To kick off the release of his new album Battle Studies, John Mayer played a concert at the Beacon Theatre in NYC and the concert was broadcast by Fuse. Mayer played a number of guitars throughout the show, including of course a collection of Strats and his signature Martin acoustic. He also played a Telecaster, which isn't too much of a surprise as he'd posted videos of … [Read more...]
John Mayer Performing Crossroads
Here is a video of a recent performance John Mayer did of "Crossroads", the Cream/Robert Johnson cover from his upcoming album Battle Studies. I really like the slower feel Mayer took with the song, and he rips out a nice solo. The slide part by Robbie McIntosh is also nice. Check it out: … [Read more...]
John Mayer Showing His Approach to Blues
John Mayer posted a video on YouTube talking about how he approaches some blues licks based on listening to some earlier blues players. Basically, he gives some advice for breaking out of the pentatonic box. Check it out: … [Read more...]
John Mayer Recording “In Repair”
Below is a video of the 2005 recording session for John Mayer's song "In Repair" off of his Continuum album. In short, Mayer booked studio time and invited eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummer Steve Jordan in to write. Having no real idea of a song, they wrote "In Repair" in one day just by jamming and working out the parts. As an aside, that's one of the things … [Read more...]
John Mayer Shows Off
One of the most interesting things about John Mayer is that he changes things up every now and then. Early in his career, he was categorized as a pop artist, and then he switched things up by touring with Pino Palledino and Steve Jordan as the John Mayer Trio playing mostly blues-oriented music. On his current tour, he seems to be merging his pop tastes with his blues … [Read more...]