John Mayall
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Walter Trout on wild times with Canned Heat, how John Mayall helped him get sober – and his death metal tone secret
By Joel McIver published
As the blues veteran releases a fiery new album, Sign of the Times, and wrestles with his new gym regimen, he checks in to talk tone and share memories of a career like no other

When Joe Bonamassa guested on an Ozzy Osbourne album – and couldn't quite believe it
By Phil Weller published
The blues hero has reflected on their unlikely union in 2005, and why he sees Ozzy as heavy metal’s John Mayall

Harvey Mandel replaced big names without a thought, and lost out via EVH and Keith Richards
By Andrew Daly published
The two-hand tapping pioneer on playing with Canned Heat, Jerry Garcia and John Mayall, getting beaten to the Stones gig by Ronnie Wood – and that time he was kidnapped by Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor

How Eric Clapton got his tone on John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers’ ‘Beano’ album
By Jamie Dickson published
The ‘Beano’ album has become a benchmark for how a Les Paul ’Burst and a Marshall could sound together. But how Clapton got that tone is a little more complex than that...

From Eric Clapton to Peter Green, Mick Taylor and more – a guide to blues legend John Mayall’s ’60s Bluesbreakers guitarists
By Rich Davenport published
The Bluesbreakers remained a unique force in British blues throughout the decade, thanks to its late leader’s unfailing ability to pick breathtaking bandmates

Tracking the phenomenal guitar lineage of John Mayall in 12 essential releases
By Andy Aledort published
We trace the evolution of the six-string linchpin behind the British blues rock boom of the 1960s

John Mayall changed blues music forever – and introduced the world to some of its greatest guitar players
By Andy Aledort published
“The Godfather of British Blues” left us in July at age 90. We look back at his many achievements, triumphs and essential releases

Eric Clapton pays emotional tribute to his Bluesbreaker bandmate and blues mentor John Mayall
By Matt Owen published
Clapton and Mayall joined forces in the 1960s to record one of British blues' most iconic records, which further established Slowhand as an up-and-coming blues great
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