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John Clayton Mayer (born on October 16, 1977) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Connecticut, he briefly attended Berklee College of Music before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, where he refined his skills and began gaining a following. After originally performing mainly acoustic rock, in 2005 he made a transition towards the blues genre with the formation of the John Mayer Trio. The blues influence can also be seen on his latest studio album Continuum, which was released on September 12, 2006. Mayer won two Grammy awards for Pop Vocal Album for Continuum and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Waiting on the World to Change" at the 49th Grammy Awards in February 2007.

John Mayer

Mayer's other interests include stand-up comedy, design, and writing; he has written pieces for several magazines, most notably for Esquire.

Early life

Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayer grew up in nearby Fairfield, the second of three sons.[1] There, he became friends with future tennis star James Blake.[2] Mayer attended Fairfield High School (now Fairfield Warde High School) for most of high school, although he attended Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Connecticut for his junior year, where he was enrolled in the Center for Global Studies at Brien McMahon High School. Then known as the Center for Japanese Studies Abroad, it is a magnet program for students in Fairfield County wanting to learn Japanese.

Mayer listened to pop music, but it was not until the age of thirteen that his aspiration for playing the guitar was realized, and his father rented one for him.[3][4] On Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mayer confessed that he had played the clarinet for a while in grammar school, with minor success.

Generally, it was believed that Mayer's father, a Bridgeport High School principal, had given him a confiscated tape player that contained an album by Stevie Ray Vaughan. However, Mayer, in a 2006 interview on the New Zealand show Close Up said the cassette was given to him by a neighbor, sparking Mayer's love of the blues.[5] After two years of practice, he started playing at blues bars and other venues in the area.[4] While in high school, he was in a band called Villanova Junction with Joe Beleznay, Tim Procaccini, and Rich Wolf.[6]

When Mayer was seventeen, he was suddenly stricken with a cardiac arrhythmia that sent him to the hospital for a weekend. The trauma of the incident sparked his songwriting, and he penned his first lyrics the night he got home. Shortly thereafter, he began suffering from crippling panic attacks and even now he keeps Xanax (an anti-anxiety drug) with him, just in case.[7]

Career

Road to mainstream success

After playing the guitar for several years, Mayer enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of nineteen.[1] After two semesters, he chose to cut his studies short in favor of a move to Atlanta, Georgia, with his college friend and Atlanta native, Clay Cook. The two began their career in earnest there, quickly making a name for their two-man band, LoFi Masters. They frequented the local coffee house and club circuit in venues like Eddie's Attic.[4] Cook cites that the two were expressing musical differences, as Mayer wanted to take the duo to more of a pop direction, which was not where he had wanted to take it. The two parted ways and Mayer the began his solo career.

Inside Wants Out

Main article: Inside Wants Out

With the help of local producer and engineer Glenn Matullo, Mayer recorded the independent EP Inside Wants Out. Cook is also cited as the co-writer of many of the songs from the EP, most notably, Mayer's first commercial single release "No Such Thing."[8] The EP includes only eight songs, all with Mayer on vocals and guitars and on the first track "Back To You", a full band was enlisted, including the EP's co-producer David "De-La" LaBruyere on bass guitars. Mayer and LaBruyere then began to tour locally throughout Georgia and the surrounding states.

Room for Squares

Main article: Room for Squares

Mayer's name began to grow and was brought to the attention of "launch" label Aware Records. After some time of having his songs included on the Aware Compilations, continuous songwriting and touring in the Aware Festival concerts, in early 2001, he released an internet-only album entitled Room for Squares through Aware. During that time, Aware inked a deal with Columbia Records which gave Columbia first option to sign Aware artists, and thus, in September of the same year, Columbia remixed and re-released Room for Squares (artwork was also updated, as well as adding 3x5, which didn't appear on the original). This "debut" included the first half of the songs that had been previously released on his independent release.

By the end of 2002, Room for Squares had spawned several radio hits, including "No Such Thing," "Your Body Is a Wonderland," and, ultimately, "Why Georgia" as a radio-only single. In 2003, he won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 2002 release of "Your Body Is a Wonderland." In his acceptance speech, he remarked, "This is very, very fast, and I promise to catch up."[9] In Mayer's acceptance speech, he ambiguously mentioned "being 16" in his speech. This was mistaken by many to suggest he was only 16 years old at the time. Mayer has since clarified that he meant that compared to his contemporaries, he felt very young to be winning such an accolade.

