Bluesbreakers News

Blues pioneer John Mayall says he wanted a "shot in the arm," and found it by assembling a new band.

For John Mayall, the past year has been another turning point. Last November, the elder statesman of British blues-rock announced he was disbanding his latest long-running lineup of Bluesbreakers to cut back on his heavy workload, sparking speculation that the legendary singer-guitarist was eyeing retirement.

TOP blues/rock guitarist Walter Trout is on tour to celebrate his 20th anniversary as a solo artiste and will perform at The Morecambe Dome next Monday .

On September 15th, 2009 the good folks at Eagle Rock Entertainment will be releasing Tough , the 57th studio album from British blues legend John Mayall .

Legendary JOHN MAYALL & HIS BLUESBREAKERS tour Western Canada this November - Tickets on sale Friday, September 4 CALGARY, Sept.

FLEETWOOD Mac legend Peter Green will be playing the West End Centre in Aldershot.

Walter Trout and the Radicals appear live and in concert 8 p.m. Sunday in the Oak Park Theater.

ROCK Walter Trout, "Unspoiled by Progress: 20 Years of Hardcore Blues" Twenty years after guitarist Walter Trout left John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to go it alone, he releases this retrospective that, thankfully, avoids the yawn inducement of a "greatest-hits" disc in favor of enjoyable nuggets from various stages in his career.

The legendary guitarist and founder of Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, is to play an intimate gig at Bath's Moles Club on Wednesday, September 2. Peter & Friends includes a great combination of youth and experience: Geraint Watkins , Matt Radford , Mike Dodd, Andrew Flude and of course the main man himself on lead guitar and vocals.

The godfather of the British blues is coming to Winnipeg. John Mayall will play the Pantages Playhouse Theatre Nov.

THIS might be the blues, but 75-year-old John Mayall and his merry band look like they're having the time of their lives.

I SAID when I last reviewed bluesman John Mayall for this newspaper in 1995 that the then 61-year-old looked good for a few more years of on-stage productivity, and so it has proved.

Blues is a musical genre. 'The blues' has always meant something different; a kind of club that people - mostly men - of a certain generation joined.The Rolling Stones and Clapton came out of the early-Sixties boom, the former leaving the blues behind for rock stardom.

Clapton began his career with the bluesy stylings of The Yardbirds and then segued into John Mayall's Blues Breakers.

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Friends - 70th Birthday Concert will be upgraded to high-definition quality.

Fri, Jun 5, 2009 In this Jan. 16, 2005, file photo Koko Taylor sings at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago.

S Biography Overview. Saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith was blessed with the advantage of a restless, didactic edge in his every creative endeavour.