John Clayton Mayer was born October 16, 1977, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, and started playing guitar at 13 after being inspired by a Stevie Ray Vaughan tape his neighbor gave him. In 1998 he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he refined his skills and gained a following. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 2002 single "Your Body Is a Wonderland" from the album Room for Squares. In February 2005, he was awarded the Song of the Year Grammy for his song Daughters, which he composed while in the shower, from the album Heavier Things. In winning the award, he beat out such contenders as Alicia Keys, and Kanye West. He dedicated this award to his grandmother, Annie Hoffman, who died in May 2004. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for which Elvis Costello, Prince and Seal were also nominated. In 2007, John won 2 Grammys, one for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for the song "Waiting On The World To Change," and also Best Pop Vocal Album for his most recent album, Continuum. To date, Mayer has toured with many groups, including Maroon 5, Guster, Counting Crows<
1 | Wheel | Heavier Things |
2 | Love Is aVerb | Born and Raised |
3 | Who Says | Battle Studies |
4 | Badge and gun | Paradise Valley |
5 | In Repair | Continuum |
6 | In the Blood | The Search For Everything |
7 | Back To You | Room for Squares |
8 | Comfortable | Inside Wants Out |
9 | Bold As Love | Continuum |
10 | Free Fallin' [Live] | Where The Light Is: Live In Los Angeles [Disc 1] |
11 | Shadow Days | Born and Raised |
12 | On the way home | Paradise Valley |
13 | A Face To Call Home | Born and Raised |
14 | I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) [Live] | Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles [Disc 2] |
15 | Why Georgia [Live] | Where The Light Is Live In Los Angeles [Disc 2] |
16 | Daughters | Heavier Things |
17 | Neon [Live] | Where The Light Is: Live In Los Angeles [Disc 1] |
18 | I will be found lost at sea | Paradise Valley |
19 | Love On the Weekend | The Search For Everything |
20 | Rosie | The Search For Everything |