John Mayall with Albert King - Stormy Monday

[deano5314]

i was looking deprately to find a good video to watch seeing im high, and i think i just stumbled on to the holy grail 8-)

[landonrob]

that wasnt very good......Twice he had to tell them to get quiet....You should barely hear Mayall ...They clearly never played together on this one as the Bassist was showing the Key at the start and the stop/changes during Alberts last solo....I say Albert walked off stage and said enough of this....lol Albert is very demanding but didnt give angry looks like he would to his own band members if they played like that. Peace & Blues

[gnossticc]

The music of the negro people performed by a white John Mayall. This is pure awesomeness!

[cameltooth1]

But he does makes me feel what he plays.

[huubramler]

I don't wanna say that Mick Taylor's solo was bad (actually, it was kinda good), but Albert King clearly insisted a guitar conversation, and when King does that, you don't ignore him and keep playing your own solo's!!

[cameltooth1]

@huubramler You're right. He shouldn't have ignored Albert, but Albert is limited in his lead playing.

[Atrvexo]

@huubramler Albert King himself has always said that he wants younger players to come forward and take room. Taylor had a great blues solo going, lovely dynamics and feeling, so he kept going to reach the crescendo. At the jam in the end of this show, you can clearly see Albert King watching Taylor and being very impressed. And when you play a guitar solo like this on stage, you are completely in your own world. Two legendary guitar players btw, thanks for the video srvfan79.

[MrCisco940]

yea baby, yea baby, Baby yea baby..Yea!

[surfmost]

when you watch him play, you learn how to play.

[cttt08]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!

[msflo1926]

CLASSIC

[zgr9]

fuckin badass

[jose65rodrigues1]

congratulations for all the music YOUTUBE

[iConquerYou]

The first time I heard Albert I thought that I have never heard someone play guitar like this, how on earth does he do that

[buffalobilly]

LOL the two shaking guys in the audience around 6.38

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

songs and performances like this are the reasons i say, "God, I love the Blues!!!"

[lostinmindseye46]

I love Albert King. I've seen John Mayall a few times decades ago at the S.F. Blues Festival .

[MrJohntube12]

if people could see this kind of stuff today there would be no Joe Bonamassa or Johnny land. Nor a Kenny Wayne Sheppard. It's BS and they wouldn't make it out of the bars and clubs. Man Albert kind fucking kills me! Never heard a solo this long from Mic. Fucking great as well and that after Albert just played great. Who can do that? You ever sit in with a good player. if they go first and rip you're going to sweat it at least once in you're life.

[darkmagus64]

If only the Stones could have kept it going with Mick tayllor. He's still the best guitar player they ever had

[menRstupidwomenRevil]

@darkmagus64 What's he done lately ??



[lamiamano]

Albert is always lookin' for the band to understand where he's at and Mick got it that's why he seems always so disturbed by what's goin' on : all he wants is to deliver the essence of thehave it his way. blues and being one of the greats, manages to

[fabianroman100]

Esto si es musica de verdad griguitos::::...

[1966PIK]

boo! warbling sucks



[comporockomatic]

Quand je pense que Keith est souvent considéré comme le meilleur guitariste des Stones...

[vesternor]

fuck john mayall and his white bitches

[DirtyDeck]

@vesternor haha! I dont agree with this comment but I did find it very funny looolol

[vesternor]

@DirtyDeck oops haha musta a been drunk! its is funny tho!

[TheBitterWeed]

@vesternor Ha ha ha, post of the frikken year, even though I disgree ! ;-)

[ArmenSur]

@vesternor

LOL Hilarious!

[TheKeefguitar]

mick is the best

[fenderosa]

Albert is so great!

[rdickinsondickinson]

magic

[SRone45]

What kind of pickups is Mick Taylor using?

[dogmaticus]

@tuxguys - dude Frank Dunbar is black as pitch and Aynsley is as white as the driven snow, are you really wondering if they're related?

[tuxguys]

Great moment.

Mayall is, by my reckoning, about 50 at this point, Albert is much older. They back him up beautifully.

Is Dunbar any relation to one-time Mayall (and Zappa) drummer Ainsley Dunbar?

Mick Taylor: The least well-known (even with his time with the Stones) of Mayall's Big Three, the other two being...

[luvsilly60]

Albert King and his Flying V, can't get any cooler.

