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John Mayer Life & Career Timeline
Songwriting, guitar craft and a career moving between pop, blues and live improvisation.
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From early acoustic success to the John Mayer Trio, acclaimed albums and Dead & Company.
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Born in Connecticut
John Mayer was raised in Fairfield and became absorbed in guitar as a teenager.
Source: www.grammy.comMoves to Atlanta
After Berklee, Mayer built an audience through clubs and independent recordings.
Source: www.berklee.eduInside Wants Out
His independent EP introduced several songs later revisited on his debut.
Source: johnmayer.comRoom for Squares
The major-label debut brought “No Such Thing” and “Your Body Is a Wonderland.”
Source: www.grammy.comFirst Grammy
“Your Body Is a Wonderland” won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Source: www.grammy.comJohn Mayer Trio
The trio foregrounded Mayer’s blues guitar work.
Source: johnmayer.comContinuum
Continuum joined pop songwriting with blues and soul influences.
Source: www.grammy.comReleases Continuum
The album broadened Mayer’s guitar-led sound and won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Source: www.grammy.comGravity and Grammy recognition
Continuum won Best Pop Vocal Album and “Waiting on the World to Change” won a Grammy.
Source: www.grammy.comBattle Studies
The album led to another major world tour.
Source: johnmayer.comBorn and Raised
A roots-oriented album arrived during recovery from vocal-cord treatment.
Source: johnmayer.comParadise Valley
Mayer continued exploring Americana and spacious guitar arrangements.
Source: johnmayer.comDead & Company
He joined Grateful Dead members in a major touring collaboration.
Source: deadandcompany.comDead & Company plays its first concert
Mayer joined former Grateful Dead members in a touring group that introduced the repertoire to new audiences.
Source: deadandcompany.comThe Search for Everything
The album returned Mayer to personal pop songwriting.
Source: johnmayer.comSob Rock
Sob Rock deliberately embraced an eighties studio aesthetic.
Source: johnmayer.comDead & Company begins its Sphere residency
The band paired its live improvisation with the venue’s immersive visual environment.
Source: www.thesphere.comDead & Company return to Sphere
Mayer returned with Dead & Company for an 18-show residency marking the group’s tenth anniversary at Sphere.
Why it matters: The residency joined his guitar work with a large-scale immersive visual production and continued one of his most important musical collaborations.
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