John Mayall - California

Brano tratto dall'album "The Turning Point" del 1969

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[desertswo]

@clydegeorge Almond is a great player. It is amazing that one can be a veritable virtuoso on two such disparate wind instruments as the sax and flute appear to be to my unschooled eye and ear. Mayall and Almond along with Blood, Sweat and Tears, taught a whole generation of us (I’m 54 this month) to not rely solely on “guitar heroes” to give us our musical highs. As a proficient guitarist in the blues/rock motif, I really love what a well played sax brings to the table in that métier.

[billchew450]

This was a watershed album when it came out in 1969- it's still up there.

[TheEvolytion]

Short and to the point. Great Album! with no drums, incredible!

[fomomoto3]

Perhaps the best song from a groundbreaking album, sounds as fresh today as ever. How many so called classic albums from that time can honestly say that. Forget the always overrated Clapton, for my money the greatest blues licks of the 60's came not from any guitar but exploded from the horn of Johnny Almond, perhaps no where better than on this song. The percussive effects generated by Marc on nylon strings at that and Mayall on the harp in counterpoint to Thompson's bass remain astonishing.

[fomomoto3]

@NSA666999 idiot. This performance was from the 60's possible before the Bieber boys parents were even born. Open your ears and listen to what real musicians can do. So much more than just a haircut teen heartthrob.

[QuantaGuitar]

I had listened to this album a few dozen times before i took note of the album liner statement that there was no percussion on this album -Yep- no drums . I listened to it a few dozen more times to appreciate this artful fact. I am guitarist who is reasonalby skilled in several genres of music and I love the endeavors that do not rely on guitar heroes also. It keeps all of us thinking and realizing that music is a holistic art and the more variation the better. p.s. I am a 61 year old geezer.

[portlandjohn8]

steven thompson on bass. oh yeah. Jonny Almond's fat sax filling the Whiskey a Go Go, fillin our hearts, blowin our minds. Marc so different, so tasty. Mayall so great--forever changing. I played Turning Point over and over and over.

[PencilArt57]

JUSTIN BIEBER ?????? Who's the moron who said he wrote it??? JUSTIN BIEBER wasn't even an embroy when this came out!

[StevenCharlesJazz]

Love this tune, and the album. Remember how his "drummerless" band was such a departure from the Bluesbreakers, and how great it sounded. Johnny Almond was definitely one of my earliest influences on flute & sax, and the Mark/Almond Band (& this recording) showed me how great acoustic guitar goes with those two instruments as well...

[LegZoff]

Beautiful song from a great album

[bradleypridgeon]

@nativebird63 I'm sorry but I loved it. Just couldn't find the button.

[nativebird63]

touched me way back and still does a number on me now. how is it possible that one person did not like this song?