Blues for the Lost Days

John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B00000054R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,146 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Strong Effort, December 23, 2000

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Kurt Harding "bon vivant" (Boerne TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues for the Lost Days (Audio CD)

John Mayall has been playing blues literally for my entire lifetime and at 64 years old proves that he's still among the best. On this CD, Mayall displays the many blues attitudes of which he is capable. Lately, many of his songs decry urban decay and violence. He continues here in that vein with the hard-driving Dead City and the old Eddie Harris R&B song, How Can You Live Like That. Stone Cold Deal is a shuffle driven by saxophone, organ and drums. Its infectuous rhythm will have you dancing and its incisive lyrics will have you thinking. My other favorites are the title cut on which Mayall's prowess on the piano is showcased, One In A Million which is a rocking paean to his beloved mother, and I Don't Mind, a song in the rollicking piano-driven Southern style for which Mayall is justly famous. There isn't anything I really dislike on the album though It Ain't Safe and Some Other Day seem out of place and Trenches, though lyrically gripping, is musically weak. If you are a blues fan, you are sure to like Blues For the Lost Days, another strong effort from master bluesman John Mayall.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Reflection, February 25, 2001

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Bob Davis (Christchurch New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues for the Lost Days (Audio CD)

John Mayall is a great artist in his own right. This album is much more reflective than normal but contains so many tracks that show how good Mayall is (but 4 stars may be slightly high). His harp, piano and organ standout as does the guitar of Buddy Whittington. The album features a variety of styles: Dead City, Blues for the lost days, It ain't safe which feature the excellent guitar of Whittington. Trenches, One in a Million and You are for real, How can you live like that which show the refective and sentimental aspects of this album (with some Jazz tones).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quiet but engaging, February 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blues for the Lost Days (Audio CD)

Mellower than I expected for John Mayall, but it's blues all the way. Dead City and Stone Cold Deal are two standouts. Great harmonica and piano.