Watch: John Mayer debuts “Paper Doll” with some prancercising.
(by johnmayerVEVO)
A week out is too close not to share part of my new song with you.
Single hits iTunes next Tuesday…
Enjoy (partially)
JM
You know what really trips me out? Movies made in one time period but about another. Like “Animal House”: a film made in the ’70s about the early ’60s. It’s so hard to decipher the contexts of both the movie shoot itself and the era the film is set in. ”A Christmas Story” was made in the early ’80s and it takes place in the 1940s. Every time I see Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) I have to remind myself he’s just a few years older than me and not buried next to Tony Curtis. Even Western films are throwbacks. All of them. Quick when was “Fistful of Dollars” Made? EHHHH. Wrong. 1989. Fine, 1964. But you didn’t know that.
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John Mayer, ONE FORTY PLUS Time periods totally trip him out, man. |
iTunes exclusive five song EP coming August 7… Sadly (though funny to me) the title is pretty much the truth. Four in studio acoustic performances and the track “Go Easy On Me” from the Born and Raised sessions. A little something for all your support and patience.
I’m about to enter the prep/surgery/recovery wormhole next week (edit: surgery at the end of August) , but I’m excited to get back to it next year. Hope you’re all having a great summer.
love
JM
Listen to John Mayer’s New Album ‘Born and Raised Album’ In Its Entirety
click here to go to the iTunes store and stream the record now. Pre-order if you dig it.
I listened to the record last Wednesday on my flight to Los Angeles. Gave it one more go round before it went out into the world… one last little listen as being just mine. It’s brought me so much joy and company and peace, and I hope it will do the same for you.
JM
John Mayer does instrumental cover of Lana Del Ray’s “Video Games”
Video Games (dub solo electric) w/Binson Echorec
John Mayer Cancels Tour After Throat Issues Return
I have no idea how to introduce this post, so I’m skipping the first paragraph.
During rehearsal on Tuesday, it came to mind that I should see my throat doctor because something didn’t feel/sound right. I went in for a visit on Wednesday and a scope of my vocal cords revealed that the granuloma has grown back where it had mostly healed. This is bad news. Because of this, I have no choice but to take an indefinite break from live performing. Though there will be a day when all of this will be behind me, it will sideline me for a longer period of time than I care to have you count down.
I want to explain this a bit more in depth than I have in the past, because I know there’s some confusion as to what this condition is; a granuloma forms and continues to snowball because it’s in a spot where the vocal cords hit together and there’s no way to really give it a chance to heal without a good stretch of time and some pretty intensive treatment. In short, it’s one giant pain in the ass.
Okay, so here’s the plan… Born and Raised will be released as scheduled, but because I don’t make a very good anything-other-than-a-musician, I’m going to begin writing the next album very soon. I feel really vibrant as a writer at the moment and there’s no reason not to begin the next album project in the time I would have been touring. Somewhere in all of this is another surgery and a very long chemically-imposed period of silence, so I hope you’ll understand that I have to really pick that date carefully.
I’m pretty emotionally burnt out at the moment, but please know how hard I tried to resolve this and how disappointed I am that I can’t perform this record yet. I’m completely bummed, especially for all of you who started making plans to see a show. Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing. I love this band you were going to hear, I love the guys and girls I work with, and the only thing that stops me from devolving into a puddle of tears is knowing that it’s a long life, and the greatest gift in the world is being able to create music no matter what the circumstances. So these are the new circumstances, and I’ll find a way to make it mean something. That’s all you can ever do.
John
John Mayer Announces Release Date/Track Listing
5/22/12
1. Queen of California
2. The Age of Worry
3. Shadow Days
4. Speak for Me
5. Something Like Olivia
6. Born and Raised
7. If I Ever Get Around To Living
8. Love is a Verb
9. Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967
10. Whisky, Whisky, Whisky
11. A Face To Call Home
12. Born and Raised (Reprise)
First Listen: John Mayer’s New Single “Shadow Days” - | AP.net
First Listen: Joh Mayer - “Shadow Days”
Here’s a clip of the first single off Born and Raised, called “Shadow Days.” I’m excited to share the first bit of sound from the album… Been looking forward to a post like this since October 14, 2010, the first day I started writing this group of songs. Enjoy.
At a recent show he shared,
“I want to tell you a little bit about where I’m going, ‘cause I think it’s important since you guys are fans. I’ve done the pop thing as much as I can do the pop thing and I will be retiring for a couple years from the pop thing ‘cause I think I have some other shapes and colors that I need to get to…”
He went on to mention that a direction in folk music would be the likely successor after the predicted death of his pop music run.
Music is my outlet, but Jones Beach is my inlet.
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