Musician John Mayall, considered the “godfather of the British blues,” has died at the age ... harmonica and guitar. By the 1950s, he was performing with bands and eventually moved to London ...

It is hard to overstate the impact of the ‘60s British blues guitar scene, when a new generation of guitar heroes mined the original source of blues playing and put their own spin on it.

British blues - a new form of the American blues made ... you get a true flavour for how pop music has changed since the 1950s. rock ‘n’ roll A musical style originating in blues, jazz and ...