Yes, that is me on drums. This is a small bar in Bridgeport CT growing up. John played awesome and Sam Morrissey was on bass. Our set was mainly heavy blues Stevie and Jimi. With about 40 people in a bar on a random day, we sparked serious energy.
@@sixtynizzle Being this good after four years isn't really anything especially impressive, high schoolers that can play this well are a dime a dozen. But what makes him so special is how he can sing so well while playing (hell, just being able to sing while playing is an achievement in of in itself). A lot of people really underestimate how hard it is to sing while playing guitar. I know a lot of guys who can play the likes of EVH or Blackmore or Vai but couldn't sing while playing if their life depended on it
the kid was 17, how can anybody talk shit about this incredible guitar work. even if he is "ripping off stevie" it would take anybody a lifetime of practice to sound anywhere near this good. Plus john mayer has now taken stevie and many other styles and molded them into his own style and sound which is unique and all his own.
Correct, like SRV, Clapton, JIMI, before him. Everyones influcned by someone, and they mold it into something new. Heck a lot of new guitarist now is influenced by Mayer.,
He’s 17 he has influences he’s gonna play like until he develops his own style I agree. People just love to hate when they aren’t as good as others and that’s the plain truth 😂
He sat for hours and learned how to play like B.B., SRV, Albert King, Jimi, etc. etc. He mimics them in his playing because they are his heroes. He synthesizes SRV and B.B. all in one solo and its amazing. You hear him paying homage a lot more when he plays straight blues music. But, listen to solos on Gravity, Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, I Don't Trust Myself with Loving You (all live of course) and he has a style of his own. He knows the exact right notes to choose to evoke emotion, not just shred up and down the neck. He also infuses jazz stylings into his playing quite frequently. Listen to him play his solo on Sweet Home Chicago at Crossroads, he blows almost everyone out of the water. The man has an incredible ear and soul for music, his musicality is not a learned behavior, but one he clearly was born with.
I could not agree more. I used to defend him, but now I just don't give that time of my life away to anyone who doesn't understand music or instruments other than selecting the listening device of choice and pressing play. That's what Music is all about and why we have influential people and reasons for liking what we do because of them. It goes the same for athletes and Internet trolls I guess they have their heroes I'm sure that they get off on laughing at their jokes??? All of my guitar influences turned me into the player I am . You're goddamn right I steal his licks! What the hell do you think the blues is?? There's a part of the Guitar literally deemed the BB King block and I, with much respect steal it and play it with my best ability not to let him down LOL. Internet trolling assholes are nothing more than people insecure of themselves with nothing at all to do with their pathetic lives. I never understood spending the time to comment on something you do not like, when knowing you didn't like "it" before you even clicked on it. I'll end my rant by saying if Eric Clapton approves...i'm good with that.. It would be like Jesus recommending religion. Those two giants of their craft have a better understanding than any of us ever will. Yes I compared Jesus and Clapton with sarcasm but let's troll the trollers. We know they're sitting home doing nothing.
just astonishing. its one thing to learn to play, imitate the greats, steal a lick or two. But its real damn hard to fake soul. 17 years old. Seems kinda unfair when you think about it, but damn this kid could play. much love to you John.
At around 4:29 you can hear where he slipped to move the guitar to around his back. At around 4:48 you can hear the crowd respond when he lifted it so it was backwards behind his head. Really showing off the SRV moves at this show.
It's funny how the internet is. If John Mayer had 17 today and this happened to show up on youtube, people would be like "Meh, SRV is better" and shit. Back then when we didn't have youtube or anything like it, people knew how to appreciate a guitar player. I'm not a fan of John Mayer's work whatsoever, but anyone who refuses to recognize him as a good guitar player is an asshole. No one will ever be like Jimi or SRV, but there are a LOT of good guitar layers out there and JM is one of them. As always, haters gonna hate.
