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Not someone we consider a jazz player, but sounds good when he does it nonetheless!
Was very surprised to see him hang in these videos. Very tasteful lines.
A Classic
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05-11-2011 07:03 PM
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I'm feeling some of the blues stuff, actually. The older dudes did it on occasion, and it's getting me to groove a bit more then the technical stuff. Dude's got soul
And yea, I've been digging on some of his own stuff, too. Talented guy!
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Odd question maybe...but was the backup guitarist playing one of your guitars, A Mano? Can't tell with the low resolution on my screen - the red of the guitar kind of suggests that.
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I wish
I think it's a Marchione. He has a pretty edgy design and uses some vibrant colors.
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I saw him a few years ago on that "Live From Abbey Road" series and was pretty surprised..... didn't really pay any attention to who he was, just assumed he was some random pop guy from seeing him on the entertainment weekly-type magazine covers.... pretty respectable blues player and always has a great band. Borrowed the 'Continuum' album from my niece and has some good tunes on it.
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Funny thing is, I expected to like his playing and hate the singing.
I actually think he "crooned" it really well. But I had my hopes up for his lead break...what happened to the changes?
EDIT: Didn't check out the second one yet, I will later.Last edited by mr. beaumont; 05-12-2011 at 08:58 AM.
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Those can go out the window when you're the supposed best guitar player on the planet.
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I better work less on my scales and more on my cred, then.
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Originally Posted by FatJeff
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Originally Posted by jzucker
But at the same time, since I know he's a good guitar player, is he not capable of playing changes? I'm sure he is...we jazz guys aren't that special...are we?
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It doesn't matter if mayer is a great blues player or not. He's bringing the music to an entirely new audience who never heard of blues or jazz or even improvised guitar playing. That's worth way more than being a hot blues player IMO
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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Originally Posted by paynow
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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i like him too and some of his acoustic stuff is very nice and not so easy to play
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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I remember Scofield giving props to Mayer. Something to the effect that "he has jazz instincts"... I wonder what would happen if he abandoned his pop and blues orientation to bebop?
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by markerhodes
This one started off as Mayer doing a torch song, big 'ol Gibson archtop in tow...I thought I was going to get to hear John really break out of the box and wow me...
It just dissapointed me...I'm sure he could handle a more advanced harmonic backdrop to work with.
But like others have said, if this turns just a few people on to some new music (the music we all love here) then it's nothing but a good thing.
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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Wow, the beginning of that second clip is great. Guitar playing at it's best if you ask me.
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Well, I got to watch the second one.
Cool stuff, a nice uptown blues with some good chord changes. If the kids are liking this all is good with the world!
(just to show you different strokes for different folks, I thought the beginning noodling was a bit much--but once he got into the tune, John was feeling it!)
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I think it's the L-5. Noodling on that thing sounds a lot different then noodling on a Fender strat.
Is that an L-5?
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Pretty sure it is...gorgeous.
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Very nice indeed.....kind of a pop......bluesy..........jazzy thing going on. Can hear alot of the traditional Mayer blues lines phrased up to jazz sounds. I think artists like him, Carlton, Botti, all the newer crop of modern jazz players really show that the lines between genres can be blurred beautifully.......its all in the musical presentation!
Crimson/Hutchins Gibson l5
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