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Pioneer of British blues John Mayall couldn't read music
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24/07/2024
John Mayall never learned to read or write music.
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I'm pretty pretty duff when it comes to, you know, the techniques of everything.
00:45
I can't play a scale on any instrument, you know, so they're just natural
00:50
outlets for my ideas.
00:57
Have you got a favourite, I mean you love Boogie Woogie a lot, you got a favourite piano
01:03
player there, Albert Ammons?
01:06
Well they're all part of my growing up, you know, so they're people that I've admired
01:13
and been interested in.
01:17
I don't think you really can pinpoint it because there's too many of them.
01:22
I never learnt to read or write music, so I play whatever is natural for the song.
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