John Mayer

 

John Mayer

On October 16th, 1977 in Fairfield, Connecticut a talented pop/rock singer/songwriter was born, and his name was John  Mayer. He grew up in his hometown and he was the  second of three siblings. As a young boy  he was wowed by Michael J. Fox’s performances. So he played the guitar and started to listen to music artists like  Jimi Hendrix, Sting, and his idol, Stevie Ray Vaughn. By the time Mayer was sixteen he was a senior in high school. He joined a high school band for a very short period of time and then tried to find a decent job at local gas stations. As his passion for music progressed he went to Boston's Berklee Collage of music. After he left berklee John found another music outlet, but once again it was short-lived.  

  

    When he was done living in Boston he moved to Atlanta Georgia where he became a songwriter. He spent his time at clubs trying to get people to buy his demo Cd's. Mayer self release his album  Inside Wants Out in 1999. He played in  the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas and they were so impressed he got signed to Columbia Records. Soon Mayer completed his breakthrough album,"Room For Squares" in 2000. The release of that a album was also followed by a cross country tour. John's first national tour went so well, so by the time the tour ended a year later, Columbia Records had re-released his one of his top hits on it's own album.




    Mayer’s star continued to rise, and in 2003 he was awarded a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance for his hit song “Your Body Is A Wonderland.” Later in the same year, Mayer released his third album, Heavier Things to critical acclaim. Two Grammies would follow for this album. One repeat award, for Best Pop Vocal Performance, and another for his hit from Heavier Things, the single “Daughters.”
After touring the world, John was invited to perform at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival in 2004. It was there that Mayer took the same stage with guitar legends B.B. King, J.J. Cale, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, and Clapton himself. Mayer not only showed he had been paying attention to his guitar-playing predecessors, but that he had plenty new to show as well.