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 ...

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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 ...

Alexis Korner lived a much longer life in the blues. He was also the unlikely ground zero of British R&B — a Paris-born singer-guitarist of very non-Delta roots (Korner was part Greek, Turkish and ...

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 ...

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We all know and love Charlie Watts for his prolific output with the Rolling Stones, but before he joined up with Mick, Keef, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman in 1963, Charlie was already part of what would ...

In the beginning was Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated which featured among others Graham Bond, Cyril Davies, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Long John Baldry ….. . Korner ...

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