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In Britain, blues developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar, and made international stars of several proponents of the genre, including the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.
British blues was an early to mid-1960s musical movement based in London clubs that served as an important influence on the subsequent rock explosion. Its founding fathers include the guitarist Alexis Korner and the harmonica player Cyril Davies.
This is an incomplete list of British blues bands and musicians.
Sep 13, 2024 · Mayall was born in Macclesfield in 1933, and first courted music by scouring his father’s imported collection of blues 78s, before teaching himself piano, guitar and harmonica. After completing national service in Korea, Mayall returned to Britain in the 1950s, unimpressed by, according to Classic Rock magazine, “a monopoly of trad-jazz ...
- Eric Clapton. Surrey native Eric Clapton is one of the most admired guitar players in the world. His career started in rock and blues with The Yardbirds in 1963 and has included other groups like Cream before he went solo in 1970.
- Brian May. Brian May is the lead guitarist for the rock supergroup Queen, one of the best-selling groups of all time. He was born in Twickenham, a London suburb in 1947.
- The Edge. Although he grew up in Ireland, The Edge, whose real name is David Howell Evans, was born in Barking, Essex to Welsh parents. He began piano and guitar lessons as a child with his love of music eventually leading him to want to be part of a musical group.
- Jeff Beck. Born in Sutton, a borough of London, Jeff Beck went from hearing his first electric guitar at age six and trying to build guitars his own guitars to becoming one of the top guitarists in the world.
May 6, 2015 · For some the greatest British blues guitarist of them all, Peter Green's playing first as Eric Clapton's replacement in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and then in Fleetwood Mac is at times heart-stoppingly beautiful.
May 23, 2022 · Yes, Uncle Eric encouraged the young Johns to pick up a guitar and taught him his very first riff, which was ‘Crossroads’, of course. After this auspicious start, Johns’ formidable chops as a guitarist, singer and songwriter were cultivated the hard way: in the trenches of bands, breakups and tours up and down the UK and far beyond.
