EricPeterson
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Youtube has a bunch of recent John Mayer and Phil Lesh shows:
Nobody wants to hear an SRV clone wanking minor pentatonic scales over Grateful Dead songs. Any blues hack guitarist could play those tired licks he's inundating the crowd with.
Nobody wants to hear an SRV clone wanking minor pentatonic scales over Grateful Dead songs. Any blues hack guitarist could play those tired licks he's inundating the crowd with.
Ok ok that was a troll post by me. I was actually echoing some of the commentary here on TGP when those videos first came out. Mayer is apparently a very polarizing musician. I happen to think he's a fantastic and original player, hardly the blues hack some think he is.
What's funny is that if you listen to the videos very rarely does Mayer even play anything minor pentatonic. He creates some really beautiful passages and obviously has a very strong grasp of theory.
Mayer was the third best guitarist on that stage.
Mayer was the third best guitarist on that stage.
It's a competition?
Bronze medal for John Mayer! Omg... Second place loser sucks, but third is even worse. He should quit!Mayer was the third best guitarist on that stage.
I just hope he didn't plan on making a career out of his guitar playing.
He hasn't.
And couldn't.
Now his songs are a different story.
He creates some really beautiful passages and obviously has a very strong grasp of theory.
Reality tells a different story: