John Mayall Discusses Working with Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, and the English Blues Explosion
In the '60s there was a major musical shift going on in the clubs around London. English teenagers -- including our interview subject, John Mayall -- armed with Robert Johnson records and secondhand guitars were redefining and reinterpreting a sound that had originated in the fabled delta of Mississippi and the smoky clubs of Chicago so many thousands of miles away.