| Variations of Name | John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers |
| Relationships | Members:
John Mayall
Greg Rzab
Jay Davenport
Carolyn Wonderland
Past Members:
John McVie, Jack Bruce Paul Williams, Andy Fraser, Tony Reeves,Steve Thompson, Alex Dmochowski, Larry Taylor, Victor Gaskin, Patrick "Putter" Smith, Angus Thomas, Kevin McCormick, Jeff Davis, Tim Drummond, Bobby Haynes Sr., Daniel "Freebo" Friedberg, Rick Cortes, John Paulus, Greg Boaz, Hank Van Sickle - bass
Bernie Watson, Roger Dean, Eric Clapton, Geoff Krivit, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Terry Edmonds, Colin Allen, Jon Mark, Harvey Mandel, Jerry McGee, Freddie Robinson, Jesse Ed Davis, Randy Resnick, Hightide Harris, Rick Vito, Gary Rowles, James Quill Smith, Don McMinn, Bobby Manuel, Henry "Coco" Montoya, "Kal" David Raskin, Walter Trout, Buddy Whittington, Rocky Athas - guitar
Peter Ward, Martin Hart, Hughie Flint, Aynsley Dunbar, Micky Waller, Mick Fleetwood, Keef Hartley, Jon Hiseman, Paul Lagos, Ron Selico, Soko Richardson, Frank Wilson, Warren Bryant, Rubén Alvarez, Mike Gardner, Willie McNeil, Joe Yuele - drums
Chris Mercer, Rip Kant, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Johnny Almond, Fred Clark, Clifford Solomon, Ernie Watts, Charles Owens, Fred Jackson, James "Red" Holloway, Ann Patterson, Jimmy Roberts, David Majal Li, Chris Mostert - saxophone
Keith Tillman, Henry Lowther- trumpet, violin
Don "Sugarcane" Harris - violin
Richard "Blue" Mitchell , Nolan Smith, Bill Lamb - trumpet
Anthony "Duster" Bennett - harmonica
Jay Spell, Chris Cameron, Tom Canning - keyboard
Dee McKinnie, Pepper Watkins, Patti Smith, Maggie Mayall - vocals |
| Biography | John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are an English blues rock band led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall. While never producing a hit of their own, the band has been hugely influential as an incubator for British rock and blues musicians. Many of the best known bands to come out of Britain in the 1960s and 1970s had members that came through the Bluesbreakers at one time, forming the foundation of British blues music that is still played heavily on classic rock radio.
Among those with a tenure in the Bluesbreakers are Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later of Cream), Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie (the three of whom would form Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (the Rolling Stones), Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention), Jon Hiseman, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Tony Reeves (these three would form Colosseum), and numerous others.
Mayall used the band name between 1963 and 1967, then dropped it for some fifteen years. In 1982 a 'Return of the Bluesbreakers' was announced, and the name was used until the band again dissolved in 2008. The name has become generic, without a clear distinction between recordings by Mayall alone and those by Mayall and his band. |