“Keep on playing the blues somewhere, John. We love you”: John Mayall, the Godfather of British Blues, dies aged 90

Musician/Singer John Mayall performs at the Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, CA 1969.

John Mayall – the legendary British blues pioneer who masterminded the Bluesbreakers and helped catapult the careers of some of modern music’s most influential guitar players – has passed away at the age of 90.

The news was confirmed by Mayall’s family, who published a statement confirming the bluesman had passed away surrounded by his family on Monday at his home in California.