In 2003, Mayer released a live CD and DVD of a concert in Birmingham, Alabama entitled Any Given Thursday which went on to moderate success, related to other albums, but respectable success as compared to other live albums. The concert features songs previously not heard, such as "Man on the Side", a song he'd written with Clay Cook, "Covered In Rain" which according to a documentary included in the DVD release, is the "part two" to Room for Squares song "City Love" (in which a line in the bridge is "Covered In Rain"). The concert also features the song "Something's Missing" which later appeared on Mayer's followup album Heavier Things and as of 2007, is the only song to have appeared on every live release Mayer has contributed to.

Heavier Things

Main article: Heavier Things

In 2003, Mayer released the follow-up album, Heavier Things. This album also brought critical and commercial success. Although the album did top the charts for a time, it ultimately did not sell as well as Room for Squares. However, Mayer's most successful single to date, "Daughters," yielded Mayer a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2005. For this award, he beat contenders Alicia Keys and Kanye West. He dedicated the award to his grandmother, Annie Hoffman, who passed away in May 2004. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, beating Elvis Costello, Prince, and Seal for the award. Mayer also was honored with the Hal David Starlight Award (previously the Starlight Award) at the 37th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2006.[10]

In 2004, as the follow up to his second studio album, Mayer again had live concerts recorded, but this time the recordings were across several nights of his U.S. tour. These recordings were released under the title as/is, indicating that there was no post production in the recordings, so all the errors were included as well as the good moments. According to Mayer, this "kept him honest". The recordings were across seven nights from the tour. Four of these nights were released for sale to the iTunes music store and a few months later, a CD was compiled with the "best of" the as/is nights, but also with the addition of an extra song not released in the first four releases: a cover of Marvin Gaye's song Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) featuring a solo from Mayer's support act, jazz and blues turntablist DJ Logic. All of the covers of the as/is releases featured drawings of anthropomorphic bunnies.

Change in musical direction

Template:Sound sample box align leftTemplate:Sample box endMayer soon began extensive collaborations, often outside of his genre. In 2004, after the three saw the movie Ray together, Mayer worked with hip hop artists Kanye West and Common, appealing on Common's song "Go!" and being included initially on West's album Late Registration, though their collaboration "Bittersweet" remains unreleased. Due to these collaborations, Mayer has received praise from rap heavyweights like Jay-Z and Nelly.[11] When asked about his presence in the hip hop community, he said that, "It's not music out there right now. That's why, to me, hip-hop is where rock used to be."[12]

It was around this time that Mayer began hinting a change in his musical interests, announcing that he was "closing up shop on acoustic sensitivity."[12] In 2005, he began a string of collaborations with various important and provocative blues artists, including Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and jazz artist John Scofield. He also toured with legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, which included a show at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. These collaborations led to recordings with several of these artists, namely, Clapton (Back Home, Crossroads Guitar Festival), Guy (Bring 'Em In), Scofield (That's What I Say) and King (80).

Although Mayer has maintained a reputation for being a sensitive, meticulous singer-songwriter, he has also gained distinction as an accomplished guitarist, influenced by the likes of the above artists, as well as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Freddie King.[13]

John Mayer Trio

Main article: John Mayer Trio

Template:Sound sample box align rightTemplate:Sample box end In the spring of 2005, Mayer formed the John Mayer Trio with bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan, both of whom he had met through previous studio sessions. The trio played a combination of blues and rock music. In October 2005, the Trio opened for The Rolling Stones during a sold-out club tour of their own. In November 2005, they released a live album called Try! The first single, "Who Did You Think I Was?," lyrically underscores Mayer's decision to move away from acoustic pop music, especially indicating blues as his intended direction with the line "Got a brand new blues that I can't explain".


