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The history of the ’60s British blues boom –the movement that carried a tidal wave of guitar heroes across the Atlantic

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American Songwriter

3 Landmark Rock Songs From 1967 That Transformed the Blues

Many landmark moments in rock history have resulted from artists updating the blues. And 1967 proved to be an especially ...
American Songwriter

The “Call to Arms” Moment for Robert Plant and the Rest of Britain’s Youth in the 1960s

When Elvis Presley's music first touched down in the United Kingdom, Robert Plant said that it "cut through all the drizzle." ...
Vanity Fair

Blues Legend John Mayall Is Dead at 90

“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller... all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of the 1960s, ...
Staten Island Advance

Music legend who was instrumental in the blues revival of the late 1960s dies at 90

LONDON — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A ...
Style Weekly

Interview: Legend British Musician John Mayall Is Still Teaching the Blues

In the live opening of the classic album, “The Turning Point,” a guitar and flute jam takes flight during the pro-pot anthem, “The Laws Must Change.” Recorded at the Fillmore East in 1969, the song ...
The New York Times

John Mayall, Pioneer of British Blues, Is Dead at 90

He was best known not for his own playing or singing but for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton. By Larry Rohter John Mayall, ...
KTLA

Shel Talmy, produced hits by The Who, The Kinks and other 1960s British bands, dead at 87

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90

John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A statement on ...