Wake Up Call (John Mayall album)

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Wake Up Call is an album by British bluesman John Mayall (also called a John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers album) with various special guest appearances by Buddy Guy, Mick Taylor, Mavis Staples and other musicians, released on 6 April 1993.^[2]

Track listing[]

• All songs written by John Mayall, except where noted.

1. "Mail Order Mystics" (Chris Smither) - 4:40
2. "Maydell" (Johnny Neel, Warren Haynes) - 3:56
3. "I Could Cry" (Junior Wells) - 5:09
4. "Wake Up Call" (David Egan, David Love Lewis) - 4:12
5. "Loaded Dice" (Gary Nicholson, Wally Wilson) - 4:27
6. "Undercover Agent for the Blues" (Leanne & Tony Joe White) - 5:21
7. "Light the Fuse" - 4:14
8. "Anything I Can Say" (Brendan Croker) - 3:43
9. "Nature's Disappearing" - 4:52
10. "I'm a Sucker for Love" - 4:05
11. "Not at Home" - 4:07
12. "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" (Jimmy Reed) - 4:12

Personnel[]

The Bluesbreakers

• John Mayall - lead vocals, piano, harp, guitar, flute, Hammond organ
• Coco Montoya - lead and rhythm guitar
• Rick Cortes - bass guitar
• Joe Yuele - drums

Additional musicians

• Buddy Guy - vocal and lead guitar on "I Could Cry"
• Mavis Staples - vocal on "Wake Up Call"
• Mick Taylor - lead guitar on "Wake Up Call" and "Not at Home"
• Albert Collins - lead guitar on "Light the Fuse" and "I'm a Sucker for Love"
• David Grissom - rhythm and lead guitar
• Michael Bruno - percussion
• Joe Sublett - saxophone
• Darrell Leonard - trumpet
• Maggie Mayall - backing vocals
• Tom Canning - Hammond organ

Production

• Neal Avron - Assistant Engineer
• R.S. Field - Producer
• John Gabrysiak - Executive Producer
• Efren Herrera - Assistant Engineer
• Ron Kaplan - Executive Producer
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Richard McLaurin - Photography
• Dave McNair - Engineer and Producer

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