I agree, youtube has made talent a novelty. People are never impressed by anything anymore cause seeing someone do something unique and special is so easy now. In a lot of ways the internet has elevated us but ruined us at the same time
I actually think he's a better all around player than SRV and Hendrix (just MHO). What I mean by that is he has great diversity in his style and his ability to adapt to different moods and feel is among the best I have ever seen. Sure, Jimi and Stevie playing there stuff sound better but at least part of that is because it's theirs. If we never heard of those guys and they all existed in the same era and we gave them all Red House to cover I wonder which version we would like best? Guess we'll never know will we?
His guitar playing was way beyond his years on this earth at this point in his life! Astounding it would have been to hear this unknown kid live in some bar, belting out the blues this way.
@@lunaruniverse2388 It took me one year to play like this but I already had a year of basic guitar experience behind me. Jm is a major influence of mine
This would probably have been right before or just after our friend Al Ferrante was his guitar teacher. I remember Al talking about this amazing student he had, but at the time never would have thought he was talking about a guitar legend in the making. Awesome listen! Between his guitar skills and his soul searching songwriting, he's one in a million and always will be one of my favorite musicians. Thanks for posting.
+joesl8 You are really showing your lack of knowledge about Mayer's catalog and who listens to his music. Those so called teenage girls? They're middle aged at this point and have kids themselves. He's enjoying a long and loyal following which has evolved as he has. People who are critical of Mayer amazes me. Have all the musical heavy weights with whom he has collaborated, written with, performed with...have all these people got it wrong? Do they all think he's a tool? If he's such a tool and only appeals to teen age girls how to you explain the trajectory of his career? How do you explain his success? It's certainly not bubble gum to be greatly respected by the likes of Clapton. Or was he seduced too? You don't have to like his voice and you don't have to be a fan, but you're dead wrong about his musical relevance and credibility among peers.
Yeah, the first 4 tracks on this playlist are from a live show in 1994 at a bar in Bridgeport, CT called Giovanna's. These songs are recorded direct to cassette tape from a VHS recording, which has yet to surface.
He got famous for his voice and looks not for guitar skills trust me guitar wise hes barely average and to this day hes just about as average as it gets there's about 450 guitarist I can name on top of him without exerting much effort. But his voice was what really panded him there. I mean why do you think he got famous singing acoustic pop songs dude and not blistering solos or as a blues musician like SRV? Simple, he just didn't have the chops. But he had the chops for pop music. And if you track his career it wasn't until he was a pop star he dabbled in blues and other music, he knew he had no chance but to write Taylor Swift esque pop music. So ya that's basically like entering a shit ton of cheat codes into GTA.
@@Michael-bt6ht Lol ur playing right in to this guys comment. And his voice didn't carry him to fame... I can name about 450 singers that have a better voice than him. Its the triple threat of voice, guitar and songwriting. Also, why would he have made music that nobody was going to listen too? His choice to start with "acoustic pop" music to become famous is pretty logical considering the other artists during that time (it also made him millions so you cant blame him). Why wasn't he blues guitarist from day one? Probably because no labels would sign kids during that time. Who are you to say that he doesn't have the chops for blues? He is undoubtedly an absolute animal on the guitar and has been recognized by B.B, Clapton and probably more. I'll take their opinions over pretty much anyone elses, especially urs. U just hate him cause you ain't him.
Lets put it out there that this kid was born with talent, like few others.. and stevie would have wanted this. JM feels the notes flowing through him almost like SRV is just feeding them to him straight from heaven. If you don't shake or tremble with cold chills to this, you might need to listen to more stevie
effectively what your saying is he listened to someone who inspired him and got caught up in all the trappings pretty much all of us do when he was 17. hes still pulling off some technique that guitar players who've been playing more than 17 years struggle with. the kid is gifted then and now. he's earned the right for someone to say so without assholes critiquing him
john blows everybody out of the water with this badass cover. 17 and the boy could hang with the best of em and choose to pursue his dreams holy fucking shit!!!
