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  • Fame: If Eric Clapton was God, the singer/keyboardist/harmonica player and bandleader of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers was the godfather.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRAD WHEELER 2011

  • This is why he spent little time with bands, going from one to the next like The Yardbirds, Cream, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, and Blind Faith.

    2010 March 11 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • In 1966 Clapton left the Bluesbreakers to form a new band with two other virtuoso rock musicians, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker.

    Five People Born on March 30 | myFiveBest 2010

  • This is why he spent little time with bands, going from one to the next like The Yardbirds, Cream, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, and Blind Faith.

    “Eric Clapton: The Autobiography” by Eric Clapton (Broadway, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Fleetwood and Mac might have gotten into the room as Bluesbreakers, but they were still ten years short of their season as biggest band in the world, which would be followed by the long-delayed triumph of our friends the Bee Gees, once disco was discovered.

    EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

  • I wasn't in the Bluesbreakers long enough to formally record any material with them except for an EP with Paul Butterfield; but John Mayall happened to give Peter Green some studio time for his birthday.

    ɘloЯ 2010

  • "Clapton is God" was scrawled in London after the release of the "Beano" album with Eric playing lead for John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.

    Bourjailly: Eric Clapton's Gun Sale 2008

  • The Bluesbreakers album was a worldwide smash that made Eric a star in his own right.

    ɘloЯ 2010

  • Fleetwood and Mac might have gotten into the room as Bluesbreakers, but they were still ten years short of their season as biggest band in the world, which would be followed by the long-delayed triumph of our friends the Bee Gees, once disco was discovered.

    EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

  • Fleetwood and Mac might have gotten into the room as Bluesbreakers, but they were still ten years short of their season as biggest band in the world, which would be followed by the long-delayed triumph of our friends the Bee Gees, once disco was discovered.

    EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

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