In the late '60s, Mayall lived in a first floor flat on the corner of Westbourne Grove and Queensway in Bayswater (we lived just over the road in Westbourne Grove Terrace). We'd often see the old blue Ford Transit parked on the corner, with Mayall lowering down his gear by a rope slung over the balcony!

First saw him live at Klooks Kleek (the Railway Tavern) in West Hampstead. Line-up:

JM (guitar, harp, vocal)
Jon Hiseman (drums)
Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax)
Henry Lowther (trumpet)
Tony Reeves (bass)
Mick Taylor (guitar)

Great sound!

Saw that line-up again at the old Marquee then the band split - Taylor destined for the Stones and the others for John Hiseman's Coliseum. If I remember rightly, Mayall's next album was "Laurel Canyon".