Deserving of honourable mentionI don't think they were "just another blues band" more like THE blues band, the later stuff is just naff 70s pop rock, probably good naff 70s pop rock if you like that sort of thing but hardly related to the original band.
the root of most of the blues bands
John Mayall
Nope, Meddle to WYWH is where they're at for me. Although the live side of Ummagumma is cracking, too.You're the sort of people who prefer early Pink Floyd aren't you?!
Nope, Meddle to WYWH is where they're at for me. Although the live side of Ummagumma is cracking, too.
Two of the three you mention I'd class as early PF though I agree DSOTM and WYWH are mid PF.Nope, Meddle to WYWH is where they're at for me. Although the live side of Ummagumma is cracking, too.
Deserving of honourable mention
Keef Hartley Band
Chicken Shack
the root of most of the blues bands
John Mayall
A matter of opinion of course. FM in their original form were a fixture around where I grew up in South London & I saw them live a fair few times. They were excellent, but then so were other blues bands of the period. But ask most folk nowadays what they remember about Fleetwood Mac & they'll not have a clue about the blues stuff.I don't think they were "just another blues band" more like THE blues band, the later stuff is just naff 70s pop rock, probably good naff 70s pop rock if you like that sort of thing but hardly related to the original band.
Didn't say he had to be a good rootGood as he was, and he was/is very good, I’d say more of a conduit than a root.
Mick
SMH.
As I said, I think Rumours and Tango In The Night are good albums. But I feel the rest of the modern albums each have only one or two songs of note (am thinking Gypsy, Rhiannon etc.) but filler otherwise.
The FM blues stuff I've heard was nice, but straight blues at the end of the day - not a genre I'm really into. Then Play On for example is not my thing. For me, if you've heard one blues riff you've heard them all. I need something with a real twist like Four by Blues Traveler or Road Ragas by Harry Manx to grab my attention. Each to their own.
the root of most of the blues bands
John Mayall
the root of most of the blues bands
John Mayall