In 2015, three former members of the Grateful Dead joined with Mayer and two other musicians to form the band Dead & Company. Mayer released his latest album Sob Rock, inspired by 1980s soft rock music, in July 2021. His seventh album, The Search for Everything, a loose concept album based around the theme of a romantic break-up, was released in 2017.
By 2014, he had sold a total of over 20 million albums worldwide. Mayer began performing as a singer again in January 2013, and that year released his sixth studio album, Paradise Valley, which incorporates country music influences. The album received a generally favorable reception, though was less commercially successful than his previous work. However, the discovery of a granuloma on his vocal cords delayed the release of the album until May 2012, and forced him to cancel the planned tour. That album was followed by Battle Studies in 2009, a return to pop, with a Battle Studies World Tour.Īfter having several controversial incidents with the media, Mayer withdrew from public life in 2010 and began work on his fifth studio album, Born and Raised, which drew inspiration from the 1970s pop music of Laurel Canyon. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for " Waiting on the World to Change". Both albums received positive reviews, and Continuum earned Mayer a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Forming the John Mayer Trio, he released a live album, Try!, in 2005 and his third studio album Continuum in 2006. He collaborated with blues artists such as B. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his single " Your Body Is a Wonderland".īy 2005, Mayer had moved away from the acoustic music that characterized his early records, and begun performing the blues and rock music that had originally influenced him as a musician. His following two studio albums- Room for Squares (2001) and Heavier Things (2003)-performed well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status.
After his appearance at a 2001 South by Southwest Festival, he was signed to Aware Records, and eventually to Columbia Records, which released his first extended play Inside Wants Out. After their split, Mayer continued to play local clubs, refining his skills and gaining a following. Together, they formed a short-lived two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with Clay Cook. ər/ MAY-ər born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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