[AvirtualSwitzerland]

Too funny. John Mayall @ 0:06 walks over to the bass player and asks: "Ummm, pardon me brother, but is this some unknown key that I'm not aware of?" The bass player's response: "Ummm actually, it's just his Flying V, mate. Damn guitar never stays in tune. I keep telling him to get a Fender !"

[ranjanchadha]

Plz tell if it (excellence) gets better than this!!!

[Leutwein]

Wanna hear it in much better quality !!! - and as loud as possible!

[Granolaho]

Albert King was/is still the greatest! Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, among the best ever. Mick T. was so young there. Nice clip!

[AbrahamMora]

No pues si se chinga tocando aquí MICK TAYLOR a ALBERT KING!!!

[TheBlakem]

MICK TAYLOR!!!!!! AWESOME!

[loombaron]

albert king´s hair cut is funny

[boxingin]

Albert King IS the Blues!

[pctechnet]

A blues player with a flying V, playing without a pick......now that's AWESOME!!

[SORKKAOSKARI]

huuuh King veljeksien Albert soittaa huikean keikan ,,niin ja Cary Moore antaa kitaran laulaa ,,hienoa bluesia ,,,,eikös vaan

[rogiidx]

I love how King has to tell the drummer to back off 55 seconds in. haha

[yakiburger]

@rogiidx Yeah, I think he's used to playing with people who would know that already.

[CacheSeaker]

Mick is to cool to stand, only lean.

[madamkirk]

His guitar is soo cool looking.

[dionimike]

Tiene una gran voz, pero el sonido de la guitarra no ayuda, creo que una strato ó una telecaster harian excelente sonido. El blues debe tener un sonido suave y si se casi limpio mu poco distortion.

[simpleman6942]

@dionimike lo unico que debes tener para tocar blues.. es el blues... y ese hombre lo tiene

[charlesenn]

He can't keep that flying "V" in tune to save his life. He was playing with SRV and had to screw with it constantly. But he's making bank playing an out of tune guitar and I'm sitting here wishin'.

[realtheloniuscrunk]

@charlesenn i think its probably because he's bending on those strings with so much damn soul

[grandbbq]

Wow. 2 people did not like this?

[seymourbbest]

King is the King!

[harkinnass]

Cool dudes!

[stringrip]

Just put up the new video , its titled "JOHN MAYALL BLUESBREAKERS 1982 JAM WITH GUESTS".

[wisesatyr72]

Damn Mick was on fire sitting down but Albert is still the King..

[cheech226]

oh it's mick, i saw mayall and him at tip's in nawlins in the 80's

[cheech226]

who is that white boy on guitar? sound like jeff beck

[soltisimba]

I can add a bit of detail here. This is not the original bluesbreakers Look up the lineage and you will see. Only Mayall is here. Albert King and Mayall were the opening acts for Jimi Hendrix in Feb 1968 at Winterland, SF. I bet that is when they first met. I was there and can tell you King nearly stole the show... from Hendrix!!

[stringrip]

@soltisimba But for most of this concert it was a reformed Bluesbreakers lineup with Mick Taylor , Collin Allen and John McVie. However on some of the numbers like this one John McVie sat it out and another bass player played. I am about to upload more of this concert.

[the1dylan]

such a classic song;^)

[JaysalP]

I am British and I can say that this is Genuine African-American music - real classy gentlemen playing with talent, soul and passion - artists like Albert King, BB King, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Robert Johnson, Charlie Christian and Grover Washington Jr. Look at the mainstream African-American musicians today, and in most cases (except in small local jazz and blues venues) you find drug dealing scum shit like 50 cent, JayZ, etc!!! How in hell do people like this! .

[MrChubbyness]

only 74000 people have seen this video but millions sit and watch the x factor like pituitary retards every saturday night......

[logicalbass]

wait out, wait out! this was a real blues lesson!

[roussos87]

the one and only velvet bulldozer. 

[ColapsingUnity]

The KIng simply the King

[Carnivore898]

This is the man WHO CREATED legends such as B.B. KIng and Eric Clapton. And that deserves some respect, am I right?

[WadeMacKinnon]

Albert is great. Amazing phrasing, great tone, a real legend.

This has also become one of my favourite Mick Taylor moments, his solo is amazing. (Eric Clapton who?)

[decemberschild1217]

Guys, My brother and I were at this show...between the 2 of us we have seen many many shows and we dont agree on much but one thing we do: THIS WAS THE BEST CONCERT WE WERE EVER AT!!!!!!

