Crusade - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Advantages: You hear one of the best British Blues Bands
Disadvantages: None

...) - Variation on the first track 15. I Held My Baby Last Night - More slide guitar, still good stuff even now, Jeremy on vocals 16. Mystery Boogie - Slide guitar with horn backing The Musicians of Fleetwod Mac at the time of "Mr Wonderful are:- Peter Green (Greenbaum) - Lead Guitar and Vocals, Peter played in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers who also had Eric Clapton for whom he filled in for and subsequently replaced on his, Eric's departure. Jeff Beck also played for the Bluesbreakers. Jeremy Spencer - Guitar and Vocals - He played Slide guitar as his thing in the band and played many of Elmore James songs, Dust My Broom being one of them from this album. John McVie - Bass Guitar - Replaced Bob Brunning I believe, John is the only member of the original Fleetwood Mac left in the band today. John also married Christine Perfect from... Read review

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Advantages: N/A
Disadvantages: a coule of poor tracks

...Tracks on album Reptile Got You on My Mind Travellin' Light Believe In Life Come Back Baby Broken Down Find Myself I Ain't Gonna Stand For It. I Want A Little Girl Second Nature Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight Modern Girl Superman Inside Son & Sylvia ***Eric Patrick Clapp*** Born Eric Patrick Clapp on the 30th March 1945, In Surrey, England. His grandparents Rose and Jack Clapp raised him. When his sixteen-year-old mother could not face bringing up an illegitimate child. He found they were actually his grandparents when he was nine. For his 14th birthday they bought him his first acoustic guitar, with which he began to copy the great blues guitarists note for note. He established his reputation with the Yardbirds. He was with the Yardbirds for 18 months. He then joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, one of Britain's top... Read review

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Advantages: Very good hard-rocking blues.
Disadvantages: The humour on some tracks may not be to your taste.

...it in context, this is the era when good, old-fashioned British blues bands were in heavy demand - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Eric Clapton's Cream probably being the most famous bands in this category. Tightly Knit opens with Hey Mama - one of the weaker tracks on the album. It is a jokey, and not very PC track, with the lyrics "Hey mama, you must weigh 295" - fairly standard blues-rock introduction. Then again, PC is definitely NOT what this album is about. This is followed by "Shoot Her if She Runs" which does more to set the tone of the album. It features a slightly disconcerting riff that would fit well into a soundtrack to gangster film, and is much darker and more serious in tone. This is a catchy and hummable tune - again, a song about shooting your wife is hardly PC. This group's hard riffs and uncompromising attitude reflects... Read review

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