just discovered the 60's album Blues Breakers by Eric Clapton & J Mayall?

Question

...and am blown away by it. Absolutely amazing.
Now can anyone point me in the direction of similar artists/albums I might like.
Have also just acquired Cream Wheels Of fire and love that especially Crossroads.

Answer 1

Seems you've discovered music from the british blues boom of the 60's. Well done - theres some fantastic stuff there and youre gonna enjoy loads of it.

You could try anything featuring Alexis Korner (like Mayall, he was another british blues pioneer who had many future stars in his line-ups). Ten Years After were a great band with the fantastic Alvin Lee on guitar. Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac have been mentioned, The Animals and The Pretty Things did some good blues stuff in their early days.

Personally, after I discovered all these british blues groups many years ago, I wanted to hear the stuff that influenced them. Thats when I discovered the brilliant classic american blues of Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson etc.

Good luck, have fun discovering you own tastes, and enjoy your music!!!

Answer 2

I got this Mayall album (tape) years after it came out and yes it is great. But I prefer the Cream Wheels Of Fire. I love Creams blues material (like Crossroads, Spoonful, Born Under A Bad Sign, etc.) but don't really care for their psychedelic sounding songs. They sound very dated as does most psychedelic music.
Some great blues / rock music is:
Allman Brothers - Live At The Fillmore East
Roy Buchanan - Second Album
Johnny Winter - Progressive Blues Experiment
Savoy Brown - Getting To The Point or Blue Matter
Mike Bloomfield - Essential Blues 1964-1969
Muddy Waters & Friends - Fathers And Sons
Stevie Ray Vaughn - (anything)
BB King - Live At The Regal

Answer 3

If you liked the old Clapton, I bet you would like "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions" . On it The Wolf is accompanied by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, & Charlie Watts. (the 1st two are from Blind Faith and of course the last two are from the Stones.) There is another cd that is fairly similar called "Muddy & The Wolf. The first six songs are by Muddy Waters accompanied by Otis Spann, Michael Bloomfield, & Paul Butterfield (to name 4) and the last 7 songs are by Howlin' Wolf with the same people as mentioned above with him. Another one that you might enjoy is by Rory Gallagher and the cd is called "A Blue Day For The Blues" it is a compilation of some of his better stuff from different albums and it rocks. There was another that you might find interesting called "Shoogie's Boogie, Shoogie Otis Plays The Blues" as long as it's that cd it's all blues. I got a couple of his other's and he kinda went Jazz - R&B route other than the cd I mentioned. Another great one is the Jimi Hendrix- "Blues" cd. A good way to check out some of these people is on Youtube. I was watching earlier on there and Eric Clapton was together with Buddy Guy. Of course Clapton always claimed Buddy Guy was the best guitar player period. On Youtube you might save yourself some money checking them out first. And while you are there check out Roy Buchanan, Lonnie Mack, and Johnny Winter. You can't barely go wrong on any of those.

Answer 4

Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac


The Walter Trout Band

Answer 5

Try some :~

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

Greatest Hits {1971 album}
The Best Of {album}
The Vaudeville Years: 1968-1970 {double album}

Peter Green, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood were all former members of John Mayall's Blues Breakers.

Answer 6

Excellent album never saw the breakers together but saw l mayall live Clapton by himself, in Cream (what a show)in Blind Faith, with Delaney & Bonnie & Friends and seveal more times by himself.

You might try Dave Mason and a little Robert Johnson.

Answer 7

The Peter Green replies are on the money. There is a greatest hits of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac that I love and have linked. You might also want to try the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond (Wicked Grin and his latest CD Push Comes to Shove) and Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor.

Answer 8

Yes early Fleetwood Mac is an essential avenue to pass along in your pursuit of great early British Electric Blues. Funnily enough Peter Green was Clapton's replacement in the Bluesbreakers, and more than filled Clapton's boots, before leaving himself to form Fleetwood Mac.

Answer 9

hi Harvey! although born and raised right here in the U.ok. i've got by no skill been into Cream. I do like bits n' products of E.C. i individually do like Derek & The Dominos Fillmore & Layla. typical little bit of Mr C could be: Why Does Love have been given To Be So unhappy. The keyboard intro and we are into it. right this is a few thing that could activity you? Bobby Whitlock - A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography. I study it final 12 months, riveting study although at cases very heartbreaking. properly worth determining to purchase!

Answer 10

Clapton appeared on Mayall's live 70th Birthday Concert CD, performing "All Your Lovin'" as if he was in the studio the first time they recorded the song. Chilling.

Early Fleetwood Mac, with Peter Green, Danny Kirwin and Jeremy Spencer on guitars is outstanding. Peter Green wrote "Black Magic" woman and their version is every bit as good as Santana's. It wasn't until he suffered mental illness and left the band that they changed direction to that weak pop-rock sound.

During that same period, Otis Rush, Magic Sam and Luther Allison were bringing a harder edge to Chicago blues. You may want to listen to some clips.


That same Fleetwood Mac stopped in Chicago long enough to record a nice LP with Otis Spann just before he died. They played as his backup band and Otis did all the vocals along with his usual brilliant piano work.