The list of people who played in his band, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, contains many who became luminaries, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Peter Green, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Aynsley Dunbar, Mick Taylor. He seems to have had a talent for uncovering musicians with much to give to the world. For that, British rock music still owes Mayall a debt.
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers: All Your Love
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers: Tears in my Eyes
John Brumwell Mayall: 29/11/1933 – 22/7/2024. So it goes.
I was so sad to hear of the death of guitarist Peter Green, late of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac and the Peter Green Splinter Group.
I have featured his music before here and Here. Both of those songs speak of a troubled mind and it is no secret that Green found life and fame difficult (not helped by taking LSD.)
His work speaks for itself though.
The first clip – Oh Well Part 1 is a live performance and misses out the acoustic last part.
Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well Part 1:-
That acoustic part was repeated at the beginning of Oh Well Part 2 so is included below.
Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well Part 2:-
Peter Allen Greenbaum (Peter Green,) 29/10/1946 – 25/7/2020. So it goes.
