Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (Live on Letterman)

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  • Опубліковано 25 вер 2013
  • Music video by John Mayer performing Going Down The Road Feeling Bad (Live on Letterman). (C) 2013 CBS Interactive

КОМЕНТАРІ • 433

  • @crubs83
    @crubs83 4 роки тому +472

    There is no feeling more intense than starting over.

    • @lachlanjosiah4188
      @lachlanjosiah4188 2 роки тому

      i guess im randomly asking but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
      I somehow forgot the password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me

    • @mxxallproduktionz4039
      @mxxallproduktionz4039 2 роки тому +6

      Getting over it

    • @nanashi9385
      @nanashi9385 2 роки тому +23

      if you deleted your homework the day before it was due as i have

    • @SmileyBluxer
      @SmileyBluxer Рік тому +11

      Uff.. sorry about that

    • @emilyscacia7286
      @emilyscacia7286 Рік тому +15

      Don’t worry, i’ll save your progress always. Even your mistakes ☠️

  • @thesoutherndakotaband3485
    @thesoutherndakotaband3485 8 років тому +218

    "And it must be said- to Jerry: what a light you are that I could bask in your shadow." -John Mayer

  • @miguel77077
    @miguel77077 Рік тому +42

    Am I the only one who thinks we should get an album of all John Mayer released and unreleased covers? Imagine being able to have “Going down the road feel in’ bad” “Route 66” “Promises” ,etc in the same album 🤞🏻

    • @alien3200
      @alien3200 3 місяці тому

      There is no feeling more intense than starting over

  • @ThijsWever
    @ThijsWever 10 років тому +121

    i don't think the audience realized they just saw the 'bluesy' John Mayer rize from the dead.. 5:20 made me really happy

  • @SterlingsWhatIfQuestions
    @SterlingsWhatIfQuestions 9 місяців тому +18

    “The thing we call failure isn’t the falling down, but the staying down” - Mary Pickford.

  • @haleytrap7336
    @haleytrap7336 10 років тому +130

    Anyone who gives John Mayer shit does not pay attention to the fact that he can play the guitar like this. Damn the guy can play.

    • @chaim5397
      @chaim5397 4 роки тому +3

      True

    • @superweak
      @superweak 4 роки тому

      That’s right

    • @WRiverHammond
      @WRiverHammond 3 роки тому +1

      Excellent guitar player sub par singer

    • @towlie337
      @towlie337 3 роки тому +1

      @@WRiverHammond agreed. Respect his skills on guitar, his singing just puts me off...

    • @billybond3173
      @billybond3173 3 роки тому +1

      He an awesome guitarist and singer

  • @erintaylor5856
    @erintaylor5856 9 років тому +257

    I'll never get to his level, but every time I see him play, I get an ear to ear smile. He bleeds musicality. :)

    • @nickb3250
      @nickb3250 9 років тому +20

      Erin Taylor I hear ya! Music like this inspires me to play every free moment I have.

    • @jolopones
      @jolopones 7 років тому +13

      come on dude don't talk like that, nothing a little consistency can't cure

    • @petervanherp6691
      @petervanherp6691 6 років тому

      Erin Taylor He for sure can play a mean blues. Oh yeah!

    • @petervanherp6691
      @petervanherp6691 6 років тому

      Erin Taylor He wasn’t ask just for norhing by EC to play on his Crossroads Guitar Festival. In 2007 if i’m not mistaken.

    • @nuruzjamir6594
      @nuruzjamir6594 6 років тому

      Erin Taylor THIS!! Hah

  • @claptonmusiclover675
    @claptonmusiclover675 7 років тому +20

    It is a pleasure to hear John Mayer playin the Dead. 💕

  • @MarkSmith-uw3ks
    @MarkSmith-uw3ks 4 роки тому +112

    I transcribed the intro and first solo - look up "Going Down The Road Feeling Bad Intro Live" on Ultimate Guitar!

