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Thursday, February 21, 2019

JOHN MAYALL 'THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH BLUES' SPECIAL GUEST ON 'INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS' W/RAY SHASHO -BBS RADIO

J O H N

M A Y A L L

'THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH BLUES'

BRAND NEW ALBUM "NOBODY TOLD ME"

with ALL-STAR CAST OF MUSICIANS

Todd Rundgren
Little Steven Van Zandt of
The E Street Band,
Alex Lifeson from Rush

Joe Bonamassa
Larry McCray

and Carolyn Wonderland

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

For over 50 years, John Mayall has served as a pioneer of blues music, rightly earning him the title, "The Godfather of British Blues". In 2013, John signed with producer Eric Corne's label, Forty Below Records, and has since been experiencing a true artistic and career renaissance, including a Blues Hall of Fame induction in 2015.

On February 22nd Forty Below Records will release Nobody Told Me, the new studio album from The Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall. As with his last handful of albums, Mayall again shares production duties with Forty Below Founder Eric Corne who also handles engineering and mixing duties.

Eric Burdon from The Animals-Stu Leathwood from The Koobas-Keith Ellis from The Koobas-Roy Wood from Woods and The o'jays- Jimi Hendrix from The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Noel Redding from The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Carl Wayne-John Mayall-Steve Winwood from Traffic-Trevor Burton from Steve Gibbons Band-Roy Morris The Koobas

The album boasts an impressive and diverse list of guest guitarists, all personal favorites of Mayall’s including Todd Rundgren, Little Steven Van Zandt of The E Street Band, Alex Lifeson from Rush, Joe Bonamassa, Larry McCray and Carolyn Wonderland who will be joining the band on tour. Also, on hand are Mayall’s dynamic Chicago rhythm section of Greg Rzab on bass guitar and Jay Davenport on drums, along with Billy Watts (Lucinda Williams) on rhythm guitar and Mayall’s regular horn section, moonlighting from their day job in The Late Show with Conan O’Brien’s house band.

The album was recorded at The Foo Fighters’ Studio 606 on the same legendary Sound City Neve console his one-time protégés from Fleetwood Mac used to record parts of the best-selling Rumors album.

“This project has been a true labor of love for me and I can’t wait for people to hear the fireworks that took place,” beams Mayall. Nobody Told Me is an apt title for the blues icon who suffered a recent unexpected health scare shortly after recording the album. But, the seemingly ageless road dog, who famously takes no days off and carries his own gear on tour, has been given a clean bill of health and plans to return to his usual grueling touring schedule to support the release.

QUOTES

John Mayall has actually run an incredibly great school for musicians. …Eric Clapton

John Mayall, he was the Master of It. If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that we caught long before. So, thanks to all you guys, thank you very much! …BB King

I had this friend in London, John Mayall of the Bluesbreakers, who used to play me a lot of records late at night. He was a kind of DJ-type guy. You'd go back to his place, and he'd sit you down, give you a drink, and say "Just check this out." He'd go over to his deck, and for hours he'd blast you with B.B. King, Eric Clapton - he was sort of showing me where all of Eric's stuff was from, you know. He gave me a little evening's education in that. I was turned on after that, and I went and bought an Epiphone. So, then I could wind up with the Vox amp and get some nice feedback. …Paul McCartney

For more information about John Mayall and the latest tour information visit www.johnmayall.com

And www.facebook.com/JohnMayall/

Purchase

Nobody Told Me
the new studio album from Blues Hall of Fame member, John Mayall boasts an impressive and diverse list of guest guitarists, all personal favorites of Mayall’s including Todd Rundgren, Little Steven Van Zandt of The E Street Band, Alex Lifeson from Rush, Joe Bonamassa, Larry McCray and Carolyn Wonderland who will be joining the band on tour.

