
"All Your Love" (Willie Dixon/Otis Rush). John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton is a 1966 electric blues album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton as lead guitarist. It is often referred to as The Beano album because the photograph on the album cover shows Clapton reading The Beano, a well-known British children's comic. John Mayall - Lead Vocals, Hammond, Guitar, Harmonica Eric Clapton - Lead/Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar John McVie - Bass Guitar Hughie Flint - Drums
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This is my second video of Eric Clapton playing with John Mayall's Blues Breakers (see also 'Hideaway' on my channel page). Like that one, this is also an instrumental, and was written by James Bracken. Steppin' Out was from the 1966 album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton as lead guitarist. It is often referred to as The Beano album because the photograph on the album cover shows Clapton reading The Beano, a well-known British children's comic. Apart from being one of the most overall influential albums in blues-rock history, it was likely the first time anyone had heard a Gibson Les Paul guitar through an overdriven Marshall amplifier; this unique sound would become particularly influential. For more info on the equipment Eric used on this album, here is a link on the Gibson site. It is interesting that as well as the LP and Marshall, he used a Dallas Rangemaster treble booster, although some claim it was not used on the Beano album www.gibson.com The Bluesbreakers included John Mayall on harmonica, keyboards and a majority of the vocals, John McVie on bass, Hughie Flint on drums. On some songs, including this one, a horn section was featured, including John Almond, Alan Skidmore and Derek Healey, (misspelt on the sleeve as Dennis Healey). In 2003, the album was ranked number 195 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. (Much of the above info was adapted from Wikipedia). There is no video for this song, so I have <b>...</b>
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From A Hard Road, 1967. Peter Green's guitar playing is super!

One of the first great rock guitar tones was the Blues Breakers 'Beano' album featuring a young Eric Clapton playing a Les Paul Standard through a Marshall amp. Even now, many believe this is Eric's greatest guitar work. At the time, 1966, no one could quite believe the fluid guitar licks and the biting tone. This album was the basis for the slogans around London saying 'Clapton is God'. Here is great info on the equipment Clapton used, including a treble booster. www.gibson.com Hideaway is a Freddy King instrumental that while sticking to the basic structure, has Clapton's own stamp. It was a huge inspiration for guitarists at the time and since, and many learned guitar copying licks off this album. (Just look at the many guitarists who have put their own versions on You Tube!). Sadly there is no film footage of this vintage Clapton, so I have put together a 'Ken Burns' type slide video using every Blues Breaker era image I could find. Comments are invited but please no 'my guitarist is better than your guitarist'!
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John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton - Hideaway (1966) Personnel: John Mayall (hammond B3 organ), Eric Clapton (guitar), John McVie (bass guitar), Hughie Flint (drums)
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John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers play the Montreal Jazz Festival July 1984. Band members include: John Mayall, Bobby Haynes, Kal David, Coco Montoya and Willie McNeil. This is the first group Willie McNeil had toured internationally with. Check out the drum solo in the middle of the tune, Vintage! Not to mention the hair!
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I had this song up previously and I was contacted by Chris Mercer, one of the Bluesbreakers who played sax on this track. He offered a couple of photos of himself (I hadn't been able to find much in the way of images of him and indeed this version of the Bluesbreakers). So I have redone the video to include his two photos. The two photos of Chris are at 3.13 and 3.17 (although I cropped both significantly). According to Chris, the first 'is from summer '67 just after I graduated from Oxford and joined the band, taken at Klooks Kleek, which was in West Hampstead right next door to Decca studios, where the albums were recorded. The second one was a year or so later, looks like it was taken in Decca or Abbey Rd studios from the background, my hair was much longer by then'. I have summarised some of Chris' observations as follows: "Working in that band at that time, when it went from cult to international status was very exciting. We were on the road 5 to 6 nights a week and travelled widely in Europe, as well as the groundbreaking tour of the USA. That particular era before the end of the 60s was an incredible time. Much of the business was run at grass roots level by the musicians themselves, before the lawyers, bankers, accountants and managerial chancers turned it into an industry' ". Chris also went on to say that Mayall was a hard task master, changing personnel every few years. After the Bluesbreakers Chris (and his wife) went to the US where he found a new career in <b>...</b>
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From the 70th Birthday Concert. Southside Story ( Mayall/Bluesbreakers ) John Mayall - Piano,Guitar,Harmonica and Vocals. Buddy Whittington - Guitar and Vocals. Joe Yuele - Drums. Hank Van Sickle - Bass Guitar. Tom Canning - Organ and Piano.