[nanuuc]

VELVET BULDOZERRR OF COURSE,godlike music given by god and played by albert,LOVE,PEACE,and BLUES around,love U ALL MY BROTHERS and SISTERS AROUND

[onlyjoetee]

mick taylor is a boring dull muthafucker man...

[WadeMacKinnon]

@onlyjoetee Mick Taylor lets his playing speak for itself, if you think it is boring and dull, you need to get a new pair of ears.

He is a very diverse and talented musician, his vibrato reeks of pure emotion. His playing has a certain fluidity to it.

He knows how to repeat a phrase, but some how accenuate it differently each time. A skill necessary for blues music (as there aren't alot of notes to work with in 12 bars, and 3 chords), and a skill that few musicians ever truly master.

[onlyjoetee]

@WadeMacKinnon He's technically good yes,blah blah etc,but he's dull,no doubt about that,no character.What you let out when you play,is whats in you,what you contain.Thats why someone's playing hits you like a punch and someone else doesn't,even if they play the exact same notes.He's just dull,as a man,a spirit and a player!!!could walk in a room and you wouldn't even know he'd walked in,one of them kinda guys,dull!!!

[cheech226]

@onlyjoetee

fungaloonie dude!

[funkster007]

Mick always looks bored. lol wake up man!

Albert was the true King.

[sllusus]

man mick taylor and albert king!! what a combo !!!

[ahindat2]

notice how silent they can play, not like rock bands today who play a whole lot of louder. They play smooth and give the song the perfect feeling

[cedricleecason]

First white boy(besides Stevie Ray) to play with a good feel,...not too many notes, just slow and soul,... the best way to play! And Albert, my my my....is all I have to say! Love his voice!

[marsigliese1973]

Duetto chitarristico di straordinaria intesità. Grande Albert grande john!!

[europaheavenssmile]

How can you say Mick upstaged Albert? Mick has a nice strat and he can play better than me, BUT Mick can't play.

[thecaveofthedead]

After Taylor's solo, King knew he had to play like a motherf*&$er. And he did.

[Odin029]

The only problem I see with the younger guys playing with these older bluesmen is the inability to understand the call and responce. Gary Moore is the worst, but here I don't think Mick upstaged Albert at all, but when Albert played a couple of licks near the end of the solo he expected Mick to respond, but he just kept right on playing what he was playing. Clapton is always good on stage with the older bluesmen and so was SRV. Some guys just don't get it no matter how good they are on guitar.

[ishawnm]

@Odin029 Well said!

[vinegaroon1]

@ishawnm I guess I'm getting older and my eyes are slipping on me but I didn't see a string break. I dearly love AK and take nothing from him, but I once saw Hendrix break a string then keep right on playing, take another string out of his pocket as he kept playing, then install the string and tune it--all while still playing.

[ishawnm]

@vinegaroon1 Well the lighting in that arena is not conducive to seeing such things very well. Albert was not one to stand on stage and restring when he broke a string. (In part cause he was very secretive about his tunings.) Here is an example with SRV in a better lit studio where AK broke a string in mid jam to make the point:

youtube.com/watch?v=-l98e3DnmG­k

Even there, you see the broken string only briefly. AK left and SRV continued playing ala Mick in this video.

[ishawnm]

My bad, heres the link:

youtube.com/watch?v=-l98e3DnmG­k&feature=related

[vinegaroon1]

I like everyone in this set, been a lifelong Mayall/Albert King fan, but it looked to me like Mick upstaged Albert here and AK up and left.

[ishawnm]

@vinegaroon1 So leaving the stage after you break a string is being "upstaged"? Interesting.

[srvnumber1fan]

Albert was The Man! It is such a shame that most of the originals are now gone. What a legacy they have given us though!

[citella]

Albert has the blues in the blood, and John, instead of playing in his style,he try to imitate Albert King.

Albert is the Great. Inimitable.

[Fruscianteistheman]

what type of guitar rig is taylor using in this set.

[Azariaadele]

This is a brilliant video.

[rabokel]

Albert plays for the audience while Mick plays for himself

[dljone9]

@rabokel well, congratulations on proving to the youtube world how brain-dead someone can be, yet can still type. mick is about the classiest guy in the business, and what he is doing here - successfully - is trying to add to the song but not upstage. this is what you do when playing 'with' someone - if mick had it in his head to cause the building to crumble...he could easily do so. the key to great playing is...knowing when to be understated. the sign of a true craftsman who plays 'songs'

[superpeik1]

@dljone9 Yes,Mick Taylor is the great player here.Realy great playing.

