ARTIST

John Mayer

John Mayer grew up in Connecticut listening to pop radio and picked up the guitar after discovering blues music, specifically the work of Steve Ray Vaughan. Within two years of first learning how to play, he was a notable performer at various local blues bars, and at 19 he enrolled at the Berklee College Of Music. However, Mayer soon realized he would rather perform music than study it, and would rather focus on serious songwriting than on virtuoso guitar playing. So in 1998, he returned to his adopted hometown of Atlanta and became a regular in the Atlanta club circuit, playing continuous gigs at nightspots like Eddie's Attic.

A year later, Mayer released Inside Wants Out, an album of acoustic-based tracks as well as several songs recorded with a full band. His...
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