The John Mayer Trio took a break in mid-2006.[14] John declared at the end of their performance at the Tempe Music Festival in March of 2006, "This is Steve Jordan, that's Pino Palladino, and I'm John Mayer. And for a few more minutes, we are the John Mayer Trio." On September 12, however, he announced plans for the Trio to begin work on a studio album, though specific details have yet to be provided.[15]

Continuum

Main article: Continuum
 
Cover art for the single "Waiting on the World to Change," the first from the album Continuum.

Mayer's latest album, entitled Continuum, was released on September 12, 2006, and was produced by Mayer himself and John Mayer Trio drummer Steve Jordan. Mayer suggested the album was intended to combine his signature pop music with the feel, sound, groove and sensibilities of the blues. In that vein, two of the tracks from his trio release Try! — the funky "Vultures" and the blues centrepiece "Gravity" — also were included on Continuum.

The first single from Continuum was "Waiting on the World to Change," which debuted on The Ron and Fez Show. The song was the third most downloaded song of the week on the iTunes Music Store following its release on July 11, 2006, and debuted at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. On August 23, 2006, Mayer debuted the entire album on the Los Angeles radio station Star 98.7, giving commentary on each and every track. A subsequent version was released the next day on the Clear Channel Music website as a streaming sneak preview. On September 22, 2006, Mayer appeared on CSI, playing live (albeit abridged) versions of "Waiting on the World to Change" and another track from Continuum, "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room." The song "Gravity" was featured on the television series House in the episode "Cane & Able".

On December 7, 2006, the 2007 Grammy nominees were announced. Mayer was nominated for five Grammys including the prestigious Album of the Year. John Mayer Trio also received a nomination for their album Try!. He won two: Best Pop Song with Vocal for "Waiting on the World to Change" and Best Pop Album for Continuum.

Beyond Continuum

In a December blog entry Mayer announced he had begun writing new material.[16] He has also indicated that he's in the studio experimenting with music in a sort of a blend of jazz (mentioning Elvin Jones as inspiration) and pop — aiming to produce what he calls today's "modern music," as jazz was once called.[17]

Mayer remixed an acoustic version of his single, "Waiting on the World to Change" with vocal additions from fellow musician Ben Harper. In preparation for recording Continuum, Mayer booked the Village Recorder in Los Angeles to record five demo acoustic versions of his songs with veteran musician Robbie McIntosh. This was released on December 12, 2006 as an EP entitled The Village Sessions. As usual, Mayer oversaw the artwork of the release.

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Mayer (center), with Frusciante (right) and Trucks (left), on the cover of Rolling Stone 1020

Mayer made the cover of Rolling Stone (#1020) in February 2007, along with John Frusciante and Derek Trucks. He was named as one of the "New Guitar Gods" and the cover nicknamed him "Slowhand, Jr.," a reference to Eric Clapton.[13]

Other projects

In 2003, Martin Guitars gave Mayer his own signature model acoustic guitar called the OM-28 John Mayer.[18] The guitar was limited to a run of only 404, Atlanta's area code.[19] This acoustic was followed by the release of a signature Stratocaster electric guitar by Fender guitars in 2005 — three different models in total. Unlike the Martin, two of Mayer's Signature Fender Stratocasters are not limited edition models, and can be found at many Fender dealers. The third Stratocaster, finished in charcoal frost metallic paint with racing stripe, was limited to only 100 guitars. In August 2006, Fender started manufacturing SERIES II John Mayer stratocasters. The new Olympic white with mint green pickguard and cream plastics replaced the shoreline gold model.[20] Mayer is a passionate collector of guitars, and (as of 2006) his collection was estimated at over 200.[7]

Mayer appeared in a one-shot half-hour comedy special on VH1, entitled John Mayer Has a TV Show (2004). Mayer wears a bear suit and anonymously chats with concertgoers in the parking lot outside one of his concerts, mispronouncing his last name and poking fun at his own image. He conducts a fake focus group, in which he suggests that Richard Marx had written many of his songs and that he has sold out. He also spends a fair deal of time with special guest Trick Daddy. Other parts of the show include shaving the drum tech's head and antics at a CD signing event.

