Artist: John Mayall
Album: Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
Year: 1966
It's time for another blues album. This time it's not from the American South, but rather the shores of the mighty Thames. A hotbed of blues music if there ever was one.
Blues hasn't been my favorite genre in going through these albums, so I tried to approach this one with an open mind. I put on headphones, turned it up extra loud, closed my eyes, and just tried to let it wash over me. Sad to say, this approach did not yield a different result.
There was some fantastic guitar playing here courtesy of none other than Eric Clapton, who I guess a lot of people say is the best, or at least among the best, guitarists around. Instrumentals like "Hideaway" show off his virtuosic skill. There were a couple mildly memorable songs here like "What'd I Say" and "All Your Love." But mostly it's just standard 12-bar blues music (where most of the non-aforementioned songs sound exactly the same) with some admittedly skilled guitar wankery. Blah.
Rating: Not worth a listen
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