  • @VanisleGirl1961
    @VanisleGirl1961 9 років тому +59

    I'm a tried and true DeadHead, I'm impressed.

  • @holyaura9317
    @holyaura9317 9 років тому +32

    Goddamn man John teared that shit up

  • @annajohnson124
    @annajohnson124 10 років тому +22

    JOHN KILLS IT EVERY TIME. You rule. I love you to the moon and back. Keep on rockin'.

  • @lorenzo6mm
    @lorenzo6mm 4 роки тому +13

    John Mayer is a Big Dude that strat looks tiny in his hands.
    And a very excellent player to be sure.
    Miss Jerry's tone on this tune. Especially above the 12th fret.

  • @yboy898
    @yboy898 4 роки тому +7

    My man was born for blues 🎶👌🏻

  • @neillbaxter9613
    @neillbaxter9613 4 роки тому +5

    Why is this performance as a whole so magical ?

  • @parrishking4746
    @parrishking4746 6 років тому +5

    GOT. DAMNN!
    John is at one with his strat. Bleeds rhythm

  • @brownstone4276
    @brownstone4276 6 років тому +34

    One of the best bluesman of this generation

  • @robinorrorr1828
    @robinorrorr1828 10 років тому +27

    Love to listen to John play his electric guitar and sing his songs.

    • @SecondCasey24
      @SecondCasey24 5 років тому +7

      It's a grateful dead song not John Mayer's.

    • @MysticMonkeyMiracle
      @MysticMonkeyMiracle 2 роки тому +4

      @@SecondCasey24 The Dead covered this too. It's like an early 1900-1920's song. I believe Delaney and Bonnie showed the Dead this song during Festival Express. Toby and Davvy on UA-cam do much better than ol John Mayer over here tbh.

    • @tusk779
      @tusk779 Рік тому

      Woody Guthrie wrote it, then Doc Watson popularized it, the version which Jerry took to as he grew up playing bluegrass with the legends

  • @snozbaries7652
    @snozbaries7652 6 років тому +8

    Jerry would be proud, may he R.I.P.

  • @simonhjen6415
    @simonhjen6415 6 років тому +10

    3:56 just a little pride and joy lick

  • @nuclearcarnie
    @nuclearcarnie 8 років тому +103

    What a transformation John Mayer has been through! I am so glad he spit out the bubble gum. He is becoming a living legend guitar player!

    • @Johaneeeek
      @Johaneeeek 7 років тому +30

      Becoming? He's been a legend for quite some time now

    • @DickMittens
      @DickMittens 6 років тому +19

      He's been playing Hendrix and SRV masterfully since he was in his teens.

    • @davidmorrow9583
      @davidmorrow9583 6 років тому

      nuclearcarnie agree...good job John!

    • @joe22589
      @joe22589 3 роки тому +3

      He is nothing less than a great musician - arranging, writing, singing, performing, playing. It is simply not fair to shorten it to "guitar playing". He is the absolutely complete package

    • @alexhaggar2657
      @alexhaggar2657 2 роки тому

      @@DickMittens thank you!!!

  • @jerrcast
    @jerrcast 3 роки тому +2

    Im a sucker for bass and drums and the gd. Tnx jm for keeping it alive

  • @alexanderbeardwood8630
    @alexanderbeardwood8630 10 років тому +57

    John mayer i am a 14 year old boy who can play guitar and i have learned so much from you i am from Cape Town, South Africa. My only wish is for you to come to Cape Town even if it is just for 1 Day and have a concert. please please please ... lots of my friends love you and your music too

  • @treintagrados9566
    @treintagrados9566 4 роки тому +4

    How can someone be this good?

  • @alien3200
    @alien3200 3 місяці тому +1

    _"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find the meaning in suffering"_
    _-Friedrich Nietzsche_

  • @kenhedoityeshecan
    @kenhedoityeshecan Рік тому +1

    Nothing like the Dead starting a set with “Going down the Road Feeling Bad, the energy goes through the roof.

