I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.

I've never had a hit record or a Grammy or been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mark was best known as Marianne Faithfull's accompanist for three years and for having been a member of the band Sweet Thursday (which included pianist Nicky Hopkins and future Cat Stevens collaborator Alun Davies also a guitarist). During the next decade Mayall continued shifting musicians and switching labels and released a score of albums.

John Mayall OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer guitarist and songwriter whose musical career spans over fifty years. They include Eric Clapton Jack Bruce Peter Green John McVie Mick Fleetwood Mick Taylor Don "Sugarcane" Harris Harvey Mandel Larry Taylor Aynsley Dunbar Hughie Flint Jon Hiseman Dick Heckstall-Smith Andy Fraser Dave Navarro Johnny Almond Walter Trout Coco Montoya and Buddy Whittington. In the 1960s he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers a band which has included some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians.