John Mayall Live at Iowa State University

John Mayall is widely acknowledged as the father of British blues, having baptized a whole generation of white, British musicians and an audience who might otherwise never have discovered the blues. Apart from having discovered -- in Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor -- three of the most acclaimed guitarists of the rock era, his "blues school" fostered the talents of a roster of artists who have since profoundly influenced the course of Rock & Roll. Mayall's new incarnation of the Bluesbreakers, officially launched in 1984, included future stars in their own right -- guitarists Coco Montoya and Walter Trout -- and quickly proved to be as innovative and technically gifted as their peers.