<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in John-mayall ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/john-mayall Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:04:48 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “When he showed up and did it all for real, it burst my bubble. I was pissed for a little while.” How Eric Clapton survived rock guitar‘s most transformative eraand found his way to the blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-eric-clapton-survived-jimi-hendrix DfKtxMLrxZVbjJ7LTCCC4W Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:04:48 +0000 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:08:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "By the time Eric left we were getting known. The Clapton cult as such had started." John Mayall recalls Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor in Guitar Player's December 1970 issue ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/john-mayall-on-eric-clapton-peter-green-mick-taylor c3UgzGhU3oQvP6hr3eAmPN Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:52:38 +0000 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:57:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "That's my main instrument. If I couldn't have anything else, I would have to have it." Paul McCartney made some surprising revelations about his favorite guitar in our historic interview with him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/paul-mccartney-sees-himself-as-an-acoustic-guitarist XVZKsEcviAwTUt6dNP4bsG Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:03:06 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:15:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I showed Paul McCartney my hollowbody guitar that I’d bought when I was in the army. He got a hollowbody after to get that tone." Why did the Beatles play Epiphone Casinos? It all comes back to one man ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/the-man-who-turned-the-beatles-on-to-the-epiphone-casino 8PkqJfs4wgPQ7VLjfWsGiD Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:32:56 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ "John Mayall called me up a second time. He said, ‘Don't hang up! I really am interested in having you in the band.' ” Coco Montoya explains how John Mayall turned him from a bartender into his Bluesbreaker guitarslinger ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/coco-montoya-on-john-mayall VxTagrPwDM7yJR9AjSxWQY Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:44:27 +0000 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:15:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds. But I didn't want to be mimicking Chicago blues musicians forever." Jeff Beck said he turned down a spot in John Mayall’s group, only for Jimi Hendrix to nearly derail his career ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/why-jeff-beck-turned-down-john-mayall-and-the-bluesbreakers 3Eu35Mwoe5ofcG6sT9QL74 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:05:43 +0000 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:24:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was me who said Clapton was God. I was the one who kind of found him in my God-sort-of dreams”: Peter Green on his time with John Mayall and Fleetwood Mac, and wrestling with his demons ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/peter-green-2003-interview 3h5BPiWZA8UKZr74UPJ3cX Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Thank you for rescuing me from oblivion and giving me the courage and enthusiasm to express myself without fear or limit”: Tributes pour in for “champion of the blues” John Mayall ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/john-mayall-tributes 4ZntMo4uw4sFqNPfLfypoZ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:15:53 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He gave us ninety years of tireless efforts to educate, inspire, and entertain”: British blues pioneer John Mayall dies at 90 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/john-mayall-dies-at-90 AFSu24iX3dTb8GCujPQ3R4 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:35:42 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I Was 19 When I Left the Yardbirds. I Intended to Give Up Then, but John Mayall Offered Me a Job... I Needed the Bread, and Some Kind of Identity Too': Cream's Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce Discuss Balancing Blues, Jazz, and Volume in 1967 GP Interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/cream-june-1967-interview shQnGHsi89mLFxm56QCKvZ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:04:24 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Nobody Can Be the Best Guitar Player. There’s No Such Thing”: Mind-Blowing Guitarist Harvey Mandel Riffs With ‘GP’ on His Music, Guitar Technique and a Certain Player by the Name of Eddie Van Halen ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/harvey-mandel-whos-calling VhTAXWGfjRbF8GQcM75HpZ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:27:08 +0000 Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:27:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Gary Moore’s Stunning “So Many Roads” Performance with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/gary-moore-john-mayall-bluesbreakers-so-many-roads 5grTiEHELdUR9P9x28FStY Wed, 10 May 2023 12:58:14 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Extraordinary Les Paul Lineage of Peter Green, Gary Moore and Kirk Hammett ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/the-extraordinary-les-paul-lineage-of-peter-green-gary-moore-and-kirk-hammett gF3Gkwq3bWoEUafbj3KtvB Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:06:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You Pick Up a Les Paul and It's Heavy and It Really Means Something – It Means Business”: Jeff Beck on His Les Paul Love Affair ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/you-pick-up-a-les-paul-and-its-heavy-and-it-really-means-something-it-means-business-jeff-beck-on-his-les-paul-love-affair KxqCVGKvxvrVAKMBRQe8xS Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:00:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Put the Microphone Over There On the Other Side of the Room Because I’m Going to Play Loud”: How Eric Clapton Took Volume to 11 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/put-the-microphone-over-there-on-the-other-side-of-the-room-because-im-going-to-play-loud-how-eric-clapton-took-volume-to-11 5xbYJvu9pxnBFLEpPbZuzj Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:48:33 +0000 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:31:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Living Legend Larry McCray Releases New Bonamassa/Smith-Produced Track “Breaking News” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/living-legend-larry-mccray-releases-new-bonamassasmith-produced-track-breaking-news 3usHXVxZeZTK9umyeYsZ4X Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:58:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Old Man’s Blues or Young Man’s Blues? Here’s Why Eric Clapton’s Beano Album Remains Essential Listening for Everybody ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/old-mans-blues-or-young-mans-blues-heres-why-eric-claptons-beano-album-remains-essential-listening-for-everybody VFbVYxFJyfS96mp3iWovtJ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 19:05:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Blues Turnarounds (Part 1) ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/blues-turnarounds-part-1 PKCZYUHAPhUGS4yyC4ZJgb Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:37:13 +0000 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:13:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Hackett Reveals the Beatles’ Crucial Influence on Genesis ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/steve-hackett-reveals-the-beatles-crucial-influence-on-genesis PZpmnfvFimkFUTMDSv79Tj Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:55:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Mayall Announces Retirement from Touring ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/john-mayall-announces-retirement-from-touring cdUNk9cvA84HUJSRy5zfkT Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:12:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Carolyn Wonderland Talks Going from the Sidelines to Center Stage ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/carolyn-wonderland-talks-going-from-the-sidelines-to-center-stage kQ9wyKiZdY5DtGJtKhuup5 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:48:12 +0000