Editing John Mayall (section)

===2000s===
On the occasion of the 40th year of his career, Mayall invited fellow musicians for the recording of a celebratory album. ''Along for the Ride'' appeared in 2001, credited to John Mayall and Friends with twenty names listed on the cover, including some Bluesbreakers, old and new, and also [[Gary Moore]], [[Jonny Lang]], [[Steve Cropper]], [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]], [[Otis Rush]], [[Billy Gibbons]], Greg Rzab, [[Chris Rea]], [[Jeff Healey]] and [[Shannon Curfman]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Along for the Ride – John Mayall |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/along-for-the-ride-mw0000520850 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>

To celebrate his 70th birthday, Mayall reunited with special guests [[Eric Clapton]], [[Mick Taylor]] and [[Chris Barber]] during a fundraiser show. This "Unite for UNICEF" concert took place on 19 July 2003 at the [[Liverpool Arena]], and was captured on film for a DVD release.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r667890|first=Thom|last=Jurek}}</ref>

In November 2008, Mayall announced on his website he was disbanding the Bluesbreakers, to cut back on his heavy workload and give himself freedom to work with other musicians. Three months later a solo world tour was announced, with Rocky Athas on guitar, Greg Rzab on bass, and Jay Davenport on drums. Tom Canning, on organ, joined the band for the tour which started in March 2009. An album was released in September 2009. Since then, Mayall has continued to tour with the same backing band, minus Canning, who left due to other priorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnmayall.com/bio.html |title=Biography |publisher=John Mayall |access-date=30 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226200336/http://johnmayall.com/bio.html |archive-date=26 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2015, Dinu Logos published ''John Mayall: The Blues Crusader'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Logos|first1=Dinu|title=John Mayall: The Blues Crusader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAIfogEACAAJ|year=2015|publisher=Edition Olms|isbn=978-3283012281|page=120}}</ref> the first biography of Mayall to include exhaustive details of every band he put together and every recording he made. In 2018, Mayall made a new addition to his band; his first female lead guitarist, [[Carolyn Wonderland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnmayall.com/single-post/2018/04/20/Welcome-Carolyn-Wonderland-to-the-Band|title=John Welcomes Carolyn Wonderland to the Band|website=Johnmayall.com|language=en|access-date=16 August 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>