John Mayall: Volume isn’t really necessary, for a true appreciation of blues. It should be the music you listen to, not a lot of volume. That’s what the blues is supposed to be; like conversation, its a form of communicating.
I don’t want to get my ears blasted. I want to hear my musicians; I want to hear what they play. If you can’t hear who you want to listen to onstage, you don’t ask him to turn up; you ask everyone else to turn down. That way you get a listenable level. Just say that I didn’t want to join in. I took the risk and went the other way.
I wish I could play musical instruments with a bit of technical ability sometimes. But I don’t think it’s really important. I can’t change it; I couldn’t learn music, you know. It’s the best that I can do, and the spirit is there.
Photo: Tony Frank
The earliest of heroes . . .how I found most of the blues after turning 14 . . . . .
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