John Mayall-Bluesbreakers, "Walking on Sunset"
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Shot in 1968 on Rick Shaw's "Saturday Hop", Miami, FL. John was 34 years old and had a young looking Bluesbreaker band that didn't look too enthusiastic being on TV. Check out Mick Taylor on the guitar. Sooo young and talented.
Gone but not forgotten. Have a pleasant trip to Heaven, Maestro. Many of your beloved colleagues had wonderful words dedicated to you these days. Eric Clapton told us that he will see you soon, but not yet. Mick Jagger, confesed that after Brian passing, you suggested him to call Mick Taylor and he did. The Paradise is better today and a very good blues, jazz and rock music sounds there in its maximum splendor.
A young Mick Taylor on the right, awaiting global Godhood with the Stones...
Happy chills, this is so cool. R I P. John Mayall
John Mayall had a lot of great musicians in his band.
John Mayall is a rite of passage for great guitarists.
and for young listeners!😊
I can play this all day and not get tired of it!
Me too.
Love the fact that they are not even trying!
Me too, Rest in Peace John.❤
Yep NOT even plugged in on this one...!!!...But us Blues guys owe John Mayall so much you can't measure it...!!!!!!!!!!
ya that makes it ok somehow.
We were lucky to be walkin on Sunset and droppin in the Whisky . I got my stamp no booze for yooze . The great bands I saw make me feel like the luckiest guy around
Mayall actually lived in a tree for a period in 60's!! Only a real bluesman can do crazy shit like that
A tree house of some sort, or just a regular tree?
RIP John Mayall✨🕊️💔🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
So beautiful, so cool! Mick Taylor is a babe
love how he brings out the harmonica on the second solo
Happy 85th birthday to John Mayall--no small thing--plus Happy 50th anniversary to Blues From Laurel Canyon. Hats off to John, Colin, Mick and Steve (and Peter Green on "First Time Alone") for a great work from start to finish.
Wow. First time I've seen this line-up since 1968 when I saw them at Fairfield Halls, Croydon (UK). My first-ever gig (seat cost 6/6d) and was I spoiled. The sound out of Mick Taylor's guitar that night was something I will never forget - lyrical and bitter-sweet. People stood and applauded after his solos, in the middle of songs. And Mayall, Allen and Thompson cooked as well. This dubbed video does them no justice at all, though it's great to see.
Uno de los mejores músicos de blues, gracias por haber existido genio......
Great to see this. I saw this same"blues breakers"at the Fillmore East, February 1969, they were opening for 10 years after. This is my favorite tune from"Laurel canyon". Mick Taylor!
Mayall, grandfather of UK blues!
Great great song! You just listen & smile or laugh! Really brilliant!Mick Taylor damn funky!Yeh!
Wow a rare vid of John Mayall. Just playing the dvd of his 70th birthday again and found this version. Never seen him in a vid this old before.
Best british blues line-up ever! You can tell they're really happy to be miming!!!
Great song. Saw them in Stockholm in -68 with the 17 year old Mick on guitar and the great Keef Hartley on drums. Ulf Lundell did a nice version with his own lyrics in swedish on his first album 1975 "Jag går på promenaden".
Found this tour list on the Mayall webpage:
9th - 17th March: JOHN MAYALL’S BLUESBREAKERS. Scandinavian Tour.
Line-up: Mick Taylor (gtr)/John Mayall (voc, org, p, harm, gtr)/Andy Fraser (bass)/
Keef Hartley (dr)/Chris Mercer (tsax)/Dick Heckstall-Smith (bsax)
680309A 9th March: Elsinore, Denmark, Haandvaerkerforeningen
680310A 10th March: Copenhagen, Denmark, Tivoli
680311A 11th March: Lund, Sweden, Akademiska Foreningen (1st show)
680311B 11th March: Lund, Sweden, Akademiska Foreningen (2nd show)
680313A 13th March: Gothenburg, Sweden, Cue Club
680314A 14th March: Stockholm, Sweden, Club Domino (Hornstull, jag var där)
680315A 15th March: Jonkoping, Sweden, Rigoletto
680316A 16th March: Orebro, Sweden, Rudbecksskolan Teknis Aula
680316B 16th March: Karlskoga, Sweden, Folkets Hus
680317A 17th March: Malmo, Sweden, Klubb Bongo-New Orleans (1st show)
680317B 17th March: Malmo, Sweden, Klubb Bongo-New Orleans (2nd show)
The Best Rock Playback ever!
