Mike Vernon, Who Helped Spark the British Blues Boom, Dies at 81

He produced albums — by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with Eric Clapton, and the early Fleetwood Mac — that defined 1960s ...
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The history of the ’60s British blues boom –the movement that carried a tidal wave of guitar heroes across the Atlantic

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9 must-hear albums that fueled the British blues guitar boom

It is hard to overstate the impact of the ‘60s British blues guitar scene, when a new generation of guitar heroes mined the original source of blues playing and put their own spin on it. In doing so, ...
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Producer and musician Mike Vernon dead at 81

Mike Vernon, the influential British record producer, label founder and musician who helped shape the sound of modern blues ...
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From David Bowie to Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton, Mike Vernon’s ear was invaluable to British pop and blues

The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career Mike Vernon, who has died aged 81, was the ultimate schoolboy blues nut ...
The Daily Campus

British Invasion: Still bringing it

Today, we’re bringing the boom. Welcome back to another edition of British Invasion, the column that dives into British music history. Today’s programming will be on the blues boom of the 1960’s (and ...
Style Weekly

Interview: Legend British Musician John Mayall Is Still Teaching the Blues

In the live opening of the classic album, “The Turning Point,” a guitar and flute jam takes flight during the pro-pot anthem, “The Laws Must Change.” Recorded at the Fillmore East in 1969, the song ...
Vanity Fair

Blues Legend John Mayall Is Dead at 90

“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller... all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of the 1960s, ...
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‘Maniacs' rock out to British blues boom

Mark Doyle & The Maniacs are all about rocking out with a British lilt to their sound. The Maniacs, a salute to the 1960s British blues boom, taps into the music of frontman and Auburn native Mark ...
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Music Reissues Weekly: Having a Rave-Up! - The British R&B Sounds of 1964

Three-fifths of The Pretty Things shake their stuff on stage in 1964. Left to right: John Stax, Dick Taylor, Phil May In his month-by-month round-up of the records issued over the year, just one ...
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Transatlantic roots music folk, blues, and national identities edited by Jill Terry and Neil A. Wynn

The historical and social background of transatlantic roots music revivals / Jill Terry and Neil A. Wynn -- "Early morning blues" : the early years of the transatlantic connection / Paul Oliver -- ...