A deep, rasping, crooning voice of the British 1960s R&B boom, Long John Baldry
helped inspire the likes of Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Roger Daltrey and
introduced the UK to America's blues scene. Starting out as a jazz and folk
singer in the late 1950s, he was given his name "Long John" when touring with
Ramblin' Jack Elliot because of his 6ft 7in frame, before joining Alexis
Korner's seminal band Blues Incorporated and featuring on the first ever British
blues album R&B At The Marquee (1961). The band were central to the 1960s
British blues boom and gave starts to Jimmy Page...