{"id":11429,"date":"2024-10-01T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T12:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:11:35","slug":"blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall","status":"publish","type":"bluesvdmaand","link":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

For me it didn’t start with blues; I was 12 years old and in the evenings with my little transistor radio under the covers listening on medium wave to ‘Beatleshour’ on radio Luxemburg. I loved the Beatles, the Stones on 2 and there was an English band, The Yardbirds, with one Eric Clapton as guitarist, never heard of it…. but…then came 1966. By now I was playing bass guitar in a school band and through friends I discovered an LP of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, the famous ‘Beano album’ (by the way, do you put it in your record closet with the M or the C?). Great, what power in that music. Who had written all those songs? There had to be more of that. And what a sound Clapton got out of his guitar and how did he do it? It turned out to be a Gibson Les Paul with a Marshall amp, now known as the Bluesbreaker, man what a sound!
\nIn the window of music store Leny Bossink in Apeldoorn was a real Marshall Bluesbreaker! Back then, as a brat of 14, you didn’t just go in; my friends and I regularly stood with our noses pressed against the store window and dreamed. It stopped there, because I never started playing guitar, the bass guitar stayed. I played that LP until I couldn’t anymore (even the cover didn’t come out of the battle unscathed, see photo). I was sold on the blues and then of course discovered Dutch bands like Cuby and the Blizzards and Living Blues and all those fantastic Americans, like BB, Albert and Freddie King (I consider myself very fortunate to have seen the latter live twice in the early ’70s at the open air theater in Lochem and Paradiso Amsterdam), Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Otish Rush, and so on; a long list. I never lost that love for blues and closely related music. Thanks to all those heroes!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11429","bluesvdmaand","type-bluesvdmaand","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall - BluesinWijk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall - BluesinWijk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For me it didn’t start with blues; I was 12 years old and in the evenings with my little transistor radio under the covers listening on medium wave to ‘Beatleshour’ on radio Luxemburg. I loved the Beatles, the Stones on 2 and there was an English band, The Yardbirds, with one Eric Clapton as guitarist, … Continue reading "Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BluesinWijk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T11:11:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/bluesvdmaand\\\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/bluesvdmaand\\\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall - BluesinWijk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-01T09:52:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-06T11:11:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/bluesvdmaand\\\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/bluesvdmaand\\\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/bluesvdmaand\\\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"BluesinWijk\",\"description\":\"Blues in Wijk bij Duurstede (NL)\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Stichting Blues in Wijk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/logogrijs.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/logogrijs.png\",\"width\":255,\"height\":188,\"caption\":\"Stichting Blues in Wijk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bluesinwijk.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall - BluesinWijk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall - BluesinWijk","og_description":"For me it didn’t start with blues; I was 12 years old and in the evenings with my little transistor radio under the covers listening on medium wave to ‘Beatleshour’ on radio Luxemburg. I loved the Beatles, the Stones on 2 and there was an English band, The Yardbirds, with one Eric Clapton as guitarist, … Continue reading \"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall\"","og_url":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/","og_site_name":"BluesinWijk","article_modified_time":"2025-01-06T11:11:35+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/","url":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/","name":"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall - BluesinWijk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-10-01T09:52:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-06T11:11:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/bluesvdmaand\/blues-breakers-with-eric-clapton-en-john-mayall\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton en John Mayall"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/","name":"BluesinWijk","description":"Blues in Wijk bij Duurstede (NL)","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/#organization","name":"Stichting Blues in Wijk","url":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logogrijs.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logogrijs.png","width":255,"height":188,"caption":"Stichting Blues in Wijk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bluesvdmaand\/11429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bluesvdmaand"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bluesvdmaand"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bluesvdmaand\/11429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesinwijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}