John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

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John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE. Mayall used the band name between 1963 and '67 then dropped it for some fifteen years, but in 1982 a 'Return of the Bluesbreakers' was announced and it has been kept since then. The name has become generic without a clear distinction which recordings are to be credited just to the leader or to leader and his ... more
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Also known as:

  • John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers,
  • John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,
  • Mayall, John and the Bluesbreakers,
  • John Mayall & The Bluesbrakers,
  • John Mayall & the Blues Breakers,
  • John Mayall's Blues Breakers

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Member Period (start) Period (end)
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1965
  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1967
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1963
  • 1967
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