![]() ![]() I am assuming you had never heard it until recently? If so I envy you. But after Continuum came out, and essentially helped me survive my first bad breakup, I've been a grossly unapologetic fanboy since. I pre-ordered Continuum, and was one of the first however many, and I actually have a signed CD booklet somewhere, and I kick myself everyday because I don't know where it is. I remember the day I bought the album, what store I went to, where I parked, and the feeling I got the first time I heard the solo on Who did you think I was. I joined his fan club way back in like 2004, and got notified that a trio album was coming out. He showed it a little more on Heavier Things and the As/Is albums, and I think he was at the Crossroads festival in 2003 (?) which I have the DVD of. I was majorly into the music scene, and was mostly a SRV fan at that point, but I was telling everyone "I know this dude sings panty droppers, but he has SERIOUS guitar chops" and noboby believed me. I can't remember the details, but I heard some bootleg around the time that Room for Squares was the major thing. Add in his Dead and Co stuff, and the dude is just in a class of his own. ![]() It makes me happy that the guy that REALLY got me into music back when I was 13-14 (32 now) can still get new fans 15 years later, and people love him just the same as I did all those years ago. But but 2000s Mayer was the music I went through high school and college with, so definitely has a special place in the ol’ heart. Nothing wrong with him evolving (musicians SHOULD evolve), but if you grew up with Mayer through the 2000s like I did (found his ‘Wind Cries Mary’ and ‘Lenny’ demo CD at a Starbucks, then got ‘Inside Wants Out’ in like ‘99 I believe.I may have the years off just a bit), ‘Where The Light Is’ is absolutely as good as it gets. He then also went through his Neil Young/Bob Dylan faze after that. Not bad, just not as polished, and different. Not too long after that, he had his vocal chord issues, and has sounded different ever since. ![]() Its also by far the best his voice has ever sounded (imo). Yeah, that album was peak 2000s John Mayer. ![]()
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