On July 22, in his house in Lorel-Canyon, California, at the age of 90, the Englishman John Mayall died, known for filling the world with blues John Mayall. Photo: Archive Yes, this man with long hair and a beard filled the life of several generations, saturated air and rain with blues, gave blues to each radio table and almost in every iron, so that the blues from the dusty flower on the side of the world culture became a huge sunflower, impudently accustomed to the sun.