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The British Invasion of the early-to-mid-‘60s – and therefore rock 'n’ roll as we know it – would not have been possible without Alexis Korner. The man known as the “Founder of British Blues” died of ...

Their story begins with a guy named Alexis Korner, who loved the blues. His band, Blues Incorporated, played a consistent gig at the Marquee Club in London in the ’60s. Korner and Blues Incorporated ...

An inspirational figure in British music circles, Korner was already versed in black music when he met Cyril Davies at the London Skiffle CluBorn Both musicians were frustrated by the limitations of ...