I first started playing guitar when I was 13 playing on an old busted acoustic, I remember trying to figure out how to make the notes and actually started playing on the frets instead of in between them. I’m 16 now and I’m way better than I was 3 years ago an I’m now discovering all this blues stuff if anyone has any blues songs/artist suggestions I would appreciate it thanks. Also dope upload I love john mayer he’s a modern day guitar god.
Honestly keep an open mind, mix the blues up with other genres like funk, rock, Latin, country, jazz, make it ur own style, trust me, that’s how all of these legend got their style, mixing it up, and being open, learn from anywhere and everywhere
Reading the comments and I see people saying John Mayer is a copycat of srv. We gotta spread the love for the blues, everyone has a hero and John Mayer had an amazing one, I don’t get the reason to hate on anyone for playing someone else’s blues song. Like Stevie Ray Vaughans hero said “ if you can’t dig the blues, you’ve got a hole in your soul”. - Albert king
A seventeen year old Mayer was this way. The man has grown in the past nineteen years - hell, even by 2004 he was more than worthy to grace a live Crossroads jam with Eric Clapton. By then it was clear that the man could know the neck up and down, even if he were blind, deaf and dumb. Feels music like crazy. He might've been a kid here, but he's a musician's musician, now.
After just 4 years of playing?!? Don’t feel bad if you’ve been working at it for 15 years and still don’t sound quite this good… I’m right there with ya. I think some people may be born with a hint more of the ancient nephilim/ Annunaki / demi-god DNA in their genes… those ancient pyramid & megalithic stone builders were on a whole other level. 😉
Started playing at 15 gave it up for a year 16. Then at the end of 16 I started paying again. I just turned 18 but hope to get better soon. I improved so much in one year, I can just imagine how good I would be if I started earlier in life. But to be fair, when I started at 15 my incentives wasn’t correct (getting girls, and impressing people). Jimi made me realize guitar is much more than that
***** That's not really true. He wasn't there for that reason. Listen to his interviews on his time there. BTW he obviously made the right choice to withdraw and move to Atlanta because it didn't take long for him to become very well known in that music scene and get his first record to be a hit.
He should have started his career with this stuff first before the poppy songs that women went crazy for. That is why some people don't like his music I think for that reason. In my humble opinion, this is pretty Damn good and I know Stevie Ray Vaughan would be impressed. If Stevie Ray Vaughan was still alive I'm sure he would be on one of his new CDs. Albert King was impressed by Stevie Ray Vaughan which is not easy to do. He gave Albert King no quarter when they played in Canada but at Anton's Stevie Ray Vaughan was going at it with Albert King going toe to toe and coming back with another cool guitar riff.
Exceptional guitar work! It's interesting to consider if he had gone the way of Blues guitar hero, he might still be doing one nighters out of a van. He'd be wowing people in clubs but doubtful he would have risen to such heights. Not because he wasn't great because he was as/is a great guitar player. But that's not enough to distinguish you from a world of great guitar players! His writing skills and performance of those songs distinguishes him out from the rest. AND he plays a bitchin' guitar as well. Now you've got something (kid)!
Had no idea he could play like this as a kid. I saw one of his shows right after he got signed and it was just him with an acoustic singing generic pop. I was like 'meh' and never listened to him again for about 15 years or so until I heard his incredible Trio stuff
Wow!!! When I had been playing 4 years I wanted to sound just like SRV but I couldn’t even come CLOSE to this at that time!!! If I heard this when was 20 I might have thrown in the towel!!
Being popular for romantic interests does not take away from the fact that Mayer has been acclaimed by critics and legendary guitarists/musicians everywhere. You can give Govan that superficial title, but no modern guitarist knows music like Mayer.
you are quite correct, no ingenuity; because john mayer is extremely genuine and writes fantastic lyrics. covering a major, major guitar legend at the age of 17 takes major balls
It takes discipline for a drummer to stick to his basic slow drum, giving that awesome feeling to a song. This drummer seems to struggle with that. Great to hear this stuff nonetheless, thanks for these uploads!
as written in the description john was 17 years old. keep this fact in mind an remember he went '97 to collage, till then his voice wasn't that well developed. i'm sure there he got his voice education
Yes, that is me on drums. This is a small bar in Bridgeport CT growing up. John played awesome and Sam Morrissey was on bass. Our set was mainly heavy blues Stevie and Jimi. With about 40 people in a bar on a random day, we sparked serious energy.
