John Mayall

Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Geezer Butler and others also paid their respects to late bluesman.

Guitarist was recently inducted into the Rock &d Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category.

They've joined together on a cover of "Evil and Here to Stay," from the legendary British bluesman's new album.

Veteran will be 85 when 'Nobody Told Me' is released in February.

John Mayall has postponed his upcoming U.S. tour dates as he receives medical attention for pneumonia.

This album took both artists' careers to new levels and set them on the paths to their respective futures.

A blues guitar great needs a new liver, and fans have stepped in to help.

Eric Clapton’s guitar skills have been so revered that “Clapton is God” was once spray-painted on a wall in London. In tribute to his holiness – the lord of the Les Paul, the sultan of the SG, the sovereign of the Stratocaster – we offer this tribute of the Top 10 Eric Clapton Guitar Solos.

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.