Blues pioneer Long John Baldry led the British greats
Long John Baldry was the British blue-eyed blues pioneer who taught Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart and Elton John how to sing blues-based rock ‘n’ roll. But, as s Arts columnist Brian Brennan reports in his new time capsule piece, Baldry got left behind when Jagger, Stewart and John went off to the United States to become rich and famous. An excerpt of Brennan’s Brief Encounters column, The godfather of British blues: Long John Baldry: He liked to say he stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries. Because Long John Baldry stood six-foot-seven (2m) in his stocking feet, this was probably literally true for a