John Mayall's Bluesbreakers John Mayall's Bluesbreakers I (Jan. 1963 - Mar. 1963) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar - b. November 29, 1933, Macclesfield, England. Sammy Prosser - guitar Davy Graham - guitar Ricky Brown - bass Pete Burford - bass John McVie - bass - b. November 26, 1945, London, England. Sam Stone - drums Brian Mayall - drums John Mayall's Bluesbreakers II (Apr. 1963 - Jul. 1963) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Sammy Prosser - guitar John Gilbey - guitar John McVie - bass Keith Robertson - drums John Mayall's Bluesbreakers III (Jul. 1963 - Apr. 1964) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Bernie Watson - guitar John McVie - bass Peter Ward - drums Martin Hart - drums John Mayall's Bluesbreakers IV (Apr. 1964 - Apr. 1965) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Roger Dean - guitar John McVie - bass Hughie Flint - drums Album: "John Mayall Plays John Mayall" (1965) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers V (Apr. 1965 - Aug. 1965) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Eric Clapton - guitar - b. Eric Clapp on March 30, 1945, Ripley, England - formerly with The Roosters, Casey Jones and the Engineers, and The Yardbirds. John McVie - bass Hughie Flint - drums John Mayall's Bluesbreakers VI (Aug. 1965 - Nov. 1965) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Jeff Krobbett - guitar Peter Green - guitar John McVie - bass Jack Bruce - bass Hughie Flint - drums John Mayall's Bluesbreakers VII (Nov. 1965 - Jul. 1966) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Eric Clapton - guitar John McVie - bass Hughie Flint - drums Album: "Bluesbreakers - John Mayall with Eric Clapton" (1966) (with Eric Clapton) Eric Clapton leaves to form Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers VIII (Jul. 1966 - Sep. 1966) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Peter Green - guitar John McVie - bass Hughie Flint - drums Hughie Flint forms McGuinness Flint (with Tom McGuinness, formerly of Manfred Mann). John Mayall's Bluesbreakers IX (Sep. 1966 - Apr. 1967) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Peter Green - guitar John McVie - bass Aynsley Dunbar - drums Album: "A Hard Road" (1967) Aynsley Dunbar later joins The Jeff Beck Group, Bonzo Dog Band, Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Journey, and Jefferson Starship. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers X (Apr. 1967 - May 1967) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Peter Green - guitar John McVie - bass Mickey Waller - drums Mick Fleetwood - drums Album: "The Blues Alone" (1967) Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood form Shotgun Express (with Rod Stewart), and later form Fleetwood Mac. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XI (Jun. 1967 - Sep. 1967) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Mick Taylor - guitar - formerly with The Gods. John McVie - bass Keef Hartley - drums Chris Mercer - sax Rip Kant - sax Terry Edmonds - guitar Album: "Crusade" (1967) John McVie forms Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood). John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XII (Sep. 1967 - Apr. 1968) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Mick Taylor - guitar Paul Williams - bass Keith Tillman - bass Andy Fraser - bass Keef Hartley - drums Chris Mercer - sax Henry Lowther - trumpet Dick Heckstall-Smith - sax Albums: "Diary of a Band, vol. 1" (1968) "Diary of a Band, vol. 2" (1968) Andy Fraser forms Free (with Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, and Simon Kirke). John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XIII (Apr. 1968 - Aug. 1968) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Mick Taylor - guitar Tony Reeves - bass John Hiseman - drums Chris Mercer - sax Henry Lowther - trumpet Dick Heckstall-Smith - sax Album: "Bare Wires" (1968) Tony Reeves, John Hiseman, and Dick Heckstall-Smith form Colosseum. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XIV (Aug. 1968 - May 1969) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Mick Taylor - guitar Steve Thompson - bass Colin Allen - drums Album: "Blues From Laurel Canyon" (1968) Mick Taylor joins The Rolling Stones. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XV (Jun. 1969 - Jun. 1970) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Duster Bennett - guitar/vocals Jon Mark - guitar Johnny Almond - sax Steve Thompson - bass Alex Dmochowski - bass Larry Taylor - bass Albums: "The Turning Point" (1969) "Empty Rooms" (1970) Jon Mark and Johnny Almond form The Mark-Almond Band. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XVI (Jul. 1970 - 1971) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Harvey Mandel - guitar - b. March 11, 1945, Detroit, Michigan - formerly with Canned Heat. Don "Sugarcane" Harris - violin - b. June 18, 1938, Pasadena, California; d. November 30, 1999. Larry Taylor - bass - formerly with Canned Heat. Album: "USA Union" (1970) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XVII (1971) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Eric Clapton - guitar Mick Taylor - guitar Keef Hartley - drums Harvey Mandel - guitar Don "Sugarcane" Harris - violin Larry Taylor - bass Album: "Back to the Roots" (2-CDs) (1971) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XVIII (1971) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Harvey Mandel - guitar Don "Sugarcane" Harris - violin Larry Taylor - bass Album: "Thru the Years" (1971) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XIX (1971) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Jimmy McCulloch - guitar - b. 1953, Glasgow, Scotland; d. September 27, 1979, London, England - formerly with Thunderclap Newman and Stone the Crows. Larry Taylor - bass Album: "Memories" (1971) Jimmy McCulloch later joins Paul McCartney's Wings and The Small Faces. