hi,

just hired a john mayer dvd, " any given thursday " thinking it might actualy be blues, but nope just his cheesy arrogant stupid self playing his cheesy crap pop that sucks pure pop cok....

he is an amazing blues guitarist (world class) yet hes a just another pop sell out. whats wrong with him.... arrrrghhhhhh... he must love blues because he gurns hard when he plays blues solos, and he is so influenced by srv.

anyone know if theres any dvds or albums of when he was in a blues trio????????? just want mayer playing blues, thats all i want.... please..

Please, not another Mayer thread.

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I second that motion.

I don't like the bloke but these threads are old and boring.

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I'm assuming you already have Try!, the album he did with Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino? That is the only blues album I'm aware of him releasing. I don't like his pop stuff in the least (Unfortunately I don't think he has much say, seems the record label has him by the short and curlies). Or I saw something to that effect in an interview when Try! came out.

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thanks. will defenatly check that out..... i hope thats not the case with the record label. if so i feel very sorry for him..

to the others, if you spend alot of times in forums as you do, you are bound to get bored by repeat subjects. thats life i suppose, so it may be boring to you but it isnt to others. mmmkayyyy

try is a blues album. about half of his album continiumm is blues.
and in his dvd where the light is 1/3 of the show is all trio and this dvd also comes in album form.

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Sadly, more often than not it is. Granted, he was a virtual unknown when he signed his initial deal, so assuming he's still locked into that, its almost like indentured servitude until you can get to contract re-negotiations. Whenever this contract expires he could probably go anywhere he wants with whatever conditions he wants.

For instance, the version of Daughter on Try! is light years beyond the version that all the girlies swooned to in their lonely teenage rooms.

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Mayer is such an easy target LOL. That's it, I quit. I'm going home.

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Nevin there are a million flaws in the concert/s you posted links to. Needless to say I'm not going to list em, I don't want to appear to be argumentative about tastes.

If that's his best, thats just the reason I refuse to join in to a Mayer slanging match.

I don't get it. I don't even see how he's creditied as being a soulful player. Really I'm not arguing that he isn't, I don't want that argument. I just dont get it. He makes all these faces like he's giving it loads but the playing is very meh to my ear. He obviously enjoys it though. I wouldn't even call that blues. His cover of Axis sounded like Millie Vanili had orchestrated it, though I only lasted 2 minutes of it.

Please mate, explain this one to me off forum, I don't want to argue about Mayer online (I think thats what his carreer is based on). I understand a lot of people rate him, but I just don't hear it and would like it cleared up.

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I have "Where the Light Is", and it's a great DVD which has an acoustic set, the JM trio, and the pop set.

I like the whole thing, awsome guitar work.

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