In the June 1, 2004, issue of Esquire, Mayer began a column called "Music Lessons with John Mayer." Each article featured a lesson (some more scholarly than others) and his take on various topics, both of personal and popular interest. In the August 2005 issue he invited readers to create music for orphaned lyrics he had written.[21] The winner was Tim Fagan of L.A., as announced in the following January's issue.[22]

I'm actually into sneakers on a design level. I've got a big design thing going on in my life right now ... I love designing stuff. I mean, my biggest dream, forget Grammys, I want to be able to design an Air Max.

John Mayer (AP, 2006)[23]

Mayer is also heavily interested in design. His blog features a variety of his designs ranging from T-shirts, guitar totes and, most dear to his heart, sneakers. In August 2006, Mayer started JMltd, a minor clothing line of Mayer-themed merchandise that he has designed. The products are currently available only at his shows, although he has said they will eventually be available online.[24] In Rolling Stone, he related that after former Columbia Records head, Don Ienner, panned Continuum, Mayer briefly considered quitting music altogether and going to design school full time.[7]

Stand-up comedy is a growing hobby of Mayer's. He makes regular, though random, appearances at the famed Comedy Cellar when he is in New York. He says that although it is risky, it helps him write better.[7]

"Back To You" Fund

In 2002, Mayer began the "Back To You" fund which seeks to distribute monies to a wide range of organizations that support programs in health care, education, support for the arts, and development of talent. The money is derived from auction winnings earned from the sell of exclusive John Mayer items, such as plectrums, t-shirts, and signed CDs.[25] The fund is named after Mayer's song "Back To You" which first appeared on Inside Wants Out and was then re-recorded for Room for Squares.

Touring

Mayer allows audio taping at most of his live performances, and he also allows for the non-commercial trading of those recordings.[26] He does this to give fans the opportunity to recreate the live experience, and to encourage fan interaction.[27] Tape trading was also instrumental in Mayer becoming better known in the early stages of his career.

To date, Mayer has toured with many groups, including Maroon 5,[28] Guster, Counting Crows,[29] The Wallflowers, Teitur,[30] and Sheryl Crow. Crow and Mayer, who both had recently appeared on the Cars Soundtrack together, co-headlined a tour that ran from August to October 2006, before each artist continued their respective solo tours.[31] Mayer and Crow traded numerous on-stage shenanigans during their last week touring together, as documented on Mayer's blog.[32]

Shortly after, beginning on October 18, he began promoting Continuum in Europe with his band, which included dates in the Netherlands and England, as he has yet to reach the popularity abroad that he enjoys in North America.[33] Beyond this, Mayer played at the Desert Rhythm Festival in Dubai on October 26, 2006, headlining a line-up that included Khaled, Elvis Crespo, Karen Zoid, Mustafa Sandal & Wayne Wonder. He then went east, heading to Australia, New Zealand and Japan, where he performed his last show of this leg on November 9, 2006. His official Continuum tour kicked off on January 25, 2007, in Jacksonville, FL. Opening dates of the tour were dogged by reports of Jessica Simpson joining him on the road.[34] The initial North American leg wrapped on February 28, 2007 with a SRO show at New York's Madison Square Garden, a performance which the New York Post described as "career-defining."[35]

Personal life

Mayer has a number of tattoos. These include: "Home" and "Life" on the back of his left and right arms, respectively (after the song from the Heavier Things album), "SRV" (for his idol Stevie Ray Vaughan), "77" (his year of birth) on his left chest,a picture of Star Jones in the nude on the small of his back, and a koi fish on his right shoulder. John Mayer is also a renowned activist, sponsoring fundraisers and benefits to help fight racism and homophobia. In dedication to his cause, he tattooed a rainbow flag on his lower back in 2001.--> In 2003, he got a tattoo of three squares on his right forearm, which sparked a lot of questions. Mayer explains that he likes getting tattoos, but not having too many, so he will fill the three squares in gradually.[36] As of 2007, two are filled.

