The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
The Dirty Mac was a name given by John Lennon to a temporary supergroup he organized in December 1968 that featured Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell and himself. They band assembled for a one-off performance on the Rolling Stones' TV special titled "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus". The Dirty Mac played Lennon's Beatles composition "Yer Blues" along with "Whole Lotta Yoko", an extended blues improvisation in which they were joined by Lennon's wife Yoko Ono and violinist Ivry Gitlis. The TV special, which also featured appearances by other popular bands such as The Who, Jethro Tull, and several others, did not air as originally planned and was not released officially until October 1996.