Talk:John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

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John Mayall should be broken off to a separate article, there is a lot more to his career Fawcett5 21:42, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Definitely. His influence on music in Britain needs to be reflected and he barely gets a mention in the article. Bluewave 14:11, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Name 2 Formatting 3 Kal David 4 Discrepancy

[edit] Name

Wasn't their Name "John Mayall's Bluesbreakers"? That's what it says on the Covers and on Johnmayall.com. Although John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers seems somehow common aswell... --Lukx 84.128.122.250 22:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it was "John Mayall's Bluesbreakers". Vera, Chuck & Dave 22:47, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Both are seen: e.g. "JM's BB" on Barewires, "JM&theBB" on A Hard Road. Mayall did not use the brand for some 15 years after Barewires (1968). Today almost all cds are reissued with the credits "JM&theBB", so one should look at the original covers. The larger issue is to decide if the discography here should be restricted just to these albums, leaving the rest for the John Mayall article. The distinction John Mayall 'without' or John Mayall 'with Bluesbreakers' should be worked in more details if the two articles are to stay. I am all in favor for a merging.al 22:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

• Actually, most of his albums were done without the Bluesbreakers. This article is almost entirely wrong; it says every one of Mayall's albums were Bluesbreakers albums and everyone he played with was a bluesbreaker. It lists people who became prominent rock and blues musicians, such as Mick Taylor as alumni of the Bluesbreakers. Mick Taylor, was never a Bluesbreaker! Far as I know the only guitarists from the Bluesbreakers to become prominent musicians were Eric Clapton and Peter Greene.
  ufossuck (talk) 03:19, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting

Thanks to the IP editor who repaired the wikification on the album list. I have no idea how I managed to look at all those links and not notice they needed to be changed to internal links, not external. Shows how my mind is just on a different wavelength when I'm wikignoming. Thanks for fixing them. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 23:22, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kal David

Kal David played in Mayall's band sometime in the early eighties and appears on Cross Country Blues. Apparently he came after the brief Reunion tour of '82 for which Mick Taylor played the guitar. So it is true that he replaced Taylor but not at the end of the sixties. And he has no place in the series Clapton, Green, Taylor. Added this because somebody steadily sneaks his name in the wrong place of Mayall related articles.al (talk) 20:24, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discrepancy

This article states that Eric Clapton joined the band in 1965, but the Eric Clapton article states that he joined in 1963, leaving the band in 1965. This should be resolved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.79.120 (talk) 13:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)