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December 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues: The Starter Kit

I’m up watching a doco – Blind Willie’s Blues. I love blues. The best blues. The good blues. The true blues. But I hardly ever write about it. There’s a funny relationship between me and blues music. I do not go to blues-club meetings, there are a lot of local blues bands that have sent […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Albert Collins, Albert King, B.B. King, Blind Willie McTell, Blog, Blues, Blues Music, Charley Patton, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Moore, Genre, Guitar, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Muddy Waters, Peter Green, Robert Cray, Robert Johnson, Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues, Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues: The Starter Kit, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Starter Kit, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 84 – Midge Marsden

Welcome to episode 84 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Up in Auckland recently I finally got to have a sit-down chat with Midge Marsden. We’ve talked about doing this a few times, he and I have corresponded over the years – but this was the first time we’d […]
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February 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

John Mayall: Find A Way To Care

John Mayall Find A Way To Care Forty Below A few years back I interviewed John Mayall – he was nice enough, and I was interested enough, given who he had worked with and one or two of his earlier albums that stayed with me still…but it was all a bit polite (much like his […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blog On The Tracks, Find A Way To Care, Interview, John Mayall ·

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July 31, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World: # 5 – Peter Green

I have been obsessed with Fleetwood Mac – all versions of the band – since I was about 10 years old. People like to focus on the early blues years now, a different band entirely. But I still love the FM-radio version of Fleetwood Mac. As the documentary Fleetwood Mac at 21 puts it, “they […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Best Guitarists, Danny Kirwan, Facebook, Fleetwood Mac, FM, Greeny, Guitar, Jeremy Spencer, John Mayall, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Phantom Billstickers, The Best Guitarist In The World, The Best Guitarist in The World # 5, The Best Guitarist in The World: # 5 – Peter Green ·

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July 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1335

John Mayall, The World of John Mayall (1970) I can’t claim to be any huge John Mayall fan but he’s interesting in being a person who stood and held the gate open, you always need someone like that. In saying I’m no huge fan I’ve certainly done my time listening to his music – my […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, Beano, Blog On The Tracks, Compilation, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Interview, John Mayall, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Sitting In The Rain, The World of John Mayall, Vinyl ·

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January 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1676

John Mayall With Eric Clapton, Bluesbreakers (1966) Funny, just a couple of days ago I’m there contemplating buying a fancy-package vinyl reissue of this for $50 or whatever the cost was (might have been $45 actually). And I’m humming and haaaring and I am pretty sure that I have a copy still but can’t find […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1966, All Your Love, Beano, Bluesbreakers, British Blues Boom, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, LP, The John Mayall Interview, The Yardbirds, Vinyl ·

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