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Topic: Help needed identifying a John Mayall tune.

I remember about 7 years ago I listened to Kai Turner's Strictly Blues show on 103.5 the Fox in Denver, and I would record many of the tunes from the radio show onto cassette, then learn to play the tunes on guitar.  One of the tunes was a John Mayall tune I recently have been thinking about, but can't figure out what it is.  I am pretty sure it has Walter Trout on guitar (making it from the late 1980's or early 1990's).  The subject matter of the lyrics is reminiscing about the good old days in L.A. with mention of the Roxy Club, and "we had the..." is a common lyrical motif.  It might be from the out of print "Chicago Line" album.  Anybody know what this tune is?

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  • suhl
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Re: Help needed identifying a John Mayall tune.

The Strip

a piece of paper got us out to l.a.
it was a visa invitation to play
the bluesbreakers gettin' on that plane
leavin' england in the pourin' rain
january sun is hot, lucky to be on the spot
come on down and see

the strip was up on sunset boulevard
we're at the whiskey and we're playin' hard
after closing time the night was young
plenty goin' on to have some fun
pretty women everywhere makin' out without a care
come on down with me

freedom and love on the strip
freedom and love cool and hip
freedom and love was our goal
searchin' for peace in the soul

disillusionment, the passage of time
saturated now with violence and crime
we were so innocent to think it would last
all we thought about was having a blast
everybody had a cause, rememberin' the way it was
come on down with me

we had the whiskey and the roxy club
we had gazzari's and the english pub
we had the neon and the cruisin' cars
we had the record stores and all night bars
times we'll never see again, i think about it now and then
come on down with me

looks to be from an album titled padlock on the blues that came out in 1999.

for future reference

google search: john mayall "we had the" roxy lyrics

that is how i found all that out, i have never heard the song.

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