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XX (1971) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Freddy Robinson - guitar Blue Mitchell - trumpet Ron Selico - bass Clifford Solomon - saxes John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXI (1971 - 1972) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Freddy Robinson - guitar Blue Mitchell - trumpet Clifford Solomon - saxes Keef Hartley - drums Album: "Jazz-Blues Fusion" (1972) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXII (1972) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Freddy Robinson - guitar Blue Mitchell - trumpet Clifford Solomon - saxes Keef Hartley - drums Victor Gaskin - bass Fred Jackson - saxes Charlie Owens - flutes Ernie Watts - sax John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXIII (1972 - 1973) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Freddy Robinson - guitar Blue Mitchell - trumpet Red Holloway - flute/saxes Keef Hartley - drums Victor Gaskin - bass Fred Jackson - saxes Charlie Owens - flutes Ernie Watts - sax Album: "Moving On" (1972) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXIV (1973 - 1975) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Freddy Robinson - guitar Blue Mitchell - trumpet Red Holloway - flute/saxes Keef Hartley - drums Victor Gaskin - bass Don "Sugarcane" Harris - violin Album: "Ten Years Are Gone" (1973) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXV (1975) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Hightide Harris - bass/guitar Red Holloway - flute/saxes Randy Resnick - guitar Soko Richardson - drums Album: "The Latest Edition" (1975) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXVI (1975 - 1977) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Don "Sugarcane" Harris - violin Larry Taylor - bass Dee McKinnie - vocals - b. 1950 Rick Vito - guitar - b. October 13, 1949, Darby, Pennsylvania. Jay Spell - keyboards Soko Richardson - drums Albums: "New Year, New Band, New Company" (1975) "Notice to Appear" (1975) "A Banquet in Blues" (1976) Rick Vito later joins Fleetwood Mac. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXVII (1977) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Larry Taylor - bass Jay Spell - keyboards Red Holloway - flute/saxes Gary Rowles - guitar Frank Wilson - drums Warren Bryant - percussion Pepper Watkins - vocals Patty Smith - vocals Album: "Lots of People" (1977) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXVIII (1977 - 1978) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar James Quill Smith - guitar Steve Thompson - bass Soko Richardson - drums Albums: "A Hard Core Package" (1977) "The Last of the British Blues" (1978) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXIX (1979) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Album: "Bottom Line" (1979) (with various studio musicians) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXX (1979 - 1980) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar James Quill Smith - guitar Rick Vito - guitar Chris Cameron - piano/clavinet Christian Mostert - saxes/flutes Angus Thomas - bass Ruben Alvarez - drums Maggie Parker - vocals Album: "No More Interviews" (1979) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXI (1980 - 1981) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar James Quill Smith - guitar Maggie Parker - vocals Kevin McCormick - bass Soko Richardson - drums Album: "Road Show Blues" (1980) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXII (1981 - 1982) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Don McMinn - guitar Bobby Manuel - guitar Jeff Davis - bass Mike Gardner - drums John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXIII (1982) (Reunion) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar John McVie - bass Mick Taylor - guitar Colin Allen - drums Album: "The 1982 Reunion Concert" (1994) Group disbands. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXIV (1984 - 1985) (reformed) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Coco Montoya - guitar Kal David - guitar - formerly with Illinois Speed Press. Willie McNeil - drums Walter Trout - guitar Bobby Haynes - bass John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXV (1985 - 1990) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Joe Yuele - drums Coco Montoya - guitar Walter Trout - guitar Bobby Haynes - bass Albums: "Behind the Iron Curtain" (1986) "The Power of the Blues" (1987) "Chicago Line" (1988) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXVI (1990 - 1991) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Joe Yuele - drums Coco Montoya - guitar Freebo - bass Album: "A Sense of Place" (1990) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXVII (1991 - 1994) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Joe Yuele - drums Coco Montoya - guitar Rick Cortes - bass Album: "Wake Up Call" (1993) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXVIII (1994 - 1995) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Joe Yuele - drums Buddy Whittington - guitar Rick Cortes - bass Albums: "Spinning Coin" (1995) "Blues for the Lost Days" (1997) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers XXXIX ( ? - Present) John Mayall - vocals/keyboards/harmonica/guitar Joe Yuele - drums Buddy Whittington - guitar Greg Rzab - bass Tom Canning - keyboards Album: "Padlock On The Blues" (1999) "Along For The Ride" (2001) - John Mayall & Friends Compilations: "The Best of John Mayall" (1973) "Archives to Eighties: Featuring Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor" (1988) (with Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor) "Looking Back" (1990) "John Mayall: London Blues, 1964-1969" (2-CDs) (1992) "John Mayall: Room to Move, 1969-1974" (2-CDs) (1992) "Cross Country Blues" (1994) "As It All Began: The Best...1964-69" (1998) "Drivin' On: The ABC Years (1975-1982)" (2-CD box set) (1998) "Silver Tones: The Best of John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers" (1998) Links: Sugarcane Harris Take me back to the Index... 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