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John Mayall by Nelson Onofre
What's up Blues fans! This week I am submitting photos of the elder statesman of British blues, Mr. John Mayall. John is also known as the Godfather of British Blues and righfully so. To anyone that's a fan of the Blues genre John needs no introduction. His career spans 50 plus years and it was his stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in the 60's that helped launch Eric Clapton to stardom. Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Coco Montoya, Walter Trout and Buddy Whittington have all spent time in the guitar player's chair with John. His guitarist for the Feb. 9, 2010 show that I caught was Rocky Athas and he was a crowd pleaser.
Most bands that play BB King's don't do two sets but John did and I caught the early show. The turnout was what you would expect for a bluesman of John's caliber. John sang, played harmonica, keys and guitar. The band was in fine form and lent superb support. Along with Rocky Athas rounding out the band were Greg Rzab on bass, Jay Davenport on drums and Tom Canning on keys. You can read J. Blake's review of the second set here. This was my second time catching John. Last time I caught him he had Buddy Whittington on guitar and opening that show for John was the late, great, Danny Gatton. If you like Blues and haven't seen John yet then do yourselves a favor and catch him. Even if you've seen him before, check out this living Blues legend again, you won't be disappointed.
I would like to thank Laura Becker of Big Machine Media for guest list/photo pass access.
Until the next go-round, keep supporting the Blues. As you can see these cats are working hard to lay it down for you.
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John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
Rocky AthasJohn Mayall's band
BB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
Rocky AthasJohn Mayall's band
BB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
Rocky AthasJohn Mayall's band
BB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
John MayallBB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
Greg RzabJohn Mayall's band
BB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
Greg Rzab and Tom CanningJohn Mayall's band
BB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
Jay DavenportJohn Mayall's band
BB King Blues Club, NY, Feb. 2010
http://www.johnmayall.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
check out J. Blake's Mayall review here
please come back often and bring your fellow Blues lovers
