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The importance of blues musician John Mayall in the arena of rock music is pivotal. Considering how many famous musicians received their tenure with his band through the decades. Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood & John McVie, Cream’s Eric Clapton & Jack Bruce, the Rolling Stones’ Mick Taylor & Aynsley Dunbar, Keef Hartley, Jon Mark & Johnny Almond, Harvey Mandel, Larry Taylor (Canned Heat & Tom Waits) & Coco Montoya among so many.
This particular 8-track set Live in 1967-Volume 3 was produced by John Mayall & Eric Corne. It features the 3 Fleetwood Mac alumni. Green (lead guitar), Fleetwood (drums) & McVie (bass). Though Mayall (vocals/harmonica/organ) came from England he settled & worked from L.A. for decades.
This is the 3rd & final volume of Mayall’s Bluesbreakers live in 1967. The music was captured on a one-channel reel-to-reel recorder in London unadorned by a dedicated fan Tom Huissen. Largely unheard in nearly 50 years Mayall managed to secure these vintage tapes, restore them technically & allow dedicated listeners to hear the grooves laid down on these early performances despite rough patches in reproduction. There are some vintage blues covers in this set along with 3 Mayall originals & one by Green.