Who is singing?
@@yashotokana258 John obviously :)
When was the last time you talked to John? What was the reaction like back in Connecticut when he made it big?
So basically you know "marie" from the song dear marie
Are there any other recordings from that night? Hearing John play Jimi and SRV is one of the best things to listen to
Crazy to think he'd only been playing for 4 years at this point... incredible
if you play for four years non stop, youre gonna have chops like this.
@@sixtynizzle Yes
@@sixtynizzle Being this good after four years isn't really anything especially impressive, high schoolers that can play this well are a dime a dozen. But what makes him so special is how he can sing so well while playing (hell, just being able to sing while playing is an achievement in of in itself). A lot of people really underestimate how hard it is to sing while playing guitar. I know a lot of guys who can play the likes of EVH or Blackmore or Vai but couldn't sing while playing if their life depended on it
@@rap2xtrooper878 well the vocals and guitar alternate in Texas Flood..
the kid was 17, how can anybody talk shit about this incredible guitar work. even if he is "ripping off stevie" it would take anybody a lifetime of practice to sound anywhere near this good. Plus john mayer has now taken stevie and many other styles and molded them into his own style and sound which is unique and all his own.
Correct, like SRV, Clapton, JIMI, before him. Everyones influcned by someone, and they mold it into something new. Heck a lot of new guitarist now is influenced by Mayer.,
I don’t even think it’s “ripping off” stevie, he’s simply playing a cover.
Its not imitation, its inspiration
He’s 17 he has influences he’s gonna play like until he develops his own style I agree. People just love to hate when they aren’t as good as others and that’s the plain truth 😂
Would you expect anything else from people? They're idiots, and there's no fix for that.
He sat for hours and learned how to play like B.B., SRV, Albert King, Jimi, etc. etc. He mimics them in his playing because they are his heroes. He synthesizes SRV and B.B. all in one solo and its amazing. You hear him paying homage a lot more when he plays straight blues music. But, listen to solos on Gravity, Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, I Don't Trust Myself with Loving You (all live of course) and he has a style of his own. He knows the exact right notes to choose to evoke emotion, not just shred up and down the neck. He also infuses jazz stylings into his playing quite frequently. Listen to him play his solo on Sweet Home Chicago at Crossroads, he blows almost everyone out of the water. The man has an incredible ear and soul for music, his musicality is not a learned behavior, but one he clearly was born with.
Wow, you were not kidding about that Sweet Home Chicago solo! So good.
Guitar master
I could not agree more. I used to defend him, but now I just don't give that time of my life away to anyone who doesn't understand music or instruments other than selecting the listening device of choice and pressing play. That's what Music is all about and why we have influential people and reasons for liking what we do because of them. It goes the same for athletes and Internet trolls I guess they have their heroes I'm sure that they get off on laughing at their jokes??? All of my guitar influences turned me into the player I am . You're goddamn right I steal his licks! What the hell do you think the blues is?? There's a part of the Guitar literally deemed the BB King block and I, with much respect steal it and play it with my best ability not to let him down LOL. Internet trolling assholes are nothing more than people insecure of themselves with nothing at all to do with their pathetic lives. I never understood spending the time to comment on something you do not like, when knowing you didn't like "it" before you even clicked on it. I'll end my rant by saying if Eric Clapton approves...i'm good with that.. It would be like Jesus recommending religion. Those two giants of their craft have a better understanding than any of us ever will. Yes I compared Jesus and Clapton with sarcasm but let's troll the trollers. We know they're sitting home doing nothing.
That sweet home Chicago solo is something else... no one was expecting that. And you couldn't be any more correct, well said.
It’s not something he s was born with, you create greatness
just astonishing. its one thing to learn to play, imitate the greats, steal a lick or two. But its real damn hard to fake soul.
