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With better than a half-century of performing and 60+ albums beneath his belt, one couldn’t blame John Mayall if he’d run out of ways to sing the blues. Still, here we are in the year 2014, and the British blues-rock legend has delivered one of his best records in a lengthy and storied career. Apologies to Walter Trout, Mick Taylor, Clapton, and all the other guitarists Mayall has employed through the years, but Rocky Athas is a real find, an instinctual player with imagination and subtlety who blends perfectly with Mayall’s musical sensibilities. It’s the band’s musical unity, along with Mayall’s lifetime spent in the blues, that make A Special Life something truly special, indeed…
