Editing John Mayall (section)

==Early life and education ==
[[File:John Mayall - Fabrik Hamburg 2017 04.jpg|thumb|John Mayall (right) with [[Greg Rzab]] and Jay Davenport in 2017]]
Born in [[Macclesfield]], [[Cheshire]], on 29 November 1933,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229/ |title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 |publisher=[[United Press International]] |date=29 November 2019|access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224110508/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229/ |url-status=live |quote=British blues musician John Mayall in 1933 (age 86)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prideofmanchester.com/music/Johnmayall.htm| access-date=15 June 2013 |title=Pride of Manchester's guide to John Mayall}}</ref> John Brumwell Mayall<ref name="Russell2024">{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |title=John Mayall obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jul/24/john-mayall-obituary |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724145237/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jul/24/john-mayall-obituary |archive-date=24 July 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> grew up in [[Cheadle Hulme]]. He was the son of Murray Mayall, a guitarist who played in local [[pub]]s.<ref>{{cite web | last=Rohter | first=Larry | title=John Mayall, Pioneer of British Blues, Is Dead at 90 | website=The New York Times | date=23 July 2024 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/arts/music/john-mayall-dead.html | access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref> 

From an early age he was drawn to the sounds of American blues players such as [[Lead Belly]], [[Albert Ammons]], [[Pinetop Smith]], and [[Eddie Lang]], and taught himself to play the piano, guitar, and [[harmonica]].<ref>"[http://www.johnmayall.com/bio.html Biography]" at the Official John Mayall site. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226200336/http://johnmayall.com/bio.html |date=26 December 2011}}. As of 2009 there is no privileged source for biographical data on John Mayall. The book ''John Mayall: Blues Breaker'' by Richard Newman, Sanctuary Publishing (1996) {{ISBN|978-1-86074-129-6}} is an [[unauthorized biography|'unauthorised' biography]] disavowed by Mayall himself. Many of his songs have lyrics directly referring to events in his life.</ref>