[TheBitterWeed]

@dljone9 yep.  Mick was always was - and is - a cut above most - such sweet lyrical playing, he just *gets* the blues...

[gilmiester]

pure class.

[gillan5]

Albert has the tuning minimum 1 whole note down which means he can bend far more than with the usual tuning. As he has the strings upside downe he bends in another direction then standard guitar players. Bending downwards gives a different sound than bending upwards. So his whole playing sounds different.

Mick Taylor plays a fine solo. It takes some musicianship to get an interesting solo out of the pentatonic blues scale which everybody plays.

[DrMarv]

@gillan5 hahahahahaha... yeah mate... bending downwards sounds different than bending upwards... that is perhaps the dumbest thing i've ever heard!

[gillan5]

@DrMarv No man, you are wrong. Ask a guitar player since you can not be a player.

It is sounding completely different you moron. Do not reply on youtube on matters you do not hav a clue.

[DrMarv]

@gillan5 actually, i'm the world's greatest guitarist... i can make my bends sound the same, whether I bend up or down. appparently, no normal (mediocre) guitarist is able to do this.

[oker59]

this is what's great about youtube; you get to see these special moments in time.

sometimes, you have to see things live to realize what they are doing is so much more than you think; thanks for uploading this!

[clap67]

Don't mess with Albert King!!Look at how he tells the band to "way down"!!!And what about the greatness of Mick Taylor!!

[LosGoodFellas]

Queda muy poco mas que agregar , El señor albert King es por lejos uno de los 5 mejores bluesman de la historia .

Por mi parte siempre guste de mick taylor tmb un gran musico ( toca excelentemente bien el slide)

Saludos desde Argentina "losgoodfellas"

[pizzeffichi]

I have to watch it twice!! FANTASTIC!!!

[Bluezking]

The greatest string bender n with few notes he can tell a story.Albert King's lick was coped by cats like-Otis Rush,BGuy & co.& the next generation.Its nice to see MTaylor up there.Awesome

[Dagag90]

This is Blues at its best =)

Albert King, as usual, always grumbling ;)

[irlandos1]

pure greatness

[TheJackjackjack111]

Incredible!Always heard Taylor hated playing live-why?Look how far Albert bends strings!One of the all time greats,and so underrated as both a player and an influence!He was one of the major guitar influences on so many-Hendrix,Clapton,Page,SRV,­others...today's players copy him without knowing it!Let's face it folks-without Albert,B.B.,Chuck Berry,a few others:THERE IS NO ROCK AND ROLL!R.I.P.,Albert-the world is a better place,and I'm a better human,person,man... for having known you!Thanx 4Vid!

[penfloyd]

Doesn,t get any better than that!

Some of Mick Taylors best work is on Mayall,s Blues from Laurel Canyon Album.

[delta9779]

I love this fucking song and what a great Jam these boys can sure pick a blues tune. Albert is the man thanks for the video srvfan79. Been going back through my whole blues collection after listening to this love the BLUES

[rgosse23]

Great guitar by Mick and Albert. Very sorry for those out there that don't like BLUES.Going to see Mayall in concert sunday 22 nov at the metropolis in Montreal

[StevenCharlesJazz]

What a treat to see Mick Taylor & Albert King jamming with each other! Yeah!

[Kurt7474]

This put a big smile on my face.

[eric1love]

Get that man a glass of water before he dehydrates.

Only in the blues you can let your guitar fall outta tune and nobody gives a fuck as long as you play those notes with your whole soul

[yogithecamel]

@eric1love Just as long as your vibrato doesn't quiver like a scared school boy you'll be fine.

[beltpn]

I love how albert comes out and just kills a solo, grabs his hat and is out the door...that's why he will always be the man.

[taildragger51]

One of the finest moments in Blues history. Mick delivers one sweet solo!

I'm sure Albert was pissed off when Mick lengthened it at 4;28.

[eraffel]

This is such a great video. Break it down to the enth degree, and then make the jam gods pay.

[Juliasblues]

Extreme cool !! Thank you !

[Immaculate416]

Why isn't somebody calling a doctor? the piano player is having a seizure

[greenmean1]

That piano player is the great John Mayall.