17 years old.
Seems kinda unfair when you think about it, but damn this kid could play.
much love to you John.
At around 4:29 you can hear where he slipped to move the guitar to around his back. At around 4:48 you can hear the crowd respond when he lifted it so it was backwards behind his head. Really showing off the SRV moves at this show.
Sam Morrissey are you THE Sam Morrissey?
Technically that’s Hendrix’s move
It's funny how the internet is. If John Mayer had 17 today and this happened to show up on youtube, people would be like "Meh, SRV is better" and shit. Back then when we didn't have youtube or anything like it, people knew how to appreciate a guitar player. I'm not a fan of John Mayer's work whatsoever, but anyone who refuses to recognize him as a good guitar player is an asshole. No one will ever be like Jimi or SRV, but there are a LOT of good guitar layers out there and JM is one of them. As always, haters gonna hate.
players*
So true man
I agree, youtube has made talent a novelty. People are never impressed by anything anymore cause seeing someone do something unique and special is so easy now. In a lot of ways the internet has elevated us but ruined us at the same time
TheJordaddy35 That is a brilliant point. I never thought about it like that
I actually think he's a better all around player than SRV and Hendrix (just MHO). What I mean by that is he has great diversity in his style and his ability to adapt to different moods and feel is among the best I have ever seen. Sure, Jimi and Stevie playing there stuff sound better but at least part of that is because it's theirs. If we never heard of those guys and they all existed in the same era and we gave them all Red House to cover I wonder which version we would like best? Guess we'll never know will we?
SRV is strong with this one
@Ra Fe a bit over exaggerated but i agree with in some ways
17 and imitating a legend. Takes guts. Extremely well done. Way to go john.
His guitar playing was way beyond his years on this earth at this point in his life! Astounding it would have been to hear this unknown kid live in some bar, belting out the blues this way.
Kinda cool to think just 11 years later he'd be playing this at SRV's RRHOF induction ceremony.. along side Jimmie
If this is 94, it would be 21 years. SRV was inducted in 2015
I’m 17 and I officially am not legally allowed to touch my guitar again
Alright, I'm 15 now, if I can play like this 2 years from now, my musical journey would have taken a major step
How are you 1 year in? How's the process?
@@lunaruniverse2388 It took me one year to play like this but I already had a year of basic guitar experience behind me. Jm is a major influence of mine
It’s been 2 years now 😈
Kill it
So... How do you play today?
This would probably have been right before or just after our friend Al Ferrante was his guitar teacher. I remember Al talking about this amazing student he had, but at the time never would have thought he was talking about a guitar legend in the making. Awesome listen! Between his guitar skills and his soul searching songwriting, he's one in a million and always will be one of my favorite musicians. Thanks for posting.
+joesl8 that's not nice. As a matter of fact, it's kind of like being a douche.
+joesl8 You are really showing your lack of knowledge about Mayer's catalog and who listens to his music. Those so called teenage girls? They're middle aged at this point and have kids themselves. He's enjoying a long and loyal following which has evolved as he has. People who are critical of Mayer amazes me. Have all the musical heavy weights with whom he has collaborated, written with, performed with...have all these people got it wrong? Do they all think he's a tool? If he's such a tool and only appeals to teen age girls how to you explain the trajectory of his career? How do you explain his success? It's certainly not bubble gum to be greatly respected by the likes of Clapton. Or was he seduced too? You don't have to like his voice and you don't have to be a fan, but you're dead wrong about his musical relevance and credibility among peers.
Is this still 2010?
Katherine Christ-Janer 3 years ago and they still haven’t responded to this intelligent and well composed comment. Lol
@joesl8 fuck you.
Yeah, the first 4 tracks on this playlist are from a live show in 1994 at a bar in Bridgeport, CT called Giovanna's. These songs are recorded direct to cassette tape from a VHS recording, which has yet to surface.
Jaw to the floor. John Mayer is a special breed of human talent. God blessed us by blessing him.
