John Mayall – Double trouble

Blues

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Lay awake at night
Oh so low Ive been troubled
Cant keep a job
I’m laid off and having double trouble
Hey, Hey, you can make it if you try
Baby, that’s no lie
Living in generations of millionaires
Hard for me to keep decent clothes to wear.

Laugh at me walking
I have no where to go
Bad luck and trouble has taken me
Got no money show.
Hey, Hey, They say you can make it if you try.

Generations of millionaires
Hard for me to keep decent clothes to wear.
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John Mayall – lead vocals, piano, organ, guitar, harmonica
Peter Green – lead guitar
John McVie – bass
Mick Fleetwood – drums
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John Mayall OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians.

Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1933, Mayall grew up in Cheadle Hulme. He was the son of Murray Mayall, a guitarist and jazz enthusiast. From an early age he was drawn to the sounds of American blues players such as Lead Belly, Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith and Eddie Lang, and taught himself to play the piano, guitars, and harmonica.

Mayall was sent to Korea as part of his national service, and during a period of leave bought his first electric guitar in Japan. Back in England, he enrolled at Manchester College of Art and started playing with a semi-professional band, the Powerhouse Four. After graduation, he obtained a job as an art designer, but continued to play with local musicians. In 1963, he opted for a full-time musical career and moved to London. His previous craft would be put to good use in the designing of covers for many of his coming albums.

Mayall began living in the US part time in the late 1960s, living there full time by the early 1970s. A brush fire destroyed his house in Laurel Canyon in 1979, seriously damaging his musical collections and archives.

Mayall has been married twice, and has six children and six grandchildren. His second wife, Maggie Mayall, is an American blues performer, and since the early 1980s she has taken part in the management of her husband’s career. They married in 1982, and divorced in 2011.

In 2005, Mayall was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Honours List…
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John Mayall – Double trouble

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