Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton is a 1966 electric bluesBlues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. It emerged in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, rhymed English and Scots-Irish narrative ballads, shouts, and chants. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the ...blues album by John Mayall:For the photographer, see John Jabez Edwin Mayall. John Mayall, OBE (born November 29 1933) is a pioneering English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical career spans over fifty years but the most notable episode in it occurred during the late '60s. He was ...John Mayall's BluesbreakersJohn Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE, that has included such luminaries as: *Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (both later in Cream), *Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (later all in Fleetwood Mac), *Mick Taylor (later in The Rolling Stones), *Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Harvey Mandel, Randy ...Bluesbreakers featuring Eric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer. He is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th and 21th century, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Often viewed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time among critics and fans alike, Eric Clapton was ranked 4th in Rolling Stone’s list of The Greatest Guitarists of All Time and #53 on their list of the The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of ...Eric Clapton as lead guitarist. It is often referred to as The Beano album because the photograph on the album cover shows Clapton reading The BeanoThe Beano comic is a long-running British children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom. The comic first appeared in 1938 and it has continued weekly ever since. As of 2007, it has published over 3000 issues.Issue dates of British comics, page ...The Beano, a well-known British children's comic.

Apart from being one of the most overall influential albums in blues-rock history, it was likely the first time anyone had heard a Gibson Les PaulThe Gibson Les Paul is one of the most recognized solid-body electric guitar designs in the world. Developed in the early 1950s, the guitar has become one of the most enduring and popular musical instrument models ever produced. Its design has been left virtually untouched for over 50 ...Gibson Les Paul guitar through an overdrivenIn rock music and related genres, overdrive is a term used to describe the sound of an amplifier running at high volume, usually deliberately, to the point where distortion (clipping) is clearly audible in the output signal. This distortion may range from a slight added "growl" or "edge" with some increase in sustain, up to a thick, distorted ...overdriven MarshallThe Marshall Bluesbreaker (model 1962) was a guitar amplifier made by Marshall. The amplifier was a combo amplifier. It featured two twelve inch Celestion speakers. The amplifier was introduced in 1965 and was discontinued in 1966. The amp was 45 watts and featured tremolo. When Eric Clapton was invited to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, he asked Jim Marshall to produce a combo amplifier with tremolo which would fit in the boot of his car, and the most ...Marshall amplifier; this unique sound would become particularly influential. The re-introduction of the Les Paul by GibsonThe Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is one of the world's best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. The company's most popular guitar, the Les Paul Standard, a solid-body electric, sells for about $2,300. Gibson also makes ...Gibson was largely fueled by the blues boom that so often featured it. Clapton's incendiary playing inspired graffiti saying "Clapton is God" on the streets of London around the time of the album's release.

The Bluesbreakers included John Mayall on harmonica and a majority of the vocals, John McVieJohn Graham McVie (born November 26, 1945) is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. He joined Fleetwood Mac shortly after its formation by guitarist Peter Green in 1967, and, along with Mick Fleetwood, is the only original member still with the band. ...John McVie on bass, Hughie FlintHughie Flint (b.15 March, 1941 in Manchester, Lancashire), is perhaps best known for his stint in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, playing drums on the infamous Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton album, released in 1966 and affectionately known to fans as the "Beano Album". Flint played in the Bluesbreakers on and ...Hughie Flint on drums, and John AlmondJohn Almond was a Cistercian monk. He is commemorated as a Confessor of the Faith in the Roman Catholic Church, and his name has been included in the supplementary process of the English Martyrs. He came from Cheshire, and was a monk in the time of Henry VIII, but neither his abbey nor his fate during and after its suppression have been identified. He died in prison at Hull Castle under Elizabeth I, 18 April, 1585. The sufferings amid which he closed his days are set forth in a relation printed ...John Almond, Alan SkidmoreAlan Richard James Skidmore (born April 21, 1942 in London) is a tenor saxophonist of jazz and blues music, son of saxophonist Jimmy Skidmore. Skidmore began his professional career at 16 and early in his career toured with comedian Tony Hancock. In the mid to late 1960s he worked with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Ronnie Scott's group. In the 1970s, he was part of Keith Tippett's jazz fusion bigband ...Alan Skidmore and Dennis Healey as the horn section.

Much of the album was composed of blues standardsA blues standard, much like a jazz standard or pop standard, refers to a song that is widely known, performed, and recorded among blues musicians. Live blues, especially Chicago-style blues, is often characterized by extended improvisation, often in the form of jam sessions with guitar and often harp, bass and piano, among others. Songs known to all musicians playing provide a common ground for such shows.blues standards by long-established blues artists such as Otis RushOtis Rush (born April 29, 1934 in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is a blues musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound, jazz-style arpeggios and long bent notes. With similar qualities to Luther Allison, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy and Albert King, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and became an influence on Michael Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, ...Otis Rush, Freddie KingFreddie King (September 3 1934 – December 28 1976) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer, best known for his recordings "Hide Away", "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" and "Going Down".Freddie King and Robert Johnson: For the British electric folk musician, see Bob Johnson (musician) Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) is among the most famous Delta Blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936-37 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and tremendous songwriting talent that ...Robert Johnson, as well as a few originals penned by Mayall or Mayall and Clapton. The majority of the songs serve as showcases for the young Clapton's playing, apart from "Another Man" and "Ramblin' On My Mind." "Ramblin' On My Mind" was Clapton's very first recorded vocal performance. Although Clapton left the Bluesbreakers only a year after this album was made, it was still a huge step forward for his playing as far as improvisationImprovisation is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. This invention cycle occurs most effectively when the practitioner has a thorough intuitive or technical understanding of the necessary ...improvisation and guitar tone, and it formed the bridge between his time with the YardbirdsThe Yardbirds are an English rock band, noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. A blues-based band whose sound evolved into experimental pop rock, they had a string of hits including “For Your Love”, “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” and “Heart Full Of Soul”. They were a crucial link between British R&B and psychedelia; their guitarists were extremely influential in music. The Yardbirds were pioneers in almost every ...Yardbirds and his later co-founding of the power trio CreamCream's music included songs based on traditional blues such as "Crossroads" and "Spoonful", and modern blues such as "Born Under a Bad Sign", as well as more eccentric songs such as "Strange Brew", "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "Toad". Cream's biggest hits were "I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room", "Crossroads" and "Badge". Cream, together with The Who, made a significant impact upon the popular music of the time providing a heavy yet technically proficient musical theme that foreshadowed the emergence of bands like Led ...Cream with fellow British blues-rock players Jack BruceJohn Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish-born musician, composer and singer. He is best-known as an electric bassist, harmonicist and pianist, and was most famous as the vocalist and bassist for the 1960s rock band Cream. He lives in Suffolk, ...Jack Bruce and Ginger BakerPeter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born August 19, 1939, Lewisham, South London) is an English drummer who gained fame as a member of the Graham Bond Organization (GBO) and Cream from 1966 until 1968. He later joined Cream bandmate Eric Clapton along with Ric Grech and Steve Winwood in the 1969 group Blind Faith. In the early 1970s, Baker toured and recorded with ...Ginger Baker.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 195 on Rolling StoneRolling Stone is an American based magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture that is published biweekly.Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all timeThe 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums. Various music genres were featured in the list, including pop, rock, soul, blues, folk, jazz, hip hop, and combinations thereof. The accounting firm Ernst & Young devised a point system to ...the 500 greatest albums of all time.