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Line diagram

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

1963 to today

See Blues rock on the network

The line diagram

Each member is a lane on the year axis, in the colour of the line the band was on. A filled station marks a joining, an open one a departure, a square a death. The dotted rail is a reunion. A dotted branch leads to a band that grew out of this one, or in from a band its members came from. The table below lists the same spells.

Members

MemberRoleYears
John McViebass1963 to 1967
John Mayallvocals, keyboards, harmonica1963 to 2024
Eric Claptonguitar1965 to 1966
Peter Greenguitar1966 to 1967
Mick Fleetwooddrums1967 to 1967
Mick Taylorguitar1967 to 1969

The line

  1. Blues rock1963 to today

    The finishing school

    John Mayall formed the Bluesbreakers in 1963 with bassist John McVie. The guitar chair is British blues in miniature: Eric Clapton (1965 to 1966, the "Beano" album), Peter Green (1966 to 1967) and Mick Taylor (1967 to 1969), who left in turn for Cream, Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones. Mayall led line-ups under the name for six decades and died in 2024.

    Key album: Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, 1966

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, John Mayall (opens in a new tab)

Lineage

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Clapton left in 1966 to form Cream; Green, Fleetwood and McVie left in 1967 to form Fleetwood Mac, and Taylor joined the Rolling Stones in 1969 (those strip maps arrive with Cluster 1).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (opens in a new tab)
  2. Wikipedia, List of John Mayall band members (opens in a new tab)
  3. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, John Mayall (opens in a new tab)

Cite this page

The Metro Map of Music, ‘John Mayall's Bluesbreakers: line diagram’, /line-ups/john-mayalls-bluesbreakers.