John Mayall
Live In France 1967-73 REPERTOIRE
DIRK BEHLAU/PRESS
Monsieur Mayall sur la TV.
The seven French TV appearances by John Mayall collected on this two-CD/DVD set include almost as many different lineups as he relocated to California during the period covered.
Guitarist Mick Taylor is on the first two sessions alongside Keef Hartley on drums – the second of which is at London’s Marquee, rather than France, in early ’69 – but Taylor is somewhat subdued at the latter, and there are few clues as to why the Rolling Stones would come calling a few months later. Mayall, meanwhile, is in full-on blues-wailin’ harp mode.