Editing John Mayall (section)

====Peter Green as guitarist, 1966–1967====
Mayall had to replace Clapton, and he succeeded in persuading Peter Green to come back. During the following year, with Green on guitar and various other sidemen, some 40 tracks were recorded. The album ''[[A Hard Road]]'' was released in February 1967.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> In early 1967, Mayall released an [[EP]] recorded with American [[Richter-tuned harmonica|blues harpist]] [[Paul Butterfield]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes| title = [[A Hard Road]] (expanded edition)| others = [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]]| year = 2003| first = Scott| last = Schinder| type = CD booklet| location = New York City| publisher = [[Deram Records]]| id = B0001083-02
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But Peter Green gave notice and soon started his own project, Peter Green's [[Fleetwood Mac]], which eventually was to include all three of Mayall's Bluesbreakers at this time: Green, McVie, and drummer [[Mick Fleetwood]], who was a Bluesbreaker for only a few weeks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCormick |first1=Neil |title=How John Mayall changed the course of rock history |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/john-mayall-death-blues-godfather-rock-history/ |access-date=27 July 2024 |agency=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> Two live albums, ''Live in 1967'' Volumes I and II, featuring this line-up were released on Forty Below Records in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Third Volume of the "Live In 1967" Series Available Now From John Mayall |date=16 July 2023 |url=https://www.johnmayall.com/single-post/third-volume-of-the-live-in-1967-series-coming-from-john-mayall |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>