Latest John Mayall News

Anti-establishment the MC5 ironically get into the establishment with Rock & Roll Hall Fame invite

Oct. 16, 2024 11:48 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it,” says Tom Morello, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for bands like Rage Against the Machine and...

Last original member of Kool & the Gang to represent group at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Sep. 25, 2024 10:41 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago announced its vote for the Harris-Walz ticket,...

John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90

Jul. 24, 2024 10:43 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A statement on Mayall's Instagram page announced his death Tuesday, saying the...