A Special Life

A Special Life
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
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AllMusic	^[1]

A Special Life is a studio album by British blues musician John Mayall.^[1] It was released on 30 May 2014 by Forty Below Records,^[2] and it is his first studio album since 2009's Tough.

Track listing[edit]

*A Special Life* 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, Rocky Athas	4:00
11.	"Just a Memory"	Mayall	6:38

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Personnel[edit]

John Mayall – vocals, guitars, harmonica, organ, piano
Rocky Athas – guitars
Greg Rzab – bass guitar, percussions
Jay Davenport – drums
C. J. Chenier – accordion, vocals^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Leggett, Steve (2014). "John Mayall: A Special Life". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ "A Special Life - John Mayall | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ "A Special Life - John Mayall | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[AMG-1] Leggett, Steve (2014). "John Mayall: A Special Life". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[2] "A Special Life - John Mayall | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[3] "A Special Life - John Mayall | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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v t e 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 Alan Skidmore Keef Hartley Jon Hiseman Rick Vito Henry Lowther Tony Reeves Greg Rzab
Studio albums	Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966) A Hard Road (1967) The Blues Alone (1967) Crusade (1967) Bare Wires (1968) Blues from Laurel Canyon (1968) Empty Rooms (1970) USA Union (1970) Back to the Roots (1971) Ten Years Are Gone (1973) Bottom Line (1979) Wake Up Call (1993) Spinning Coin (1995) Road Dogs (2005) Tough (2009) A Special Life (2014) Find a Way to Care (2015) Talk About That (2017) Nobody Told Me (2019) The Sun Is Shining Down (2022)
Live albums	John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965) The Turning Point (1969) Jazz Blues Fusion (1972) Ten Years Are Gone (1973) The 1982 Reunion Concert (1992) 70th Birthday Concert (2003) Live from Austin, TX (2007)
Compilation albums	Looking Back (1969) Thru the Years (1971)
Singles	"Crawling Up a Hill" (1964) "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (1965) "Parchman Farm" (1966) "All Your Love" / "Hideaway" (1967)
Related groups	Discography Band members Cream Fleetwood Mac Rolling Stones Canned Heat
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