A Special Life

Studio album by John Mayall

Released

30 May 2014

Recorded

November 2013

Genre

Blues rock

Length

48:38

Label

Forty Below

Producer

John Mayall, Eric Corne

John Mayall chronology

Tough
(2009)

A Special Life
(2014)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

A Special Life is a studio album by British blues musician John Mayall. It was released on 30 May 2014 by Forty Below Records and it is his first studio album since 2009's Tough.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Why Did You Go Last Night"	Clifton Chenier	4:50
2.	"Speak of the Devil"	Sonny Landreth	3:20
3.	"That's All Right"	James Lane	3:40
4.	"World Gone Crazy"	John Mayall	4:10
5.	"Floodin' in California"	Albert King	4:32
6.	"Big Town Playboy"	Eddie Taylor	4:15
7.	"A Special Life"	Mayall	4:06
8.	"I Just Got to Know"	Jimmy McCracklin	4:04
9.	"Heartache"	Mayall	4:42
10.	"Like a Fool"	Greg Rzab	4:00
11.	"Just a Memory"	Mayall	6:38

Personnel

John Mayall – vocals, guitars, harmonica, organ, piano
Rocky Athas – guitars
Greg Rzab – bass guitar, percussions
Jay Davenport – drums
C. J. Chenier – accordion, vocals

References

↑ Leggett, Steve (2014). "John Mayall: A Special Life". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

John Mayall Eric Clapton Jack Bruce Peter Green John McVie Mick Fleetwood Hughie Flint Mick Taylor Colin Allen Don "Sugarcane" Harris Harvey Mandel Larry Taylor Aynsley Dunbar Dick Heckstall-Smith Andy Fraser Roger Dean Alan Skidmore Keef Hartley Jon Hiseman Rick Vito Henry Lowther Tony Reeves Rocky Athas Jay Davenport Greg Rzab

Studio albums	Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966) A Hard Road (1967) Crusade (1967) Bare Wires (1968) Blues from Laurel Canyon (1968) Wake Up Call (1993) Road Dogs (2005)

John Mayall solo	The Blues Alone (1967) Empty Rooms (1969) USA Union (1970) Memories (1971) Back to the Roots (1971) Ten Years Are Gone (1973) Spinning Coin (1995) Tough (2009) A Special Life (2014)

Live and compilation albums	John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) Looking Back (1969) The Turning Point (1969) Thru the Years (1971) Jazz Blues Fusion (1972) The 1982 Reunion Concert (1992) 70th Birthday Concert (2003) Live from Austin, TX (2007)

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