  • @gregmeyer8900
    @gregmeyer8900 4 роки тому +5

    As an old school head, Johnny suits my feels..

  • @dlbstl
    @dlbstl 4 роки тому +5

    This was pre-d&c! Love his bands version.

  • @coreyregan3429
    @coreyregan3429 6 років тому +92

    Is that Sheriff Jim Hopper on drums?

    • @6gentex
      @6gentex 5 років тому +12

      stranger things have happened

    • @cdbrown30
      @cdbrown30 4 роки тому +2

      Can’t unsee

    • @derekbravo7811
      @derekbravo7811 4 роки тому

      Corey Regan he used to play for John before having his daughter

    • @skelon1
      @skelon1 4 роки тому +1

      Looool
      It’s sterloid

    • @nicklevesque576
      @nicklevesque576 4 роки тому +1

      @@skelon1 Someone that actually knows thank you

  • @UnequalTemperament
    @UnequalTemperament 3 роки тому +7

    John Mayer is of course fantastic, here, but props to the band -- the bass player, especially, but the backup singers, steel guitar, and everyone else, too, laying down such a groovy, many-layered foundation -- they really add a lot and make the song.

  • @aholder4471
    @aholder4471 2 роки тому +19

    I've always loved that John Mayer was so easy to hate on, and was such a humble good dude with more talent then the all the haters could ever discount. It's such a beautiful thing. It's like God giving a middle finger to all the haters.

    • @mind-wars3073
      @mind-wars3073 2 роки тому

      Hey man Jerry’s god, not Mayer. Not a Mayer hater infact love what he’s doing but Jerry is god not Mayer

    • @neillbaxter9613
      @neillbaxter9613 2 роки тому +2

      @@mind-wars3073 I think jerry would’ve fuckin dug John. You think he’d say that to him?

    • @mind-wars3073
      @mind-wars3073 2 роки тому

      @@neillbaxter9613 I do think so! I dig John tbh, he’s just not the story teller and no one is.

    • @diegoalarcon4528
      @diegoalarcon4528 2 роки тому

      @@mind-wars3073 you clearly haven’t heard his early music

    • @mind-wars3073
      @mind-wars3073 2 роки тому +1

      @@diegoalarcon4528 dawg I’m a guitarist I love Mayer. And love dead and co. He’s still not Jerry.

  • @raymondfinnegan767
    @raymondfinnegan767 5 років тому +4

    If you’re not movin and groovin to this jam session...you’re not listening to the music, you’re just being selfish.

  • @smokydogjoe
    @smokydogjoe 4 роки тому +1

    That’s a double treat! Lucinda Williams’ guitarist playing the slide!

  • @ilikenougat8892
    @ilikenougat8892 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks, Bennet. I screamed, I cried, I raged, and at the end of it all... I smiled

  • @nathanesau1
    @nathanesau1 8 років тому +9

    Great ending solo

  • @Alexlamecore
    @Alexlamecore 5 років тому +5

    John has the appearance of being dosed without actually eating said doses. Incredible.

  • @Notmyrealname69420
    @Notmyrealname69420 10 місяців тому +2

    Am I the only one listening to this cause we’re in a new Great Depression and have been since 2020

  • @Dontlookdown69
    @Dontlookdown69 6 місяців тому +1

    What a performance.

  • @omerlm
    @omerlm 4 роки тому +5

    Johnny, you're Dead to us!

  • @emilyscacia7286
    @emilyscacia7286 Рік тому +4

    Starting over is harder than starting up.

  • @jackstraw9244
    @jackstraw9244 2 роки тому +1

    I love that last bit, should have been longer !

  • @counterconformity
    @counterconformity Місяць тому

    so rad he went and did this on letterman

  • @g_rr_tt
    @g_rr_tt 9 місяців тому

    I watched it live about 10 years ago and I still keep coming back. It's decisively the best recorded version of this song.