Mayer is an avid collector of watches, and owns timepieces costing into the tens of thousands of dollars.[37][38] Mayer also has an extensive collection of sneakers, estimated (in 2006) at over 200 pairs.[7][39] Although he's never been diagnosed by a medical professional, Mayer experiences music → color synesthesia, or the sensation of "hearing colors," which he mentioned in a Rolling Stone interview.(Edwards 2006)

Mayer dated Jennifer Love Hewitt briefly in 2002.[40] In a comedy routine in May 2006, he joked they never consummated their relationship; he later apologized to her for the raunchy routine.[41] Despite rumors to the contrary, Mayer did not date Heidi Klum in 2003.[36] Mayer is currently dating Jessica Simpson.[42] Rumors started in August 2006 with a People magazine article, but kicked into high gear when Mayer and Simpson spent New Year's holiday together in New York City, both attending Christina Aguilera's New Years Eve 2006 party.[43] Reports indicated that the two were very publicly affectionate. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, Ryan Seacrest asked Mayer about his relationship with Simpson, but Mayer cryptically responded in Japanese. Despite some initially conflicting translations, he said "Jessica is a lovely woman, and I'm glad to be with her".[44] The two were spotted kissing and hugging at a 2007 Grammy after-party, and posed for photos.[45] Simpson also accompanied Mayer for several dates of his 2007 winter tour, before the two departed for Rome.[46][47][48]

John resides in a suburb of Los Angeles with his homosexual roommate who doubles as his back shaver extrodinaire, Chad Franscoviak.[7] He also has an apartment in New York City.

Selected events

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Family Guy

Mayer has also played himself on various programs, including CSI, and most famously on Chappelle's Show. The TV comedy Family Guy referenced John Mayer in an episode. In a Volkswagen commercial (promoting the best-selling New Beetle), Mayer appeared playing a First Act guitar in a display of their new feature: outlets for an electric guitar, allowing it to play through the car's stereo.[49]

 
John Mayer with David Ryan Harris playing at the Macworld 2005 in San Francisco.

Mayer has been a fixture in recent years at Apple's annual Keynote address at MacWorld San Francisco. In January 2004, Mayer joined Steve Jobs as Jobs introduced the software application GarageBand,[50] and rejoined Steve on stage for a solo performance at Macworld 2007, following the announcement of the iPhone.

Mayer appeared at the Pennsbury High School prom on May 14, 2004, in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. A book called Wonderland by writer Michael Bamberger chronicles the high school's senior class president, a huge Mayer fan, and his school's quest for the ultimate prom. Rolling Stone magazine covered Mayer's prom performance, as did many national media outlets.[51]

John has several hobbies including making finger-puppet orgies, making jewlery out of kitten bones, creating fabrics out of body hair.

Mayer is apparently a fan of XM Satellite Radio's Ron and Fez and Opie and Anthony shows. Mayer stopped in unannounced to the Ron and Fez Show on June 14 to premiere his latest single, then appeared on Opie and Anthony on July 26.[52]

Solo discography

Main article: John Mayer discography

Albums

Singles

Select collaborations

  • "City Love" (2003) – Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
  • "Heart So Heavy" (2005) – Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now (with Aaron Neville)
  • "Go" (2005) – Common's Be
  • "I've Got Dreams To Remember" (2005) – "Bring 'Em In" (duet with Buddy Guy)
  • "I Don't Need No Doctor" (2005) – John Scofield's That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles
  • "Streetcorner Symphony" (2005) – Rob Thomas's Something to Be
  • "You Can Make It If You Try" (2005) – Sly & The Family Stone's Different Strokes By Different Folks
  • "Piece of My Heart" (2005) – Eric Clapton's Back Home (Mayer contributes lead guitar)
  • "Hummingbird" (2005) – B.B. King's 80
  • "Stitched Up" (2005) – Herbie Hancock's Possibilities
  • "Baby Hold On" (2006) – Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way (Mayer contributes guitar)
  • "I Hope" (2006) – Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way (Mayer contributes guitar)
  • "Dragonslayer" (2006) – North Mississippi Allstars' Electric Blue Watermelon (UK and Japanese releases only) (Mayer contributes guitar)
  • "Route 66" (2006) – Cars: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • "Hard to thrill" (2006) - JJ Cale and Eric Clapton's "The Road to Escondido"
  • "Bittersweet" (2007) - Kanye West's Graduation (Mayer contributes vocals with Keyshia Cole)
  • "TBA" (2007) — Alicia Keys' TBA 2007 album[53]

