MindTheGap
725 posts
Oct 21, 2015
8:50 AM
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For your interest, a documentary - John Mayall's Blues Adventures. Is this only available if you are in the UK I wonder?
Blues musician John Mayall presents a homage to the rhythm and blues scene which exploded in Britain in the early 1960s. With contributions from Bill Wyman, Zoot Money and Eric Burdon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lg9y2
Interesting for me as it was all before my time. Even the music that this period spawned was all 'Golden Oldies' by the time I was musically conscious. All that British rock and pop that came after, I had no concept of where it started, at the time.
Last Edited by MindTheGap on Oct 21, 2015 8:55 AM
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SuperBee
2895 posts
Oct 21, 2015
4:52 PM
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Taking a long time to 'load player' here. I ll check it out on the desktop.
Oh yeah, it's playing no problem
I saw mayall in 1981, (roadshow blues) and again in 82. I was just a day short of my 18th birthday the second time. That was the 'bluesbreakers' reunion tour, with mick Taylor, John mcvie and Colin Allen. Completely changed my direction of interest. I'd never been very top40 focussed anyway but after that gig I became interested in blues especially...and it was the beginning of something which continues for me today...it may have helped confirm for me the idea that harmonica was a legit instrument, although I struggle with that still.
'Saw' mayall again in 87. Although the 80s are somewhat of a mysterious place for me, post 84 - ish...I switched off the radio for a long time...and again in 2011 (I think). The 2011 show probably marked a change too...made me realise how I'd changed in the period since the 82 show. I don't think of John quite the same way now that I did for much of my adult life...having seen him when he was age 47, and then when I was 47 (and he 77)...and having admired him so much in the interim...led me to reflect...
At work, I met a man who told me he used to sneak in (underage) to the Marquee club in '64...he was amazed I even knew who John mayall is.
Last Edited by SuperBee on Oct 21, 2015 5:10 PM
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SuperBee
2896 posts
Oct 21, 2015
6:11 PM
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I just listened to that podcast. Pretty good. Learned some things I'd not heard before.
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MindTheGap
726 posts
Oct 22, 2015
1:43 AM
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The story in the documentary I've now heard, read, watched several times over, and from different viewpoints. It's good to hear these voices telling it too.
I was into different music when I was young and never went to any acts like these in their latter years. I probably wouldn't have 'got it' then anyway.
I do remember that the culture around music listening was quite different then - it was definitely out with the old, in with the new. We considered old stuff to be a bit laughable. In contrast, my kids have grown up listening to a music of all eras. Much healthier.
It was all about your friends' record/tape collections, or what was on Radio 1. Or your mum's and dad's. My dad was into Milt Jackson, and my mum into musicals and opera.
The only exposure I got to this music was when I picked up the guitar. Books often started you off with simple blues riffs. But out of context, it had nowhere to go.
Last Edited by MindTheGap on Oct 22, 2015 1:49 AM
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SuperBee
2897 posts
Oct 22, 2015
3:03 AM
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Oh yes, I've heard the macro story from several angles and many of the smaller tales. In fact I sometimes jam with a drummer who supported SBW on one of those tours...but I'd never heard the one about Paul Jones turning his back on mick Jagger's job, nor of the significance of the stones' LRR, nor of Bill Wyman's visit with Mr Howling...
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ME.HarpDoc
21 posts
Oct 22, 2015
8:42 AM
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You might also read Keith Richard's autobiography. He also spent a lot of time in the US South listening to blues and even developed a guitar tuning taught to him by ...........can't remember who.
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MindTheGap
727 posts
Oct 22, 2015
10:27 PM
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As for Keith Richards, he's on Desert Island Discs this week...
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