From Saturday Hop, 1968, 69. Miami, FL. Host was Rick Shaw, retiring from S. Fla radio this weekend after 50 years on the air.
Colin Allen was in a band later on called Stone the Crows, along with Steve Thompson, the bassist on this clip, Leslie Harvey (Alex's brother) and singer Maggie Bell, who played a gritty blues-rock. Fantastic live act. This ain't bad either!!
So cool! John holds the harp in his right hand - and doesn't even pretend to play....
The most apathetic lip-sync ever -- I love it!
Yep - that was it. I went to see him first time at Fairfield expecting to hear Bare Wires and heard Laurel Canyon instead. The, like you bobe, just immersed myself in that album. By the time JM returned to Fairfield Laurel Canyon was history - now it was Room to Move time. And so it went on year after year. You never got to hear the same song twice. Loved all the gigs but hearing Mick Taylor that first time was definitive.
I LOVE this track - from my favourite Mayall album, "Blues from Laurel Canyon" - check out the track "The Bear"! Taylor was wonderful.
John Mayall based his vocal style on J.B.Lenoir, a black musician who recorded in Chicago in the 50's & 60's. Give him a listen & you'll see the resemblance. Lenoir wrote the well known blues song "Talk To Your Daughter", which Robben Ford covered. Lenoir also wrote several polical blues tunes, which was unusual at the time. Mayall paid tribute to JB Lenoir by penning the songs "I'm Gonna Fight For You JB" & "Death of JB Lenoir".
I saw this band at The Marquee and they played a blinder! A looser approach, after the highly structured Bare Wires band, meant we got a stunning quarter of an hour of Mick Taylor whipping it out. He played some wonderful slide making all sorts of racket. Certain low notes would set the glasses on the shelves behind the bar moving! They look over the moon acting out this charade. Note the extensive Charisma Bypass!
Oh my god - they are so young! But still going strong...! xx
Mick Taylor
I saw Mayall in Manchester when he launched Laurel Canyon and have always loved it. My vinyl version easily outplays the CD too...
This recording is a bit sad really in that it's miming to the album. I'd love to see it live again!
The Ainsley Dunbar Retaliation, i read your post and had to sit and think about that. Saw them in the early 70's in fact i think it was 1970. Same time as Jack Bruce's Lifetime with John McLaughlin and Taste.Quality man.
Wait... I supposed to blow the harp...When?? This is beautiful!
The harp player is invisible. Nice trick!
I love it. I picked up on that too. You can see Mayall make some remark during the harp solo. I'm sure he would have preferred to do it live. Either way, love the tune. Just startin to get into Mayall. Good stuff.
I love this song and the album - Blues from Laural Canyon - I was the first among my mates to have a stereo and I used to have to carry to their place so we could get the full benefit of the jet taking off at the beginning. This vid was obviously the contractual obligation appearance, they could've probably played it live tho'
super cooooool. and MT on the SG... ahh, a thing of beauty
I'll never forget the day the Daily Mail announced Mick Taylor had joined the Stones - 'from John Maynall's' Jazz Band' (sic).
I was among the first 50 to park themselves in front of the stage, the night before the Stones' London gig in Hyde Park (July 69) - mainly to listen to Mr Taylor again. Funny to see yourself on the 'Stones in the Park' clips all these years later.
'twas in another lifetime...'
Well look at all the people who noticed the bad lip-synch. What they expect you to do about it god only knows. I'd just like to say thanks for posting this rare and classic footage. I really enjoyed it.
misck taylor is fantastic
Never seen this video,great to see,even it`s playback.
Its good to see some vintage footage of the "Laurel Canyon" Band.....so much British footage has been wiped.
Hi,
Every group mimed in those days, some STILL do...lol
I think Mayall was pissed that the broken arm announcer introduced him as "John MayHALL", not MAYALL... Listen to the beginning again. Cheers to the poster of this video, I never knew it existed.
