John Mayall just keeps rolling along. Even in his early eighties, he maintains an extensive concert and recording schedule.<\/p>\n
Mayall\u2019s new live album, Three For The Road, <\/em>began two years ago when guitarist Rocky Athas missed a concert due to plane connections. Forced to play as a trio, John Mayall decided to continue within that context. His new album was recorded at two concerts in Germany during March of 2017.<\/p>\n Bassist Greg Rzab and drummer Jay Davenport have been with Mayall for a\u00a0decade and their chemistry together is excellent. Mayall (vocals, keyboards, and harmonica) is more in the limelight than he has been in years. His music has always had a guitar focus, but now his keyboards are central, and it is a new and welcome direction for an artist whose career has passed the 50 year mark.<\/p>\n The nine tracks include seven covers by classic blues artists and two original Mayall concert favorites. They all run from five to 11 minutes, so there is a lot of room for experimentation and improvisation.<\/p>\n Mayall\u2019s \u201cStreamline\u201d and \u201cLonely Feelings\u201d have been concert staples for some time, but here they take on new textures within the trio format. \u201cCongo Square\u201d at 11 minutes and \u201cTears Came Rollin\u2019 Down\u201d at nine plus minutes are excellent examples of how three instruments can interact over an extended period of time. Mayall\u2019s voice may have lost a little of its edge over time, but it is still an effective blues instrument.<\/p>\n John Mayall is traveling a different road in the twilight of his career, which is not an easy thing for a veteran artist. Three For The Road <\/em>is an album well-worth exploring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":33444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8461],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45262","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-john-mayall","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45262"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}