This is John Mayer singing on this track, and the rest on this 1994 compilation. I can only say so because I was there.
Can we have a few more failed musicians comment on how 17 year old John Mayer isn't as special as they are, please?
Six years later, this comment is still so relevant.
@@TkacikYero Indeed.
He got famous for his voice and looks not for guitar skills trust me guitar wise hes barely average and to this day hes just about as average as it gets there's about 450 guitarist I can name on top of him without exerting much effort. But his voice was what really panded him there. I mean why do you think he got famous singing acoustic pop songs dude and not blistering solos or as a blues musician like SRV? Simple, he just didn't have the chops. But he had the chops for pop music. And if you track his career it wasn't until he was a pop star he dabbled in blues and other music, he knew he had no chance but to write Taylor Swift esque pop music. So ya that's basically like entering a shit ton of cheat codes into GTA.
@@Michael-bt6ht Lol ur playing right in to this guys comment. And his voice didn't carry him to fame... I can name about 450 singers that have a better voice than him. Its the triple threat of voice, guitar and songwriting. Also, why would he have made music that nobody was going to listen too? His choice to start with "acoustic pop" music to become famous is pretty logical considering the other artists during that time (it also made him millions so you cant blame him). Why wasn't he blues guitarist from day one? Probably because no labels would sign kids during that time. Who are you to say that he doesn't have the chops for blues? He is undoubtedly an absolute animal on the guitar and has been recognized by B.B, Clapton and probably more. I'll take their opinions over pretty much anyone elses, especially urs. U just hate him cause you ain't him.
@@Michael-bt6ht yeah like Clapton called him a master of guitar coz he has a crush on John Mayer's face. Get dry fucked, dude 😂
He's playing with? Also, HOLY SHIT! At 17?!? I wish there was a video of him. I bet it was so insane. WOW
Lets put it out there that this kid was born with talent, like few others.. and stevie would have wanted this. JM feels the notes flowing through him almost like SRV is just feeding them to him straight from heaven. If you don't shake or tremble with cold chills to this, you might need to listen to more stevie
Pretty much all of us would beg to be that good. And at 17??? Come on, man! :)
If I didn't know this is John Mayer I can easly say its SRV in his early days.
As much as i wanted to say the same, definitely not, but still amazing
This makes me sick. Goddamn 17, playing better than anyone I know including myself. Shake my damn head!
i actually find this hard to listen to because its so damn good
effectively what your saying is he listened to someone who inspired him and got caught up in all the trappings pretty much all of us do when he was 17. hes still pulling off some technique that guitar players who've been playing more than 17 years struggle with. the kid is gifted then and now. he's earned the right for someone to say so without assholes critiquing him
What’s most incredible ab both John and Stevie is their dexterity. Texas flood is the type of song that makes ur finger hurt after playing.
Amen to that
john blows everybody out of the water with this badass cover. 17 and the boy could hang with the best of em and choose to pursue his dreams holy fucking shit!!!
Lars Ulrich on drums
Jajaja
I first started playing guitar when I was 13 playing on an old busted acoustic, I remember trying to figure out how to make the notes and actually started playing on the frets instead of in between them. I’m 16 now and I’m way better than I was 3 years ago an I’m now discovering all this blues stuff if anyone has any blues songs/artist suggestions I would appreciate it thanks. Also dope upload I love john mayer he’s a modern day guitar god.
SRV, Buddy Guy, B.B King, Albert King, Howling Wolf, Lightning Hopkins too name a few🎸🎼🎶🎵🥁
Keep going bud , don’t give it up .
Honestly keep an open mind, mix the blues up with other genres like funk, rock, Latin, country, jazz, make it ur own style, trust me, that’s how all of these legend got their style, mixing it up, and being open, learn from anywhere and everywhere
Actually he's born in 77, so assuming this was recorded before October 11th, he'd have been 16.