Always loved this album, and still have the vinyl- I'm an old time pot head from southern CA. Funny how there's no Hammond organ on stage, but there is in the track. ;-)
Sheesh. I saw them at the Whiskey a GoGo on Sunset Blvd around 1968! With Mick Taylor!
Thanks for uploading this conkyjoe.
Quel mauvais play-back !
Such an effortless playing, thats what makes great musicians. lol ;)
It seems to be playback and the guys had a great time enjoying the drugs they had been taking before the gig. John Mayall rules.
Steve Tompson bass, Colin Allen drums.... great musicians
Back in the 60s the theory was that you could not play it live and have it sound like the record...TV also was not known for it's sound quality so everyone did the cordless, amp less lip syncs. Rick Shaw even refused to hire our garage/cover band because we didnt play the songs note for note to the record!
I agree. I believe a man's guitar is his for a reason and music is an expressive art which is entirely subjective.
I don't believe that guitars are some sacred totem that must be worshiped. It's not public property and the man has the right to do with his what he will.
bass player=Steve Thompson
drummer=Colin Allen
Guy with hat=John Mayall
Guitar player-Mick Taylor
Song=Walking on Sunset
NO, they did not all PLAY on this video.
YES, ALL PLAYED on the album this comes from "Blues from Laural Canyon" from 1968, the album before "Turning Point". How anyone could not know that was Mick Taylor must mean that they are not really a fan.
2023 den selamlar
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mick taylor!
Mayall always made his own guitars, I think.
John Mayhole? Did John break the hosts arm? These and other questions require further discussion.
Oh, John Mayall. GREAT!
Did anyone notice that there is no harp player before around 2:30 but harp can be heard throughout the performance. The harp solo starts around 1:00. ;-)
Also the instruments are not plugged (as mentioned before) in and there are no mics on stage.
@conkyjoe
Oh no, this is still superb!
It takes me back to when i saw them around this time.
Many bands did the same type of filming back then..Jimi Hendrix Exp, The Cream, Procul Harum, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher...UK's Top Of The Pops was the show for seeing artists who weren't plugged in ( LOL).
But it was all a laugh and Jimi certainly saw it this way. It's only music after all.
Best wishes to you and thanks again!
Classic Lip Syncing !!! :-)
Happy Birthday 77th John Mayall
@buskerbuoy
He's the man who played with Eric Clipton, Jamie Page, and Peter Grey (of Fleetwood Mick fame) - among many, many others.
Oh Man if you dig this stuff Then you might really dig The Chicago blues of Little Walter Their were many incarnations on recording but a staple was Willie Dixon on Bass The Myers brothers on guitars Feddy Below on Drums.You just cant beat it and John would agree.
That's a young Mick Taylor on Lead Guitar!🎸
Ding ding Green badger vs conkyjoe! Ha ha ya can't change history.As Blues from Laurel canyon was first blues album I ever bought it brings back great memories seeing see the band "live", rather than someone's photo compilation which is sometimes all that is available.Clearly John was too cool to mime. Milli Vanilli would have shown more enthusiasm. Also Jenny remains a classic and the GTO's now those girls were ahead of their time. J M was a handsome devil Thanks for the post.
@conkyjoe My my, aren't we touchy?! Despite the repetition of the fact that it's welcome and the appreciation of seeing John Mayall. No negative feedback allowed, is that it? Because you put it up (thank you AGAIN), and because it was done a while ago, no-one is allowed to pass comment on the production values? Put your toys back in your pram you child.
As you say, it is what it is. Just about all the shows back then did the lip sync thing. It's still fun to look at.
John looks so unbelievably unenthusiastic... still, this is the antithesis of real music, so he has good reason ;) I love the invisible harmonica player, haha. Still a great watch and a top song.
It was HIS guitar that gave him the right to do what he wanted with it.
I agree. What made the producers insist on miming? Was it a complete lack of faith that nothing but the exact radio/record version of the song would satisfy the audience?
Oh man! Maybe the best band ever. Think of it. JM off course, but what about Mick Taylor (guitar), Andy Fraser (bass) and Colin Allen (drums). What a Band! I just love that soud!!!
Saw Steve a few years back.He's painting and decorating houses now.
