A Special Life
2014 studio album by John Mayall
A Special Life | ||||
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Studio album by John Mayall | ||||
Released | 30 May 2014 (2014-05-30) | |||
Recorded | November 2013 | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Length | 48:38 | |||
Label | Forty Below | |||
Producer | John Mayall, Eric Corne | |||
John Mayall chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
A Special Life is a studio album by British blues musician John Mayall.[1] It was released on 30 May 2014 by Forty Below Records,[2] and it is his first studio album since 2009's Tough.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Why Did You Go Last Night" | Clifton Chenier | 4:50 |
2. | "Speak of the Devil" | Sonny Landreth | 3:20 |
3. | "That's All Right" | James Lane | 3:40 |
4. | "World Gone Crazy" | John Mayall | 4:10 |
5. | "Floodin' in California" | Albert King | 4:32 |
6. | "Big Town Playboy" | Eddie Taylor | 4:15 |
7. | "A Special Life" | Mayall | 4:06 |
8. | "I Just Got to Know" | Jimmy McCracklin | 4:04 |
9. | "Heartache" | Mayall | 4:42 |
10. | "Like a Fool" | Greg Rzab, Rocky Athas | 4:00 |
11. | "Just a Memory" | Mayall | 6:38 |
Personnel
- John Mayall – vocals, guitars, harmonica, organ, piano
- Rocky Athas – guitars
- Greg Rzab – bass guitar, percussions
- Jay Davenport – drums
- C. J. Chenier – accordion, vocals[3]
References
- v
- t
- e
- Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
- A Hard Road (1967)
- The Blues Alone (1967)
- Crusade (1967)
- Bare Wires (1968)
- Blues from Laurel Canyon (1968)
- Empty Rooms (1970)
- USA Union (1970)
- Back to the Roots (1971)
- Ten Years Are Gone (1973)
- Bottom Line (1979)
- Wake Up Call (1993)
- Spinning Coin (1995)
- Road Dogs (2005)
- Tough (2009)
- A Special Life (2014)
- Find a Way to Care (2015)
- Talk About That (2017)
- Nobody Told Me (2019)
- The Sun Is Shining Down (2022)
- John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965)
- The Turning Point (1969)
- Jazz Blues Fusion (1972)
- Ten Years Are Gone (1973)
- The 1982 Reunion Concert (1992)
- 70th Birthday Concert (2003)
- Live from Austin, TX (2007)
albums
- Looking Back (1969)
- Thru the Years (1971)
- "Crawling Up a Hill" (1964)
- "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (1965)
- "Parchman Farm" (1966)
- "All Your Love" / "Hideaway" (1967)
- Category