Awards

Year Award Category
2007 49th annual Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal Album for Continuum

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Waiting on the World to Change"

2005 33rd annual American Music Awards Adult Contemporary: Favorite Artist
World Music Awards World's Best Selling Rock Act
People's Choice Awards Favorite Male Artist
47th annual Grammy Awards Song Of The Year — songwriter for "Daughters"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance — artist for "Daughters"

2004 BDS Certified Spin Awards (March 2004 recipients) Reached 100,000 spins for "Why Georgia"
2003 31st Annual American Music Awards Favorite Male Artist - Pop or Rock 'n Roll Music
15th Annual Boston Music Awards Act of the Year[54]

Male Vocalist of the Year
Song of the Year for "Your Body Is a Wonderland"

45th Annual Grammy Awards Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
MTV Video Music Awards Best Male Video
Radio Music Awards Modern Adult Contemporary Radio Artist of the Year

Best Hook-Up Song for "Your Body Is a Wonderland"

Teen People Awards Choice Music - Male Artist

Choice Music - Album for Any Given Thursday

Danish Music Awards Best New Artist
2002 MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist In A Video for "No Such Thing" — nominated
Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards Les Paul Horizon Award (Most Promising Up and Coming Guitarist)
VH1 Big in 2002 Awards Can't Get You Out of My Head Award for "No Such Thing"
Pollstar Concert Industry Awards Best New Artist Tour

