John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer (surname pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.jɜr/[1]) (born October 16, 1977) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. From Connecticut, he went to the Berklee College of Music, before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1998. His first two albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, were successful and were made multi-platinum by the RIAA. In 2003, he won a Grammy Award for his song "Your Body Is a Wonderland". In 2005 he started a band called The John Mayer Trio with bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan. In 2006, he released his most successful album, Continuum. In 2008 a live cover he did of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" with Fall Out Boy was released. He released Battle Studies in 2009 and Born and Raised in 2012. After Born and Raised, he had to have throat surgery to fix a growth that forced him to stop singing for a few months. When his throat healed, he recorded and released Paradise Valley. A few years later, he joined a few surviving members of the Grateful Dead to form Dead and Company. Since 2013, he has released two albums, The Search for Everything and Sob Rock.
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| Born | John Clayton Mayer October 16, 1977 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Fairfield Warde High School |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
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| Website | johnmayer |
John Mayer Media
Mayer performing in San Jose, California, June 2007
Mayer on stage with The Rolling Stones at the Prudential Center, New Jersey, December 13, 2012
Mayer performing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on December 17, 2013
January 2005, left to right: David Ryan Harris, John Mayer and Steve Jobs at Macworld 11, SF Moscone Center.
Mayer playing his signature Black1 Stratocaster in 2008
Mayer celebrates his 40th birthday party with (left to right) his brother Ben, his sister Rachel, his father Dick, and his brother Carl.
References
Other websites
- Official John Mayer site
- Official John Mayer Trio site Archived 2007-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Mayer's MySpace page
- Mayer's blog at Honeyee.com Archived 2007-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Mayer's photoblog at StunningNikon.com Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
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