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Mail Order Mystics Album: Wake Up Call (1993) John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers: John Mayall (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards); Coco Montoya (guitar, background vocals); Rick Cortes (bass, background vocals); Joe Yuele (drums, background vocals).
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Exactly what it says on the tin. Taken from the album ' A Hard Road ' .

This DVD was filmed at Iowa State University circa 1987 and features John Mayalls Bluesbreakers including Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Paul Hines, and Bobby Haynes. John Mayall is widely acknowledged as the father of British blues having baptized a whole generation of white, British musicians and an audience who might otherwise never have discovered the blues. Apart from having discovered in Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor three of the most acclaimed guitarists of the rock era, his blues school fostered the talents of a roster of artists who have since profoundly influenced the course of Rock n Roll. Mayalls new incarnation of the Bluesbreakers, officially launched in 1984, included future stars in their own right, guitarists Coco Montoya and Walter Trout and quickly proved to be as innovative and technically gifted as their peers. This DVD brilliantly documents their abundant ability.
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As a friend said, if this doesn't send shivers down your spine,you probably don't have one... LYRICS: Somewhere in the world Are friends I've missed from long ago Could be drifting by the wayside Or even dead - I just don´t know And now my memories are fading ...Like melting footprints in the snow Sometimes a dream will haunt me And I see a young girl's face Was she once for real And did she really share my space Within the swirling mists of time It's hard to keep a track of year and place I thought about my mother When she was young and on the road Hanging out with my musicians Or camping out in forest groves Like gray mists conceal horizons I miss those times we'll share no more So far my life's a journey And I wouldn't change for anything All those years of bold adventures The highs and lows that make me sing Within the swirling mists of time Such sweet memories sitll often ring.
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'I Started Walking' was one part of the Bare Wires Suite by the John Mayall Bluesbreakers, featuring Mick Taylor on guitar. It goes for a bit over two minutes out of that 23 minute suite, and was part of the Bare Wires album released in 1968. Mick had followed Eric Clapton and Peter Green as guitarist for the Bluesbreakers, and left in 1969 to join the Rolling Stones. The reason I love this track is for Mick Taylor's guitar, particularly the tone he obtained from his sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard going through a Marshall amp on '11'. I also love the way he controls the feedback. Check out Mick's other stuff with Mayall for some great Gibson tones, such as O Pretty Woman, Driving Sideways and Hartley Quits (there are many more!). I have done a slideshow video, incorporating mostly images of Mick from that early period. Comments are welcome, but please no 'my guitarist is better than your guitarist'.
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Live performance recorded in 1987 at the Maintenance Shop, Iowa State University Ames, Iowa,USA. The Mayall's Bluesbreakers were: Coco Montoya: Guitar Paul Hines: Drums Walter Trout: Guitar Bobby Haynes: Bass
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John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers performing All your love in Oviedo Auditorio Principe Felipe July 2007
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John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers play the Montreal Jazz Festival July of 1984. Band members include: John Mayall, Bobby Haynes, Kal David, Coco Montoya and Willie McNeil. This is the first group Willie McNeil had toured internationally with. Great Kal David solo. One of Willie's favorite tunes during the tour.
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The Blues Breakers' song "Yellow moon" from the album "News", released in 1990. The song was recorded in 1989 and topped the Austrian charts for five weeks that year. It also achieved massive popularity in China, where the band's tour of six gigs was attended by more than 80'000 people. The Blues Breakers are a band from Carinthia, Austria, and celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2008.
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I recorded this song with telecaster in the first video. In this time, I play again with les paul. There are some mistakes......this song is not easy to me... Please comment and rate Thanks! ^^
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A recording of the Bluesbreakers in full flow at The Flamingo Club from the 28th of November, 1965. Crucially, Jack Bruce was in the band during this short period, and you can hear the influence on Eric's playing and vice versa. Eric's tone here is full blown Les Paul through the Marshall combo, and is sensational! Enjoy what is a pretty lively recording.
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