  • @mitchdaniels9683
    @mitchdaniels9683 6 років тому +4

    U got to be kidding me about right now. Good guitar picking

  • @brian91145
    @brian91145 10 років тому +7

    Now that is what i'm talking about!

  • @juanvander
    @juanvander 10 років тому

    FINALLY. This was by far the best performance of the show. THANK YOU!

  • @roberthodge7802
    @roberthodge7802 Рік тому +1

    Every generation begets kindred spirits to everyone who has played the song. Because the songs matter more than we know. John and his bands are kindred spirits without question. Long may they run.

    • @HitchcockTheSnail
      @HitchcockTheSnail Рік тому

      The unknown writer of this Lonesome Road Blues sure is one grateful dead!!!

  • @altadena57
    @altadena57 5 років тому +1

    Such appreciation for DL for bringing so many super musicians/bands to his show and to us, over the years

    • @lindaalonso5452
      @lindaalonso5452 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely 👏 the guy has such a love for great music . Miss u too Dave L 🎼🏙

  • @michaeldibartolomeo7711
    @michaeldibartolomeo7711 5 років тому +1

    this dude continues to impress. no bullshit.

  • @Champzion
    @Champzion 4 роки тому +11

    3:40 That riff..

    • @charlesbaudraz5207
      @charlesbaudraz5207 Рік тому

      ....... just extraordinary. He is so melodic, it's mindblowing

  • @karenholliday2703
    @karenholliday2703 Рік тому +7

    Mayer is so incredibly talented most don't realize. I've watched Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Doyle Bramhall all just so very happy John's talent will carry on the blues rock bad ass guitar playing.

  • @geteatenbyme1366
    @geteatenbyme1366 2 роки тому +2

    this song played once i fell down and lost my progress a couple times in getting over it

  • @kaleb540w
    @kaleb540w 10 років тому +4

    never thought i would hear him play Grateful Dead. loved it

    • @williambremner9022
      @williambremner9022 2 роки тому +2

      Ha ha! And that's pretty much all he plays now. It's the hippest!

    • @Bluesmeanie
      @Bluesmeanie Рік тому +1

      Well, except that it's not a Dead tune per se ... while the Boys' cover was a defining version, they did not write the song.

  • @JamieK348
    @JamieK348 5 років тому +4

    Wow he killed it!

  • @yboy898
    @yboy898 4 роки тому +1

    John Mayer is a gift to us. Thank you big bang!

  • @gabrielborges7909
    @gabrielborges7909 Рік тому +1

    "Don't hate the player, hate the game" -- Ice T

  • @geraleco
    @geraleco 10 років тому +2

    Great performance. Love it.

  • @BLacKHaLLoW
    @BLacKHaLLoW 8 років тому +81

    so its 2 am and i loaded this video on 2x speed and it really fucked with me

    • @af8857
      @af8857 6 років тому +4

      If you play it at half speed, it sounds like Dead and Co lol

    • @jonasdamion1627
      @jonasdamion1627 5 років тому +2

      2x speed is amazing, like a alternate reality or someshhing

    • @Alexlamecore
      @Alexlamecore 5 років тому +1

      @@af8857 .75 is a perfect bobby rhythm

    • @kittikatkat9
      @kittikatkat9 3 роки тому

      it really fucked my brain

  • @Mish653
    @Mish653 10 років тому +2

    I simply, purely,truly Love him so much!

  • @MGAbreu08
    @MGAbreu08 10 років тому +1

    The band and the guitar are excellent as always!

  • @noahharju
    @noahharju 2 роки тому +1

    Dude this is sick

  • @seanlenz2250
    @seanlenz2250 7 років тому +14

    I could never get into John Mayers personal music but man this guy is a Great guitarist and musician I love his work with weir and his work with grateful dead covers

    • @Steven_Ray99
      @Steven_Ray99 7 років тому

      Sean Lenz Listen to the live 2013 version of "Queen of California". The jam is a lot like a Dead song.

