover art as well)...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2014-06-03
★★★★★
At 80, John Mayall remains known as the Godfather of British Blues, thanks to his mentorship of such key figures of the '60s British blues-rock scene as Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor, Peter Green and John McVie (all members of his Bluesbreakers band). Mayall's own albums didn't always get the recognition they deserved, especially his adventurous blues meets jazz meets rock explorations in the '70s (I have fond memories of catching some of his gigs in that era)...
- exclaim.ca
2014-05-14
★★★★★
Though John Mayall doesn't deign to call the unit that collaborates with him on Live in London "The Bluesbreakers," his current band is arguably as tight and sympathetic as any ensemble that's sported the moniker in the recent past. Fusing bassist Greg Rzab, drummer Jay Davenport and guitarist Rocky into a fluid ensemble, The Godfather of British Blues elicits versatility from this stripped- down instrumental lineup, opening with vocals, harp and some piano on "Another Man...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2011-12-12
★★★★★
John Mayall has always laid great store by the standard of his live performances - indeed, his late 80s renaissance, which continues today, was on the strength of recording "a gig we did in Hungary in a sports field with built-in mikes picking things up". This is effectively a repackaging of the second disc of Rolling With The Blues (The Second Decade 1972-1982), released by Shakedown in 2003 with an additional interview disc...
- www.recordcollectormag.com
2011-04-25
★★★★★
In late 2008, there was a three-month gap where it looked as if John Mayall, "the Godfather of British Blues", would be calling it a day and hanging up the mantle of bandleader for good...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
Despite giving first exposure to a stellar string of UK musicians, John Mayall seemed to get more credit at the time than he does now for his unpredictable but ever-passionate crusade to further the blues music he loved...
- www.recordcollectormag.com
2010-12-21
★★★★★
Recorded live in 1969 during a show at NYC's famed Fillmore East just after Mick Taylor left to join The Rolling Stones. The album instead featured the guitar playing of Jon Mark and John Almond on sax and flute but no drums. This created a sound that was radically different from their previous releases. Contains 3 bonus tracks." 180 gram virgin vinyl.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-09-23
★★★★★
John Mayall had a reputation for being a rebel long before 1969. How else to explain his single-minded devotion to the blues in the face of Beatlemania? Still, in dispensing with a drummer and including no lead electric guitarist in the band he formed for The Turning Point (Polydor, 1969), Mayall was going against the very grain of the blues movement he had helped to establish alongside his illustrious sequence of lead guitarists?Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
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