Mick Taylor Interview: The John Mayall Era

In 1979 Mick Reflected on His Music Before the Rolling Stones

Mick Taylor, 1979 (Columbia Records publicity photo)

By the time of our 1979 interview, Mick Taylor, master of slide guitar and the poignant solo, had accumulated some of the most stellar credentials imaginable. Thirteen years earlier, just after he’d turned seventeen, Mick had launched his career with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, touring the U.S. and pl…