This millennium has proved to be as productive so far:

2001: On “Along For The Ride”, Mayall re-teamed with a number of his former mates, including Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, as well as ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Jonny Lang, Steve Miller, Billy Preston, Steve Cropper, Otis Rush, Gary Moore, Jeff Healey, Reese Wynans of Steve Ray Vaughan’s band and Shannon Curfman for an amazing display of blues power at its finest. Produced by David Z, this album featured Mayall duets with soul great Billy Preston, blues legend Otis Rush and young blues/rock teen sensation Shannon Curfman. “Along For The Ride” also features the first appearance together in over 30 years by Bluesbreakers alumni Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, who last appeared together as members of the original Fleetwood Mac.

2002: Mayall with the Bluesbreakers, again produced by David Z., recorded the release “STORIES,” which debuted the Billboard blues charts at #1, and followed it with an extensive world tour. 2003: John Mayall turned 70 years old. After extensive touring, John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers capped it off at a 70th Birthday celebration in Liverpool, with a concert in aid of UNICEF and featuring Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Chris Barber. This concert was filmed, recorded and released as a DVD and double CD in December 2003. To top off the year, BBC aired an hour-long documentary on John Mayall’s life and career, entitled “The Godfather of British Blues”.

2003: “The Godfather of British Blues” plus a 1969 documentary were released on a DVD by Eagle Records entitled “Godfather/The Turning Point”, as well as “The Turning Point Sound Track” CD.

2004: Private Stash released a live show from Australia on DVD – “Cookin’ Down Under’ and John compiled a collection of his all time favorite classic boogie woogie tracks on a CD for Document Records.

2005: Saw the release of the studio album “Road Dogs.”
John Mayall was awarded an OBE by The Queen’s Honours list.

Spring 2007 brought John Mayall’s 56th album release, on Eagle Records: “In The Palace Of The King,” an entire studio album that honors and pays tribute to the music of the Mayall’s long-time hero of the blues, Freddie King.

The release of this popular tribute album led to such a heavy touring schedule that it began to take its toll on John physically. He therefore reluctantly decided to take time off to re-evaluate his career. In October 2008 he made the decision to disband and retire the long standing Bluesbreakers, which caused quite a stir in blues circles and led to rumors about total retirement. Since then Mayall has made some guest appearances with Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout and so enjoyed the freedom that he decided to put together some new musicians with a view to touring on a more limited basis. The reaction to this plan has been so positive that two tours of Europe have been put together for 2009, including several shows with BB King in the UK. Eagle Records have also commissioned John to record a new album, which is slated for release in fall 2009. Meanwhile we hope that fans will enjoy the rocking blues contributions of Rocky Athas, Greg Rzab, Jay Davenport and Tom Canning.