Bill Kruetzmann, the man of many faces 😂

Is John drinking?

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Trying to understand this, is all he saying is use position 5 instead of position 1of minor pentatonic? I don't get the trick here...

Fantastic insight/point Mayor made regarding JG playing more like a piano. Just stated the obvious that really hit home.

Bought his first CD in 2004. Twenty years later, I heard him perform Assassin acoustic in Amsterdam. Best song of his show that night. His songs ‘evolve over the years’, always surprising. Superb!

The fat man rocks

I’m glad you’re doing these lessons! Now if I could only sing!😅 Thanks John! You’re truly a professional….🎸

Just know your boxes! There's only five. In my mind always really explaining is everyone knows box one Don't forget five is just behind that then four so on and so forth.

Everyone must have their own "greatest guitarist" favorite, or top three, or top ten. It's all so subjective. There are guitarists, surely, who played faster than Jerry. There are guitarists who played in a more disciplined way. There are people in the jazz world and classical world who do this in their sleep, they are so good. Jerry, if he had had more self-discipline and less self-indulgence, could have been all that. But what I hear when I listen to Jerry play is that, to me, he is the most MUSICAL guitarist. When he was good, before the ravages of heroin, he could be spellbinding. His playing could just apprehend me, grab me, and pull my ear in, and it was so FELT. It could rip your head open like a split cantaloupe. It had power. Sometimes he was a "noodler," but most of the time he would do things, and you would think, "WHAAT? He's going deep!" And his vocals: Jerry wasn't a Bennett or Sinatra caliber singer. His voice was kind of reedy and a little thin (cigarettes?), but he was a great singer of his songs. His delivery, phrasing, empathy, breathing and voice control were all phenomenal.

One man gathers. Once you know.

hi John mayer here, check out the next story where I'm showing you my new fender........*showing his car's fender

It’s weird ask questions about a dead man’s perspective

Sorry, I don't see the glamour of acting like a complete jerk in France ....threatening drivers in the street for fun. I thought John Mayer seemed embarrased for him

Standing on the moon - But I would rather be with you Somewhere in San Francisco - On a back porch in July

The most basic thing for him, it's a f****n awesome riff for me

bruhh this guy knows music theory fam

He's an amazing instructor, I wish he was't famous so he can be my guitar teacher.

i'd love some john's commentary on some his favorite bill evans songs

that doesn't look like Kreutzman

Isn’t he just playing minor pentatonic box 5 as well as box 1?

Imagine if it was a normal thing in our society to communicate by playing guitar licks between everything you said. Everyone had a guitar. That would be wild and probably sound cool as well.

Ha…… I know for for some reason that seems life changing because never learned one in there life how pale an a orange 🍊 or and for some people this won’t be surprising to them because they already know how to pale an orange 🍊 because they know it logic and there parents or parent or guardians taught them how pale an orange 🍊

John Mayer really gets it. I couldn't think of a better guitarist to carry on the torch. Not to mention, he's a damn good singer too

Don't forget he paved the way for all kinds of Allman brothers double stop and pedal steel style riffs and he was doing Mountain Jam on they're second album (Anthem of the Sun) He layed down the law and others ran with it.

I hope we get see him get a nap in. Oh and that is not an orange. I bet he can’t even peel an actual orange. What a loser. 😂

I'm a devouted Bill Evans fan. What John Mayer is saying is absolutely accurate!

John Mayer never talks just to talk. He always has something insightful to say. He really is a massive fan of music and curious. That has led him to be one of the best musicians alive today. His work with Dead & Co is so impressive.

Can't stand John Mayer! He's not among the greatest players at all and I've heard teens that can play him under the table! He's spends more time with dope and broads than the guitar!

I dont understand how people could hate john when you see his reverence for jerry and the band.

I think John is an amazing guitarist. I love his art. Thought John Mayer was lame when i was young, but now i'm glad he's still going strong

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What's the second song?

That's a mandarin.

TF you talking about. Lay off the shrooms.

100% I can relate to this with songwriting. One technique that I found helpful was a tip from Gary Numan. You create the music, create a vocal track with just an instrument (piano) and then match the vocal/instrument track in beats. Then you write lyrics to match those beats in sequence. It is a lot easier to have the beat and music first and then have lyrics match it. Lyrics written independently is almost impossible to make it match. I've heard some songs where you can tell the lyrics were written first and the song just seems wordy - like the words run into each other. The other tip is to come up with a list of ideas for songs. Then when you are writing/matching lyrics for a song you can pull from that idea list. Lyric writing matching music is extremely mathematical. It is like matching socks - but I see it more like a puzzle. You are scrolling in your head for different words to match the beat and eventually, you get the right combination. It is like a combination lock you are cracking.

Why do I care what some celebrity thinks?

it is funny, Fender needs artists in contemporary music...I feel they lost someone who needed the top 10 handle with care treatment of all people, maybe even top 5!!! since some of the srtist who have signature models aren't even around anymore...Fender needs artist that proudly play their stratocasters, the model that is the best of all the lines they make in the factory. But sure, i know how Fender works, if it ain't broken don't fix it, keep the American factory cheap and let the mexicans work for nothing...And indeed if a strat works it works, but man, the pickguards, the paint the wood they can all be made better and differently. You should not be tied into a collection of colors and call it innovation...

people just do not understand his humor, like the end when he talks about workshopping the hair by going to bars to see if any people make comments. hahaha the best

I wanna get into phrasing... Archer fan?

If you want a real evolution of the strat get a G&L. Soooooo much better than a silver sky.

John Mayer you did update the strat at all, what you have is a strat with prs headstock and yes i owed one. The clapton strat is a much bigger evolution of the strat as is the Gilmore and beck strats than what john mayers prs strat is.

His guitar just rip off of a strat ! And too much money.

this is so epic

Looks like you just changed the headlights on the old station wagon I loved the JM fender strat with big dipper pick ups black with rosewood absolutely beautiful

“We’re cool, we don’t have to talk”….well said John. 👍 That is how I feel about most exes.

his guitar looks like its made of concrete and i love it tbh

my dad was a deadhead and i was literally hearing jerry in the car on the way home from the hospital when i was born, im a deadhead from birth (1987). jerry sure did supply me with a hobby i love, i love the tone chasing and all the gear, i was fascinated learning music theory, and i love picking up my guitar and floating away with the sounds, thanks uncle jerry❤