Reading the comments and I see people saying John Mayer is a copycat of srv. We gotta spread the love for the blues, everyone has a hero and John Mayer had an amazing one, I don’t get the reason to hate on anyone for playing someone else’s blues song. Like Stevie Ray Vaughans hero said “ if you can’t dig the blues, you’ve got a hole in your soul”. - Albert king
At 16? That's impressive.
wow it's just mind blowing how good he was at such a young age.
Thats A LOT of having to back up the cassette over and over to learn those licks. NO tutorials back then let alone visuals
A seventeen year old Mayer was this way. The man has grown in the past nineteen years - hell, even by 2004 he was more than worthy to grace a live Crossroads jam with Eric Clapton. By then it was clear that the man could know the neck up and down, even if he were blind, deaf and dumb. Feels music like crazy.
He might've been a kid here, but he's a musician's musician, now.
If he is 40 now, wouldn't he have only been 16 years old when this was recorded? Amazing!!!!
there are so many pro guitar players commenting on youtube, i'm in so much awe right now
i cant believe he was 17 then, i´m a fan of John but im 17 now and listening to him play all day wowowowowow my god this stauafff is perfect
This was at a bar called Giovanni's in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Sam Morrissey I’m from New Haven- is this spot still open?
After just 4 years of playing?!? Don’t feel bad if you’ve been working at it for 15 years and still don’t sound quite this good… I’m right there with ya. I think some people may be born with a hint more of the ancient nephilim/ Annunaki / demi-god DNA in their genes… those ancient pyramid & megalithic stone builders were on a whole other level. 😉
Started playing at 15 gave it up for a year 16. Then at the end of 16 I started paying again. I just turned 18 but hope to get better soon. I improved so much in one year, I can just imagine how good I would be if I started earlier in life. But to be fair, when I started at 15 my incentives wasn’t correct (getting girls, and impressing people). Jimi made me realize guitar is much more than that
It's him singing and playing guitar.
HOLY SHIT.... this is only after 4 years of playing.... i'm willing to bet he was listening to a lot of srv around this time lol god damn
HOLY SHIT. HOW CAN YOU BE THAT GOOD WHEN YOU'RE 17?
Apparently he spent most of his youth locked in his room playing the guitar. So much so that his parents thought he had mental issues...
WITHOUT UA-cam!?
HDaviator Wait! He doesn't?!
Btw, most of his "chops" were acquired at BCOM. So...
*****
That's not really true. He wasn't there for that reason. Listen to his interviews on his time there. BTW he obviously made the right choice to withdraw and move to Atlanta because it didn't take long for him to become very well known in that music scene and get his first record to be a hit.
*****
And that should really say something. Like Michael Zitzer said in one of the other comments he is a natural musical talent.
I watch him play sitting down on the stage and just rift away,I wanted more, you are so good, I knew he had it!!!🎶💞🎶
He should have started his career with this stuff first before the poppy songs that women went crazy for. That is why some people don't like his music I think for that reason. In my humble opinion, this is pretty Damn good and I know Stevie Ray Vaughan would be impressed. If Stevie Ray Vaughan was still alive I'm sure he would be on one of his new CDs. Albert King was impressed by Stevie Ray Vaughan which is not easy to do. He gave Albert King no quarter when they played in Canada but at Anton's Stevie Ray Vaughan was going at it with Albert King going toe to toe and coming back with another cool guitar riff.
Exceptional guitar work! It's interesting to consider if he had gone the way of Blues guitar hero, he might still be doing one nighters out of a van. He'd be wowing people in clubs but doubtful he would have risen to such heights. Not because he wasn't great because he was as/is a great guitar player. But that's not enough to distinguish you from a world of great guitar players! His writing skills and performance of those songs distinguishes him out from the rest. AND he plays a bitchin' guitar as well. Now you've got something (kid)!
Had no idea he could play like this as a kid. I saw one of his shows right after he got signed and it was just him with an acoustic singing generic pop. I was like 'meh' and never listened to him again for about 15 years or so until I heard his incredible Trio stuff
Its unbelieveable. Is that John Mayer?
