{"id":29984,"date":"2024-07-24T06:02:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T06:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/british-blues-rock-legend-john-mayall-dead-at-90-boosted-careers-of-eric-clapton-mick-taylor-more\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T06:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T06:02:25","slug":"british-blues-rock-legend-john-mayall-dead-at-90-boosted-careers-of-eric-clapton-mick-taylor-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/british-blues-rock-legend-john-mayall-dead-at-90-boosted-careers-of-eric-clapton-mick-taylor-more\/","title":{"rendered":"British blues-rock legend John Mayall dead at 90; boosted careers of Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor &amp; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-23\/Getty_JohnMayall_072324.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Chris Walter\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">British blues and rock musician <strong>John Mayall<\/strong> passed away Monday at the age of 90.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt is with heavy hearts that we bear the news that John Mayall passed away peacefully in his California home yesterday, July 22, 2024, surrounded by loving family,\u201d read a post on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnMayall\/posts\/pfbid031e67apMJxaxzrw6wLuxadvZA8nszTP59LZNSYcuwyAroZjZ5yfD2ALjCci4GjvQzl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. \u201cHealth issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of this world\u2019s greatest road warriors,&#8221; adding, &#8220;John Mayall gave us ninety years of tireless efforts to educate, inspire and entertain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The post noted, &#8220;We, the Mayall family, cannot thank his fans and long-list of bandmembers enough for the support and love we were blessed to experience secondhand over the last six decades.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mayall was the frontman of the band the <strong>Bluebreakers,<\/strong> which was formed in 1963. Different incarnations of the band\u00a0featured artists who would go on to be huge rock stars of the&#8217; 60s and &#8217;70s, including <strong>Eric Clapton<\/strong>, <strong>Fleetwood<\/strong> <strong>Mac\u2019<\/strong>s <strong>John McVie<\/strong>, <strong>Mick Fleetwood<\/strong> and <strong>Peter Green<\/strong>, <strong>The Rolling Stones<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>Mick Taylor<\/strong>, <strong>Cream<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Jack Bruce,<\/strong> <strong>Journey<\/strong>&#8216;s<strong> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Aynsley Dunbar<\/strong> and more<strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mayall and the Bluesbreakers released their now-classic debut album, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton <\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">in 1966.\u00a0Mayall&#8217;s best-known song in the U.S. was the harmonica-centric track \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y0OKDZoFUPQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Room to Move<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mayall, a two-time Grammy nominee,\u00a0 was set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this October in the Musical Excellence category. He was also made an Officer of the British Empire, or OBE, in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mayall&#8217;s career lasted\u00a0six\u00a0decades. He released his final studio album, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">The Sun is Shining Down<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> in 2022 and played his final show in March of that same year in San Juan Capistrano, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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