@cameltooth1 They never give a good shot but I'm pretty sure it's Colin Allen on drums and Steve Thompson on bass. They also played together in Stone The Crows.
conkyjoe, thanks for the upload, brilliant! Ignore the moaners brother
I remember this song, and the entire album, very well. I still have it on vinyl in fact. Too bad these things were so badly done on so many of these shows. No amps, not even a harmonica being played! I mean not even a remote attempt to look real, and the bad looks COMPLETELY lifeless bored. Still, good song by one great band. And nice to have the clip of them.
@TheHappyvagabond Do you mean Lonnie Mack? He's still in Indiana living in his home the last I heard.
That's exactly what i posted on the previous page. Don't think it's just the odd one he scrapped, his rap sheet for guitar destruction is horrendous. I saw him a couple of years ago, he was playing a cut down Epiphone, it had the tone of a banjo.
He has an awesome song call " where did my legs go? " .. dam i love than song was 14 and have the LP for 25 yrs or so..... if somebody has a footage of the song, by all means download it! for God 'sake ..I look forward to it.
Both great and laughable at the same time. I love the way they made little effort to make it look real.
Mayall hated appearing on TV and shows his contempt. Check out the LP's Blues from Laurel Canyon (this is from it) and Bare Wires for superb British Blues.
I wouldn't blame John, I suspect the TV station forced this on them.. Mick Jagger was saying these shows often don't allow time for rehearsals or getting the sound right so it's mime or nothing. Any group wants to get what exposure they can. At first I thought this was a bunch of kids pretending to be Bluesbreakers but I recognized Taylor.
@roaringwaterbay He has also played with The Rolling Stones!! I
You seem to know a little about TV production. I'll give you the rest of the story. Chroma-Key made it's debut in 1968. There was no way to key out 2 cameras at the same time back then. We had no budget for editing nor did we have the ability to edit 2" video tape. This was done "live". I took a loop of 16mm film leader, punched holes in the strip, colorized the strip with colored markers for the effect.
So your "sloppy" comment is without merit. Now you know the rest of the story.
this is what me and my friend say. when john herd the guy anouce him as john mayHall i garentee he said to the guys " well boys you herd him, lets show this blots"
Man, that drummer is like what the hell? I was on my way to the store for smokes and they grabbed me and said.......
In those days I didn't smoke
Wonderful to see this footage - music is from Blues From Laurel Canyon (does John still live there?) and it looks like Mick Taylor on lead, badly miming as was standard in these far off days. Love the hat John!! I was only 18 when this was filmed - God I am 61!!
I agree with that comment. Who was behind the camera? Hello!
hilarious..... but I love these guys so much I forgive them for this "gig"
Suena bien esa armónica... Quién demonios la esta tocando?? jaja Bonito Playback, montaje o lo que sea... la rola es buena que ni que, Mayall es grande
don't you just love the harmonica player there?
thanks...i knew all these facts, only hair and sg brought me to think he MIGHT be Clapton...
but you're absolutely right, he plays very differently from him.
I'd be interested to know the background to this clip, conkyjoe.
At the time (late 60's) there was a stand-off between the mainstream media and blues culture. I am amazed Mayall ever agreed to mime on a show like this as there was so much snobbery (on both sides). Mainstream TV didn't cover people like John Mayall. For Mayall, mainstream TV was infradig. This comes overclearly in the body language of all four musos here. So how did this recording happen at all? I'm intrigued!
Hey was this Mayall at Fairfield Halls in 68? Or was it 69? With the above Laurel Canyon line up? I was at that concert! Great gig. What memories...
It`s really a pity there are just a few videos from the bluesbrakers in the 60s.
I totally agree that what becomes public art is up for criticism, but it also doesn't really change the fact that his guitars are his to do with what he will.
I think there's a difference between being critical and being indignant senselessly and without merit about something that isn't really yours to be indignant about e.g. the mods a man makes to his own equipment. If you don't like his mods, fine, as long as you don't pretend you have a say in what he does with his guitars.
Mick Taylor pre Stones.
true
oh i came here from welcome to youtube
@jimi71 you mean the 'invisible' harmonica player
Fleetwood Mac! !