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John Mayall

RIP: John Mayall UK’s Godfather of the Blues

Blues rock pioneer John Mayall has passed.

Text by Dawoud Kringle

John Mayall was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK on 29 November 1933, and grew up in Cheadle Hulme. His father, Murray Mayall, was a guitarist. He taught himself to play the piano, guitars, and harmonica after immersing himself in the music of American blues players such as Lead Belly, Albert Ammons, Eddie Lang, and Pinetop Smith.

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