    • @aholder4471
      @aholder4471 2 роки тому +1

      If you haven't had a chance yet, check out his stuff as a trio. JMT. I always liked that a lot. More blues. Less pop.

  • @coffeeNTrees
    @coffeeNTrees 5 років тому +10

    Best audition ever.

  • @Krition09
    @Krition09 Рік тому +2

    Watching this turned me on to the dead…forever grateful

  • @kalesazmi1639
    @kalesazmi1639 5 років тому +2

    Jaw dropping performance🤘🤘u rock mayer

  • @reNINTENDO
    @reNINTENDO 10 років тому

    Fantastic performance. Always good Live.

  • @elihintz5620
    @elihintz5620 3 роки тому +2

    You know when your trying to jam along with something and suddenly you realize “I can’t do anything close to that”?

  • @davidmartin7081
    @davidmartin7081 Рік тому

    Very nice indeed!! He seemed to capture the feel of the way I've always heard it played. Sounded alot like Richard Forrest Betts. Sweet , soulfully, ravishing tone. I see why Clapton speaks so highly of his playing.

  • @fcbarcakid10
    @fcbarcakid10 5 років тому +12

    Can anyone else seriously not get over that 5:54 riff?!? Facemelting!!!

    • @atta1798
      @atta1798 Рік тому

      sure if you want to hold his hand else what is the big deal?

    • @altheatoldme
      @altheatoldme Рік тому +1

      It’s the 3:42 riff for me!

    • @tronsnow4763
      @tronsnow4763 Рік тому +1

      @@altheatoldme that 3:42 lick is pure Jerry 🤘🤘

    • @altheatoldme
      @altheatoldme Рік тому

      @@tronsnow4763 100%!

  • @groovie986
    @groovie986 9 років тому +1

    thats a great song, amazing!

  • @Ghbh101speedrunning
    @Ghbh101speedrunning Рік тому +2

    We all searched this up because of getting over it

    • @Frizopo258
      @Frizopo258 Рік тому

      There's no answer when searching the song in Chinese platforms so i get an vpn just for listening this song after playing getting ovet it😅

  • @kimberlykairo
    @kimberlykairo Рік тому +1

    In 2022, whenever I hear JM do this song I always hope that he is not feeling bad as he sings about being treated. No one should be treating this man badly at all, anytime. He's a true gift to us all, to be appreciated. I really hope this is not a reflection of reality for him, but rather a song that he enjoyed jamming for pleasure. Love him madly, don't want him really hurting ❣❣❣

    • @paulgordon6949
      @paulgordon6949 9 місяців тому +2

      It's an old American standard. Been covered by countless artists. Most notably the grateful dead, of course. Check out their version. Especially their version of "not fade away" into "going down the road". It. Is. Sublime.

    • @kimberlykairo
      @kimberlykairo 9 місяців тому

      Enjoyed the Dead's versions as well. Thanks for sharing @@paulgordon6949

  • @fakewarszero
    @fakewarszero 6 років тому +54

    Getting over it

  • @mateusmonteiro7779
    @mateusmonteiro7779 6 років тому +1

    Amazing!!

  • @shankarbhattacharjee1690
    @shankarbhattacharjee1690 2 роки тому +1

    You are my inspiration john...but I know I won't make it to this level in this in my whole life....

  • @dronjogofficial
    @dronjogofficial 3 роки тому +2

    Don't Hate the player , Hate the game.

  • @MrMusicM67
    @MrMusicM67 10 років тому +1

    Amazing!

  • @jimmyc3904
    @jimmyc3904 6 років тому +4

    ive contributed at least 100 views to this video lol. so good keep coming back

  • @boozoochavis7506
    @boozoochavis7506 6 років тому +7

    He just seems to be one those guys you don't know whether to love or hate, great musician and 5 years worth of my wages for amps sitting on that stage behind him! Wonder just how good he'd sound with a pair of Hotrod Devilles back there?!

