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It is hard to overstate the impact of the ‘60s British blues guitar scene, when a new generation of guitar heroes mined the original source of blues playing and put their own spin on it. In doing so, ...

Musician John Mayall, often referred to the “godfather of the British blues,” whose bands of the late ’60s and early ‘70s featured some of the most notable rock instrumentalists of the era, died ...

His band, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, which he formed in the '60s, has counted Eric Clapton and Mick Fleetwood among its famous members. By The Associated Press John Mayall, the British blues ...

John Mayall, the British blues pioneer whose 1960s music collective the Bluesbreakers helped usher in a fertile period of rock and brought guitarists like Eric Clapton to prominence, has died at 90, ...

The man who helped the careers of Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac members and other iconic rockers has died. John Mayall was 90. Mayall’s death was announced on his social media accounts, saying that he ...

While more emphasis was given elsewhere, these seven acts leaned into blues rock and helped it thrive in the '80s.

Spencer Davis, the British singer and pop-rock star who founded the Spencer Davis Group and was behind ’60s hits such as “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “I’m Your Man,” has died. He was 81. The Welsh ...

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...