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Ruth Shaut (ELLE)(2006)."Blues Brother" J-mayer.org (accessed August 3, 2006)
  2. ^ http://www.fhmus.com/articles-2064.asp
  3. ^ He was inspired by the Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) guitar performance in Back to The Future.[1]
  4. ^ a b c (2005). "Men Of The Week: Entertainment - John Mayer" AskMen.com (accessed April 12, 2006)
  5. ^ (2006) "Mon Nov 6: Telecom; Spam Attack; John Mayer" TVNZ online (accessed December 6, 2006)
  6. ^ Wallace, William (2005). "Joe Beleznay wants to be the ball" TweedMag.com (accessed October 30, 2006)
  7. ^ a b c d e f Hiatt, Brian (2006). "My Big Mouth Strikes Again" Rolling Stone magazine (accessed September 18, 2006)
  8. ^ Guthrie, Blake (2003). "Mayer of Atlanta: John Mayer plays Philips Arena, and all I got was this lousy cover story" CreativeLoafing.com (accessed February 17, 2007)
  9. ^ Bream, Jon (2007). "Win or lose, John Mayer says his work keeps him happy" MercuryNews.com (accessed February 23, 2007)
  10. ^ (2006). John Mayer SongWritersHallofFame.org (accessed September 29, 2006)
  11. ^ Rodriguez, Jason (2007). "Shawty's Story: Lloyd Says He Stole From Usher, Loves John Mayer" MTV.com (accessed April 16, 2007)
  12. ^ a b Moss, Corey (2005) "John Mayer Plans To 'Close Up Shop On Acoustic Sensitive'" MTV.com (accessed April 12, 2006)
  13. ^ a b Fricke, David (2007). "The New Guitar Gods" RollingStone.com (accessed February 13, 2007)
  14. ^ http://www.relix.com/cgi-bin/content_details.cgi?id=1787
  15. ^ Mayer, John (2006). "THE CONTINUUM SUPER BLOG" JohnMayer.com Blog (accessed December 12, 2006)
  16. ^ Mayer, John (2006). "THE NEXT TRANSMISSION" JohnMayer.com (accessed December 11, 2006)
  17. ^ Mayer, John (2007). "BACK TO WORK, THEN!" JohnMayer.com (accessed January 28, 2007)
  18. ^ (2003). "John Mayer Receives Signature Martin OM Guitar" (accessed January 29, 2007)
  19. ^ Sounding Board Newsletter contributor (2003). "John Mayer Signature OM" MartinGuitar.com (accessed January 29, 2007)
  20. ^ Mayer, John (2006). "THE NEW JM SIGNATURE STRAT COLORWAY" JohnMayer.com (accessed January 30, 2007)
  21. ^ Mayer, John (2005). "The Giveaway: John Mayer's Songwriting Contest" Esquire magazine (accessed April 12, 2006)
  22. ^ Mayer, John (2006). "Tim Fagan Is A Winner" Esquire magazine (accessed April 12, 2006)
  23. ^ AP correspondent (2006). "John Mayer sings the blues to make better pop" MSNBC.com (accessed January 29, 2007)
  24. ^ Mayer, John (2006). "JMLTD TEES" JohnMayer.org (accessed January 29, 2007)
  25. ^ The John Mayer Auction Site sells unique items on auction for the "Back To You" charity.
  26. ^ Mayer, John (2005). "John's Live Recording Policy" www.thejmtp.com (accessed April 12, 2006)
  27. ^ (2005).PoliciesLocal 83: Listener's Union (accessed April 13, 2006)
  28. ^ Dansby, Andrew (2004). "Mayer, Maroon 5 Hit the Road" Rolling Stone (accessed April 12, 2006)
  29. ^ Dansby, Andrew (2003). "Mayer, Crows to Tour " Rolling Stone (accessed April 12, 2006)
  30. ^ Mayer, John (2004). "Music Lessons with John Mayer" FindArticles.com (accessed January 28, 2007)
  31. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002688980
  32. ^ http://www.johnmayer.com/blog/john/200610
  33. ^ Sinclair, David (2007). "John Mayer: My Atlantic crossing" Belfast Telegraph online (accessed January 28, 2007)
  34. ^ Silverman, Steven, et al (2007). "Jessica Simpson Rocks Out at John Mayer Concert" People.com (accessed January 29, 2007)
  35. ^ Aquilante, Dan (2007). "Mayer A Player On Big Stage" Nypost.com (accessed March 2, 2007)
  36. ^ a b Collis, Clark (2003). "Dear Superstar: John Mayer" Blender.com (accessed November 2, 2006)
  37. ^ Lieberman, Bari (2007). "The Mayer of Grammy-ville" The Hurricane Online (accessed January 25, 2007)
  38. ^ Morillo, Paul (2007). "John Mayer Loves IWC and Panerai Watches" Lussori.com (accessed January 23, 2007)
  39. ^ Mayer, John (2006). "Perks" JohnMayer.com/blog (accessed January 4, 2007)
  40. ^ http://www.askmen.com/men/entertainment_100/140c_john_mayer.html
  41. ^ (2006). "Mayer Apologises To Hewitt" ContactMusic.com (accessed January 5, 2006)
  42. ^ (no byline)"John Mayer: Not Denying Jessica Romance" TeenPeople.com (accessed March 1, 2007)
  43. ^ "Simpson, Mayer Ring In New Year Together"
  44. ^ Malkin, Marc (2007). "Mayer & Simpson's Post-Grammy PDA" E! online (accessed February 12, 2007)
  45. ^ Carter, Kelley (2007)."Blige gives big thanks, Shakira shakes it and John Mayer speaks Japanese" Detroit Free Press.
  46. ^ Warech, Jon (2007). "Jessica Simpson & John Mayer Hit Miami" People.com (accessed January 23, 007)
  47. ^ Splash News correspondent (2007). "Jessica Simpson will tour with John Mayer for next two and a half weeks" SAWF.org (accessed January 26, 2007)
  48. ^ Norman, Pete, et al (2007) "Jessica and John's Roman Romance" TeenPeople.com (accessed March 15, 2007)
  49. ^ VDubsRock official site(2006). VDubsRock.com (accessed January 23, 2007)
  50. ^ http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/garageband.ars
  51. ^ Mar, Alex, et al (2004). "Mayer Booted From School" RollingStone.com (accessed December 11, 2006)
  52. ^ (2006)"Whip 'Em Out Wednesday" foundrymusic.com (accessed August 8, 2006)
  53. ^ MTV News staff (2007). "For The Record: Quick News On MCR, Madonna, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Pink, Gwen, NIN, AFI, Steve-O & More" MTV.com (accessed January 29, 2007)
  54. ^ Macone, Steven (2003). "Local musicians honored at BMAs" Daily Free Press (accessed February 12, 2007)

References

  • Edwards, G. (2006) Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?, New York: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 0-307346-03-X
 
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