British Blues

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(Guitar, vocals, 1928–84) The late ‘Godfather of British blues’ emerged from London’s traditional jazz scene to found Blues Incorporated in 1962. Among those passing through the ranks of this loose if inspirational amalgam were subsequent members of The Rolling Stones, Cream and Led Zeppelin. In the late 1960s, Korner too made the charts as singer with CCS, whose biggest hit, a cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’ became the theme ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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(Vocal/instrumental group, 1967–95, 1997–present) Peter Green (vocals, guitar) had been a star of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, in which John McVie (bass) and Mick Fleetwood (drums) had toiled less visibly. In 1967, the three became ‘Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac’ after enlisting guitarist Jeremy Spencer. Later, a third guitarist, Danny Kirwan, was added. The outfit produced hits like ‘Albatross’ and ‘Oh Well’. Green’s exit in 1970 brought the group to its knees but ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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(Multi-instrumentalist, vocals, b. 1933) When he was a Manchester art student in the late 1940s, blues record sessions evolved into successful attempts at reproducing the sounds himself, so much so that he dared a stage debut in a city club in 1950. In the decades that followed, Mayall carved a niche of true individuality in perhaps pop’s most stylized form, re-inventing it from all manner of new angles: duetting with Chicago ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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British blues was born when British musicians attempted to emulate Mississippi and Chicago bluesmen during the 1960s. Led by Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones, these musicians copied the styles of Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King, and, aided by powerful amplifiers, developed a sound of their own. In the early 1950s, the first American blues musician to appear in England was Big Bill Broonzy. Although he ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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