Nobody Told Me will be available Feb 22^nd
at amazon.com

J O H N
M A Y A L L
EXCLUSIVE
on Interviewing the Legends
with Ray Shasho
BBS Radio
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JOHN MAYALL ON TOUR 2019

Date Venue City

Tue 26 Feb 2019 Pakkahuone Tampere, Finland

Wed 27 Feb 2019 Cirkus Helsinki, Finland

Fri 01 Mar 2019 Nalen Stora Salen Stockholm, Sweden

Sat 02 Mar 2019 Slagthuset Malmö, Sweden

Sun 03 Mar 2019 Rockefeller Oslo, Norway

Mon 04 Mar 2019 Pustervik Gothenburg, Sweden

Tue 05 Mar 2019 Kulturhuset Viften Rødovre, Denmark

Wed 06 Mar 2019 Train Aarhus, Denmark

Fri 08 Mar 2019 Rosenhof Osnabrück, Germany

Sat 09 Mar 2019 Die Kantine Cologne, Germany

Sun 10 Mar 2019 Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg, Germany

Tue 12 Mar 2019 Die Fabrik in Altona Hamburg, Germany

Wed 13 Mar 2019 Columbia Theater Berlin, Germany

Thu 14 Mar 2019 Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle Halle, Germany

Fri 15 Mar 2019 Forum Karlín Prague, Czech Republic

Sun 17 Mar 2019 Klub Stodoła Warsaw, Poland

Mon 18 Mar 2019 Klub Studio Krakow, Poland

Tue 19 Mar 2019 Akvárium Klub Budapest, Hungary

Wed 20 Mar 2019 Porgy & Bess Vienna, Austria

Thu 21 Mar 2019 Dom Im Berg Graz, Austria

Fri 22 Mar 2019 Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine Udine, Italy

Sun 24 Mar 2019 Teatro Delle Muse Ancona, Italy

Mon 25 Mar 2019 Teatro Obihall Florence, Italy

Tue 26 Mar 2019 Auditorium Parco della Musica Rome, Italy

Wed 27 Mar 2019 Teatro Politeama Genova Genoa, Italy

Thu 28 Mar 2019 Auditorium Santa Chiara Trento, Italy

Fri 29 Mar 2019 Campus Industry Music 43123 Parma, Italy

Sat 30 Mar 2019 Pala Phenomenon Fontaneto d'Agogna, Italy

Sun 31 Mar 2019 Les Docks Lausanne, Switzerland

Tue 02 Apr 2019 La Laiterie Strasbourg, France

Wed 03 Apr 2019 Le Splendid Lille, France

Thu 04 Apr 2019 Zeche Bochum, Germany

Fri 05 Apr 2019 Hirsch Nuremberg, Germany

Sun 07 Apr 2019 Im Wizemann Stuttgart, Germany

Mon 08 Apr 2019 Muffathalle Munich, Germany

Tue 09 Apr 2019 Volkshaus Zürich, Switzerland

Thu 11 Apr 2019 Le Bataclan Paris, France

Fri 12 Apr 2019 De Roma Borgerhout, Belgium

Sat 13 Apr 2019 Patronaat Haarlem, Netherlands

Sun 14 Apr 2019 De Oosterpoort Groningen, Netherlands

Tue 16 Apr 2019 Ronnie Scott's London, UK

Wed 17 Apr 2019 Ronnie Scott's London, UK

Thu 18 Apr 2019 Ronnie Scott's London, UK

Sat 18 May 2019 Doheny Blues Festival 2019 Dana Point, CA, US

Tue 18 Jun 2019 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR, US

Thu 20 Jun 2019 Tower Theatre Bend, OR, US

Sat 22 Jun 2019 Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA, US

Tue 25 Jun 2019 Crest Theatre Sacramento, CA, US

Wed 26 Jun 2019 The Siren Morro Bay, CA, US

Thu 08 Aug 2019 Iridium New York, NY, US

Fri 09 Aug 2019 Iridium New York, NY, US

Sat 10 Aug 2019 Iridium New York, NY, US

Also don’t forget to purchase a copy of my book entitled Check the Gs -the true story of an eclectic American family and their Wacky family business ... available now at amazon.com. You’ll live it!!!

Have a great week everybody!