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1. #Free fallin john mayer where the light is for free#
2. #Free fallin john mayer where the light is professional#

The album Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles became one more success of John Mayer as both the author and musician. The unexpected, rioting cover for Ray Charles' R&B hit I Don't Need No Doctor is also worth mentioning. It is followed by other, no ways less popular tunes by Mayer - the autobiographical Why Georgia, bluesy Gravity, catchy Belief - they all sound originally due to the heavier concert acoustics. This part is opened by the hit single Waiting On The World To Change from John's last studio album Continuum. And, at last, on the third part of the disc Mayer performs in front of the full-piece rock collective. The masterful blues-rock track Who Did You Think I Was got it new sounding in live record. Wait Until Tomorrow, one more interpretation of Hendrix's heritage, became the refreshing splash of pop blues. The cover for Jimi Hendrix's Bold As Love is undoubtedly one of the central compositions of this disc - on this track, Mayer showed himself as the brilliant guitarist and improvisator.

The second part presents the songs that Mayer played with his blues trio.

#Free fallin john mayer where the light is for free#

It also has the piercing cover for Free Fallin, earlier sung by Tom Perry in 1989. It features such hits by the artists as Neon and Daughters. The first part of Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles is his solo acoustic part of the concert. Firstly, musically the album is divided into three parts - on each of them Mayer performs in different image and sound. This double disc was many surprises for the listeners. The record of the charity concert by John Mayer with John Mayer Trio in Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, entered the double edition Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles. His life performances are known for their energy and masterfulness.

#Free fallin john mayer where the light is professional#

Well, Mayer did not stand at one place as both the personality and musicians - his play became more professional (he was even nicknamed Slow Hand Junior after Eric Clapton), vocals acquired more sensitiveness, while the material became more amusing. Besides, the singer selflessly worked for charity funds, toured alone and with other famous musicians, had romances that flooded the periodicals with raving news and began to write articles himself. This transition was an extremely successful one and saw a great approve of the audience. The fame fallowed the steps of Mayer as bluesman, but the artist strived for further development and harmonically moved to blues-rock. Although Mayer always positioned himself as the solo artist, in order to perform blues, he gathered his own band, John Mayer Trio.

However, the musician decided not to put himself in the boundaries of one definite genre of pop music and got fascinated with blues - no wonder, as Mayer is the passionate fan of Stevie Ray Vaughan, he even has a tattoo with the initial letters of his star’s name. No doubt, everyone remembers his prolific pop hit Your Body Is A Wonderland, for which he got a Grammy. Young, but extremely promising artist John Clayton Mayer is the long-time favorite with the public for his wonderful songs. Constantly developing musician John Mayer