num_pages: 288
description: Former Fleetwood Mac member Brunning charts how London shows by US Bluesmen like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker—then forgotten at home—influenced a generation of British musicians from The Stones and The Animals to The Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds. This led to huge Stateside 1970s success for blues-influenced British rock giants like Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin and a renaissance of the U.S. blues scene. "An engaging personal memoir."—Charles Shaar Murray
language: English
title: Blues: The British Connection: The Stones, Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and the Story of Blues in Britain
titlecomplete: Blues: The British Connection: The Stones, Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and the Story of Blues in Britain
genres: Music
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing