AMERICAN SONGWRITER | John Mayall Releases Ambitious Box Set With Unearthed Clapton, Fleetwood Tracks

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For nearly six decades, John Mayall’s name has been synonymous with the blues, especially in his native England. The man responsible for spotlighting young blues guitarists like Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor, as well as future superstars John McVie and Mick Fleetwood in his Blues Breakers line-ups, Mayall is the Eveready Bunny of the blues, still going and going at the age of 87. His cumulative discography, including studio and live LPs and compilations, totals somewhere around 100 albums, and he’s also released dozens of singles.

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