John Mayall & Friends - Along For The Ride (2001)

01. A World Of Hurt [feat. Jeff Healey] (4:31)
02. Along For The Ride [feat. Billy Preston] (4:50)
03. Put It Right Back [feat. Billy F. Gibbons] (4:31)
04. That's Why I Love You So [feat. Johnny Lang] (4:15)     play
05. Yo Yo Man [feat. Peter Green] (2:59)                    play
06. If I Don't Get Home [feat. Gary Moore] (5:21)
07. Testify [feat. Shannon Curfman] (4:27)
08. Early In The Morning [feat. Chris Rea] (4:06)
09. Something About My Baby [feat. Andy Fairweather] (4:18)
10. So Many Roads [feat. Otis Rush] (6:11)
11. World War Blues [feat. Billy Preston] (4:27)
12. California [feat. Red Holloway] (5:56)
13. She Don't Play By The Rules [feat. Mick Taylor] (5:13)

John Mayall - Clavinet, Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Wurlitzer
Jack Bruce - Bass
Tom Canning - Organ (Hammond), Wurlitzer
Lenny Castro – Percussion
Bob Delgado - Guitar (Bass),
Joe Delgado - Guitar
Shannon Curfman – Guitar, Vocals
Hughie Flint - Drums
David Z. - Guitar (Rhythm)
Dick Heckstall-Smith - Sax (Alto)
Steve Cropper 	- Guitar (Rhythm)
Mick Fleetwood - Drums
Jeff Kribbit - Guitar
Jonny Lang - Guitar
Andy Fairweather Low - Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
John McVie - Guitar (Bass)
Wendy Moten 	- Vocals
Billy Preston - Clavinet, Melodica, Vocals, Wurlitzer
Chris Rea - Vocals
Greg Rzab - Guitar (Bass)
Crystal Taliefero - Vocals
Mick Taylor - Guitar
Buddy Whittington - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm)
Reese Wynans - Organ (Hammond)
Joe Yuele - Drums

British bluesman John Mayall is primarily known as the guy whose band massive guitarists like Eric Clapton and Peter Green got their start in. Mayall's always been a better bandleader than musician; it's not that he's bad at the latter, but rather that he's so good at the former. So it is perhaps appropriate that Along for the Ride is essentially a showcase of other artists, many of them young up-and-comers, including Shannon Curfman and Jonny Lang.

As you have no doubt guessed, there is some serious guitar playing here, but what's most special about this CD is that these gifted ax men really get a chance to shine. Lang's lead guitar on "That's Why I Love You So," for instance, sure doesn't sound much like Mick Taylor's on "She Don't Play by the Rules," and neither of those resembles Gary Moore's work on "If I Don't Get Home" or Buddy Whittington's lead on "So Many Roads." Along for the Ride's cast also includes a few Mayall emeriti, such as Green, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie, as well as Jeff Healey, Steve Miller, Otis Rush, and plenty of others. Lots of musicians do the all-star-album thing, but you know Mayall's going to integrate his guest stars smoothly, and that's exactly what he does. --Genevieve Williams, allmusic.com

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