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T-Bone Walker flies into London for UK dates, and begins rehearsing with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers as his backing band.Full article:
John McVie (bassist, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers] : At the time, there were three main blues guys in England: John Mayall, Alexis Korner, and a harp player named Cyril Davies, who had a great band. When the American blues players started coming over, Alexis's and Cyril's band would back them up, and when John started to become accepted on the English pub circuit, we began to back the American players too. We played with Sonny Boy Williamson II and T-bone Walker, among others.
I'd like to make the point that John Mayall has not had the credit he deserves for exposing people to the blues. American blues musicians came to Europe and played with us, and through people like John, Alexis, Eric Clapton, and Peter Green, a huge white audience developed. Through this exposure, people would then trace the roots of the music back to the original artists. I believe that John Mayall was fundamental in exposing blues music to the world - and through what happened in Europe, America discovered part of its own culture.
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I'd like to make the point that John Mayall has not had the credit he deserves for exposing people to the blues. American blues musicians came to Europe and played with us, and through people like John, Alexis, Eric Clapton, and Peter Green, a huge white audience developed. Through this exposure, people would then trace the roots of the music back to the original artists. I believe that John Mayall was fundamental in exposing blues music to the world - and through what happened in Europe, America discovered part of its own culture.
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