Beki Brindle grew up playing lead guitar with the legendary James “Yank” Rachell of ‘Diving Duck’ and ‘She Caught The Katy’ fame.
In 1983, she was invited to Woodstock, NY by Rick Danko and Richard Manuel from THE BAND who had discovered her at Indiana University playing blues! Subsequently, Beki joined The Tom Pacheco band, and the Eric Andersen tour band.
He was best known not for his own playing or singing but for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton.
John Mayall, the pioneering British bandleader whose mid-1960s blues ensembles served as incubators for some of the biggest stars of rock’s golden era, died on Monday. He was 90.
LONDON — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90.
A statement on Mayall’s Instagram page announced his death Tuesday, saying the musician died Monday at his home in California. “Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of this world’s greatest road warriors,” the post said.