Its hard to think this dude would be a versatile Pop star starting here. Shows you how much a person can grow by moving out of the little pond.
That’s a pretty good rhythm section and his vocals actually sound really good.
If youtube was around back then im pretty sure john must have upload his video playing his room
Wow!!! When I had been playing 4 years I wanted to sound just like SRV but I couldn’t even come CLOSE to this at that time!!! If I heard this when was 20 I might have thrown in the towel!!
He looked exactly like Jimmy Kimmel when he was 17.
is he singing too?? that voice sounded too much like SRV it's scary
Damn, he was crazy from the very beginning...
pure inspiration.
Go back to the blues, John. This is wonderful.
He did for a while check out the John Mayer trio stuff
Puts a smile on my face, thank you for sharing.🌹😉
@spankystone I kinda agree with you there. Don't get me wrong tho he is still a great guitar player.
I wish I knew about Stevie when I was 14. I’d be so much better by now but I’m still thankful I can play the little Stevie I can
John Boy, laying down the tracks in 94
Being popular for romantic interests does not take away from the fact that Mayer has been acclaimed by critics and legendary guitarists/musicians everywhere.
You can give Govan that superficial title, but no modern guitarist knows music like Mayer.
you are quite correct, no ingenuity; because john mayer is extremely genuine and writes fantastic lyrics. covering a major, major guitar legend at the age of 17 takes major balls
Who is good ...🥰 is born ready !!! 🎸😘
kurt cobain was still alive and john was performing like this
It takes discipline for a drummer to stick to his basic slow drum, giving that awesome feeling to a song. This drummer seems to struggle with that. Great to hear this stuff nonetheless, thanks for these uploads!
as written in the description john was 17 years old. keep this fact in mind an remember he went '97 to collage, till then his voice wasn't that well developed. i'm sure there he got his voice education
wish I can be that good after 4 years of hard work lol
a pity the drummer lets this down
Jamie Marshall 😂😂
did john play with a fender ??
Interesting to hear him at this early age! And interesting to hear him cover a song by one of his heroes.
Fantastic. Thanks for posting.
wow this is insane
people grow up so much between 17 and 25..His voice was nothing like it sounds on the records...I guess his singing style changed also...
Mind mind boggles when someone slates a guitarist for playing like the guy the guitarist is covering.
Woah.. John Mayer everybody. I can't imagine the cynicism you must have to poo poo this performance.
......wut....shall i dare take a look at your guitar vids? ..at 17?
My comment was a pro John Mayer comment.
tMattLZ haha thought you meant "you" as in JM. my mistake!
Wow i can't believe what i'm hearing... Wish i was so good at the age of 17 (or ever) this sounds close enough to SRV
stevie, stevie, oh stevie
MAN oh man.. jus hear him go
You are right. You are way better.
Albert King Tone...
Where was this concert played? Was it at school, at someone's garage, or what? I'm curious.
The hell! he was 17?
What the hell did he study to be able to play licks like this for only 4 years?!?!?
school of SRV.
UA-cam hahaha
his hands are the size of your whole arm
This though lol.
It's a gift you can't teach! You have it or you don't, he obviously has it!!!
Lil stevie
Was he singing?
yes
Holy cow Sam Morrissey you were on bass!
Amazing
Il 20 and i steel have my mom’s voice
goat
nice.
Srv did a good cover of this
No one said that he's doing the singing on this. He's probably just playing guitar
play this back at 75 % speed and its better lol
He and Johnny Lang need to do a collab
toca de mais chol de bola
Its sped uppp
+sonnytjuh how are you certain
+Alex Haggar Well, listen closely to his vibrato!!!! and the bends for example 0:37. Also his singing sounds not so natural. Listen LISTEN xD
holy crap youre right
Damn your right, still impressive even if a little slower
@@sonnytjuh Nahh thats just tape wow and flutter giving the unnatural vibrato
the tone is like 99% same
No it's not close at all actually. Ive seen better tone from UA-cam players lol
Govan is good but its only your opinion he is the best in the world.....