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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune
John Mayall, the famed “Godfather of British blues” and a pivotal musical catalyst for at least seven Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, was not yet 34 when he released his fifth album, “A Hard Road,” in 1967. Now, 54 years later, the end of that road appears to be looming for the man whose pioneering band, The Bluesbreakers, served as the launching pad for a bevy of talented young musicians bound for stardom. Some key examples include the Rolling Stones’ Mick Taylor, Cream’s Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, and Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. “When you get in John’s b…