John Mayall

What we’ve been listening to in 2024 (part 2)

Andrew Curry writes: In the second part of our end-of-year review conversation, with its ‘Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blues’ format, we’ve moved on to the Borrowed and the Blues. You can read our Old and New selection on the... Read more →


John Mayall, godfather to the British blues boom

Andrew Curry writes: It’s astonishing, really, that the blues guitarist and bandleader John Mayall, who has just died, reached the age of 90. He had lived the life, playing and touring from the 1960s until the start of the 2020s.... Read more →


Windsor some, lose some. Did I see Cream there in 1967?

A few days before the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, we took our 13-year-old granddaughter, Maya, to Windsor. In truth, the castle, flags, bunting and stately emblems left her cold until we chanced on a Reuters broadcast crew interviewing a suitably costumed... Read more →


Loft vinyl: (8) which LPs to pack for France. McGarrigles, June Tabor and Nanci Griffith in, Cream and Chopin out

SEE THE FULL LOFT VINYL SERIES at https://www.salutlive.com/loft-vinyl/ The loss of a cat freed up a lot of space in the car for the grand return to France. With Monette to transport, room had to be found for her cage,... Read more →


Dipping into the Past: John Mayall, Eric Clapton and Rambling on My Mind

Jan 2021 update: the reason I am promoting archived material is that when it first appeared, Salut! Live had a pitifully small readership. It's not huge now but is a good deal larger and I believe there is content that... Read more →