John Mayer

[coheed]

I think he's one of the greatest guitarists and songwriters of this generation . . . and I think the Trio album and Continuum were brilliant. I used to hate him, thought he was one of those boring coffeehouse guys who only fingerpicked and sang softly to get girls, until I started hearing about how good a guitar player he was and I went to see him in concert about a year ago . . . now I'm sold. :)

Anyone else?

[WTF d00ds?]

I happen to agree with you on this. He's insanely talented, and a great songwriter. I haven't heard too much by him, but what I have I liked. He'd be even better if he started writing harder stuff.

Did you happen to catch him on that sketch on Chappele's Show? One of the funniest skits I've ever seen.

[Luceid]

although continuum has some great songs on it, i think i like heavier things and room for squares better.

did you catch 'john mayer has a tv show' on vh1 a few years ago? that was awesome. it was only a one-time show, but it was hilarious.

[AllThingsEqual]

By no means is John Mayer one of the greatest guitar players of this generation. I am hoping that was a very big exaggeration.

[The_virus]

I also used to dislike John Mayer. It was his lyrics and not his guitar skills that changed my mind though. I haven't heard any of the Trio/live album, but I enjoy his studio albums.

If you like Mayer's music you should definitely seek out Teitur and his album Poetry & Airplanes. His guitar work is more complicated, and his songs are lyrically the same if not better than Mayer.

[mr.rpg king]

I love John Mayer, but is it just me or does he come off as a light-weight version of Jeff Buckley?

[coheed]

By no means is John Mayer one of the greatest guitar players of this generation. I am hoping that was a very big exaggeration.
Not exaggerating one bit. He's phenomenal.
I also used to dislike John Mayer. It was his lyrics and not his guitar skills that changed my mind though. I haven't heard any of the Trio/live album, but I enjoy his studio albums.

If you like Mayer's music you should definitely seek out Teitur and his album Poetry & Airplanes. His guitar work is more complicated, and his songs are lyrically the same if not better than Mayer.
Excellent, I'll look that up.

[Luceid]

i think he's a good guitarist, but i don't think the stuff on his albums show off his guitar skills. he does a lot of good stuff when he's just messing around.