[LucasMarquesGHC]

the tone of albert's guitar is lovely

[Bluesblaster]

Well, not the Original Bluesbreakers. On guitar, before Mick Taylor there was peter Green, before Peter Green there was Eric Clapton, before Eric Clapton there was Roger Dean. On drums, before Colin Allen there were Keef Hartley, Mick Fleetwood, Aynsley Dunbar, Hughie Flint.

Then, Uggybow mentions Alan Wilson, Stevie and Rory Gallagher as the best white blues guitarists. Probalbly never heard Peter Green in Fleetwood Mac. Nor Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl....

[guitaro999]

Do any of you realize that the other guitarist is Mick Taylor,formerly of the Rolling Stones, who played on Beggar's Banquet to Goat's Head Soup and was replaced by Ron Wood is the other guy here?

I spent time with him and feel that he is one of the most talented people I personally have ever met and had the pleasure to learn a little guitar from.....I am a former Ted Greene student and local L.,A. session guitarist , Matt Lee....

[lesburst]

Yes I did know that is Mick Taylor, in my opinion also done some of the best songs with the Stones.

[stonehands69]

this great i never really knew how great these two were

[AdytaShakespeare]

This is beyond perfection!

[lmcancun]

De los mejores Videos de Blues, que he Visto, Tks  LM

[greyskull979]

EARGASM EVERYWHERE!

[MAEPINTANGIBLE]

Ah caray... Yeah de los yeah's!!!

[deadman3223]

and what about the looks man, the precence, he always delivers dresed like a fucking top lord of soul, look at his suit, his watch, ring, Lucy! and those shades. He is indeed the Godfather, no human will ever come close to him till the end of the times.

[lonestar3]

This is from a video called "Blues Alive", 1982 in NJ. Also had Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, and I think Etta James. I had a beta copy which is sadly long lost. M Taylor with his great tone as always.

[stareman]

It's great to see Albert King, even if it isn't his own band. His singing and guitar work are full of soul on this classic song.

[Lilly2005japan]

met Albert in 1980 after a show, in a laundry mat talked with him about 30 minutes nice man. H esaid at the filmore west Jimi Hendrix gave him a joint laced with heroin, he said he got so high he had to put ice between his arm and his legs, after that he swore off drugs for good . The way he told the story was quiet animated! Clay Flinchum

[SqueegeeDoodle]

thats a interesting story....could you go into it in more detail??? lol

[PageandPlant4Life]

This and the original kick ass! But once you hear the Allman bros. version, nothing else compares.

[mcddtlc]

I don't know P&P - Taylor is every bit as good as Dickie or Duane!!And I've seen them all live!!

MLC

[greenmean1]

I second that .

[YoGroucho]

Mik Taylor the best white blues guitar ever

[Uggybow]

White blues guitarists?

Alan Wilson, Stevie and Rory Gallagher as far as I'm concerned. No white man comes even close to these three.

[pbohny]

Stevie Ray Vaughn?!!!

[greenmean1]

I guess you've never heard of Peter Green or Michael Bloomfield? Let me guess you're under 35?

[Uggybow]

Oh I've heard of Bloomfield and I like him alot but as I said - those 3 are my choice get it? A subjective opinion I guess.

[kguntherb]

he can't even stand when he plays.

[daviemcf]

Awesome blues from these blues legends!!!  5*

[hendrixgeek]

ALBERT KING IS GOD!

[daneswede1]

Is this Mayall Playing the BLues Breaker from the early 90s. It has to be. Notice he is using a late 1977 Marshall JMP and cab and als there is what looks to be a n early circa 69 to 73 pt to pt Marshall. unsure who is playing thru what but the blues is pouring out. I have the large block 77 in mint cndition marshall and an original BLues breaker and SHredmaster I ab/y between with an 81 JCM800 2203 and Analogman 3403 d pedal insane

[zackmancool13]

amazing!

[SonnyREast]

Albert has more soul in his pinky than many others combined.

[bobmango54]

@SonnyREast I think thats what Albert said about Peter Green

[lamiamano]

Albert is a killer!always lookin' for that incredible sound that doesn't satisfy him 100% but it sure satisfies me!He carries the whole load alone.What a musician,what a man.

He inspired so many.He's a trademark!

[83roadstar]

Albert paves the way...!!!!

[jwinterfan]

Simply Awesome!!!!