John Mayer, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1977, moved from the pop songcraft of Room for Squares into serious blues-rock territory — and spent years touring with Dead & Company. Continuum (2006) is the essential one; Sob Rock (2021) is the recent favorite. Browse John Mayer vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
John Clayton Mayer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on October 16, 1977. He attended the Berklee College of Music before pursuing music full-time. His debut Room for Squares (2001) was a commercial breakthrough. His third album Continuum (2006) marked his progressive shift from pop singer-songwriter toward more blues and rock-influenced material, with Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan reference points. He has played extensively with Dead & Company (the touring continuation of the Grateful Dead with Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mayer) from 2015 to 2023. He has won seven Grammy Awards across multiple categories. His Sob Rock (2021) was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys.
John Mayer's sound combines pop, blues rock, soft rock, soul, jazz, and singer-songwriter with his distinctive vocal delivery and blues-influenced guitar work drawing on Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, and broader classic rock and blues traditions.
Columbia pressings of the John Mayer catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and retailer-exclusive pressings.
Listeners new to John Mayer typically start with Continuum (2006) or Sob Rock (2021).