    • @TheAndrewBFlanders
      @TheAndrewBFlanders 5 років тому +3

      Boozoo Chavis the guitarist makes the rig sound good, not the other way around... Kinda like just because I have the same clubs as Tiger, I'm still not a PGA TOUR player. He could take your Squier strat, shitty line6 amp and melt both our faces off with it. He can be an acquired taste, a little easy to hate on, but no matter what anyone says about the dude he is a brilliant musician and one of the top 2 or 3 guitarists of his generation.

  • @gazicj
    @gazicj 7 років тому

    by this point, he seems to be on his way to
    finding his way...idk, I can't judge, I don't know shit. i guess i know what i hear. sounds good man! jmo. thank you all for the music, and the times--super super thank you all!!

  • @ibnibz2636
    @ibnibz2636 11 місяців тому +2

    This song makes me wanna climb a mountain with nothing but a cauldron and a sledgehammer.

  • @voyagekeys
    @voyagekeys 10 років тому +2

    BRAVO!

  • @negemiasgelig4612
    @negemiasgelig4612 Рік тому +1

    "*Don't hate the player hate the game*"

  • @billbeitsinger5493
    @billbeitsinger5493 9 років тому +1

    Wow! That was good! Nice job

  • @dkorwan
    @dkorwan Рік тому

    That was a lot of fun!

  • @whtesrgeswe4128
    @whtesrgeswe4128 4 роки тому +1

    You could say he nailed this audition

  • @archiebrown9390
    @archiebrown9390 8 років тому +1

    Perfection

  • @RuralChemist
    @RuralChemist 5 років тому +10

    Holy Hell, this whole time i thought John Mayer was only for 12 year old girls! Here he is doing a killer Deadhead song! lmao

    • @2v_5r84
      @2v_5r84 4 роки тому +3

      Benjamin Barmichael Never too late to learn that, listen to some John Mayer Trio misic

  • @kristenheatherei-star8254
    @kristenheatherei-star8254 3 роки тому +3

    Wow he’s beyond beyond musically gifted. Love ❤️

  • @andrewptob
    @andrewptob 7 років тому +47

    Jer would approve

    • @Bluelightcheaphotel
      @Bluelightcheaphotel 7 років тому +5

      Jer? Come on. The names shouldn't even be used in the same sentence. This cookie cutter Disney Dead mook with his bandana and peace sign. Meanwhile Garcia brilliant on guitar banjo pedal steel. Shooting rigs and all!! Come on. Jer?

    • @JC-jy5tl
      @JC-jy5tl 7 років тому +6

      Adam no...

    • @estebangorjon8975
      @estebangorjon8975 7 років тому +2

      stfu man seriosly just....shut up

    • @paultiplea
      @paultiplea 4 роки тому +1

      @@Bluelightcheaphotel Have you seen him play in Dead & Co?

  • @benlesiak9969
    @benlesiak9969 6 років тому

    On of my favorites to this day

  • @IRideStudios
    @IRideStudios 10 років тому

    Amazing.

  • @EmilyJoMusic96
    @EmilyJoMusic96 10 років тому +2

    And that's called good music. I LOVE YOU JOHN MAYER!

  • @ParadiseWaitsBand
    @ParadiseWaitsBand 9 років тому +2

    Sweet!

  • @TheWGLOVER
    @TheWGLOVER 10 років тому +1

    This guy is good.

  • @jamesgrobertson8024
    @jamesgrobertson8024 10 років тому

    Great Playing John

  • @mzmudy
    @mzmudy Рік тому

    Crushed it :)

  • @arvidjohann7093
    @arvidjohann7093 7 років тому +3

    brilliant

  • @rickdudeprovo
    @rickdudeprovo 11 місяців тому

    This is so emotional and heavy to where he went with this

  • @Branimir500
    @Branimir500 10 років тому +1

    great play John