John Mayall

Like most British blues fanatics in the early '60s, John Mayall took his cues primarily from the stars of Chicago's electric blues scene. Both with the Bluesbreakers and later on his own, Mayall played a large role in introducing white audiences to electric blues. He was a leader in the emerging blues-rock movement, and his bands were an early proving ground for a number of future stars--Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce of Cream, Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones, and Peter Green, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac.

• Albert King
• Alexis Korner
• Graham Bond
• Long John Baldry
• Paul Butterfield's Better Days

• Buddy Guy
• Howlin' Wolf
• J.B. Hutto
• J.B. Lenoir
• John Lee Hooker
• Junior Wells
• Little Walter
• Muddy Waters
• Otis Rush
• Otis Spann
• Robert Johnson (Blues)
• Robert Nighthawk
• Sonny Boy Williamson
• Walter "Shakey" Horton
• Willie Dixon

• Big Brother & The Holding Company
• Canned Heat
• Cream
• Eric Clapton
• Fleetwood Mac
• Harvey Mandel
• Keef Hartley Band
• Mark-Almond
• Mick Taylor
• Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• The Animals
• The Rolling Stones
• The Yardbirds

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