John Mayer NY, Beacon Theatre - 4. I Don't Trust Myself

Seven-time Grammy Award winning musician John Mayer performs at the Beacon Theatre (Tuesday, November 17 at 9pm) in celebration of his new album Battle Studies.

[@MrUnknownVariable]

I laugh when people complain about John Mayer's singing. He's a guitar player who taught himself how to sing exactly well enough to sell a record. That's what you're paying for at a concert- not a songwriter/singer, a songwriter/guitar player. And a damn good one at that.

[@pointedspider]

Who can complain!?!?

[@H8nobeat]

@@pointedspider So many you can't imagine

[@jgabbert1279]

definetely a genius.. cant wait to see him in pheonix .. JM rocks

[@Themachinegun]

What I love about John is that he is as organic as you can get. Real ! ! ! No auto tune. He's not a machine he's a real person and real people are not perfect everytime. They grow, change, and evolve. The difference is he is sharing with us.......look at yourself. What were you into 5 years ago? What are you into now? .....Keep growing John. Real fans will grow with you.

[@psjeev1]

I like all the songs at this concert...especially "Perfectly Loney"....he is one the musician will remember for generations....

[@Lopesdj]

Best version o this song i´ve heard...Flawless.

[@brumpy]

hes a perfectionist.. he missed a fret for just a sec and he was pissed..

[@nataszkie]

OMG, love his dancing.

[@philipcallado5693]

Good solo, but I like the "Where The Light Is One Better". Not only is it longer, John does a great job of building up to the climax. It had a Santana feel to it.

[@ronjhayespeleta4164]

Philip Callado am i the only one who does not like the live in la versions? It sounds too clean for a guitar solo for me. I prefer raw and gritty solos by john like this one.

[@adriansoul7223]

@@ronjhayespeleta4164 This one doesn't really sound gritty to me, it sounds like he just put in 5 licks cause he had no time to actually express himself.

[@smt1199]

Good news everyone! The backup singers are out, and the horns are back in! THANK GOODNESS!!!

[@soumnag7388]

guitar maestro

[@lubbiz]

Awesum playin' like always :D

[@jgabbert1279]

musical genius

[@leroybawab]

you rock Sqlife..dope name too

[@callyjohnwell]

Amen. Another Trio album is all I'd need. Hopefully the money he makes from this pop album will go towards funding another JM3 project.

[@fc7alibi]

It´s definitely a better solo than on WTLI.

[@DMBFAN513]

they played for 2 hours last night... from what i can remember JM played. "No Such Thing" "Bigger Than My Body" "Waiting on the World to Change" "Daughters" "Friends, Lovers, or Nothing" "Why Georgia" "Half Of My Heart" "Who Says" "Gravity" "Free Fallin" in no order.. thats all i can remember for now. ha

[@HeartBeatOfYourLife]

You said it:)

[@montysark]

And he said ,” David Ryan Harris”.

[@rafaelortiz8033]

Come to Spain please

[@LeAnn0206]

Sweeeeet :D

[@natifainbarg5655]

"How wrong you were about me..." (L)

[@ferrarimk13]

@TheMarkHoppus182 Its a Roger Linn Adrenalinn III on the envelope filter setting i believe. Expensive pedal but sounds great.

[@Jamescornelison]

@TheMarkHoppus182 its like an organ simulator pedal, he talks about it in one of his videos about recording i'm pretty sure someone made i for him i mean.. he literally has boxes of pedals hahah

[@Vectormediareactor]

@FreaquedeMusique thats true

[@Vectormediareactor]

@MarcusTheMadLad No , the POG is used in the song in repair, like an organ

[@MarcusTheMadLad]

@Vectormediareactor The POG isn't only used for the sound of an organ.

[@MarcusTheMadLad]

@JamesCornelisonMusic It's a called a POG.

[@stopsorry]

If you like this, you should definitely check out From Where The Light is version, if you already haven't.

[@fc7alibi]

John, please hire me. I´d kill to be in your band. I´ll even play tambourine if needed.

[@TheDVDGamer]

@k2snake where the light is has the best version of every song.....

[@fjrsm]

Does anyone else see the resemblances in the guitar part that starts at 5:40-somethings, till 6:40 with the solo from Belief?

[@HPGuitar]

He's got his black one out! Good lad!

[@daliksheppy]

@MuneebAtherMusic Oh. yeah i know id love one but theyre gunna be damn expensive. i meant that he was playing the black one. he seems to play it less and less

[@JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

@TheDVDGamer You have to check his concert at Webster Hall, NY. Then maybe you change your opinion :)

[@TacticalxRecon]

Does anyone have tabs for this end solo?

[@eduardocarrizo9307]

You are singning of key dude. Where the Light is version keeps being the pinacle of mayer's career.

[@Guedaumjija]

he's his own xD He and David Ryan Harris.

[@FrittenxD]

me too. looks like something want wrong, but i can't figure out what.

[@davidcarr90]

2:52 i lold

[@daliksheppy]

the black one is out!

[@Gyrosminator]

Must have been his in ear microphone. Check out 2:08 hes giving eye contact to the sound engineer. The moment you go falsetto you have trouble figuring out if you´re on the right track when you dont have monitoring...hence, i dont think hes in a bad form (hes singing the chest voice pretty good), yet he surely got drunk the night before. Peace and love

[@thejoshlee22]

His vocals seem a tad shakier than usual, but I'm sure that it's just a bad day. I will also say that it is astounding to see how much more mature his guitar-playing sounds compared even from as early as Where the Light Is.

[@thejoshlee22]

A lot of it has to do with that WTLI (Which is what I'm assuming you are basing this comment on) is a completely mixed/remastered/studio edited show, whereas this show is completely live soundwise. That being said, his voice is sounding a bit subpar, but I'm sure he'll bring it back around. It's been a while since he's been on the road. He sounded great on all the shows I've seen him play.

[@TwoMallets]

classic steve jordan moment at 1:58 :D

[@ArewGiurgi]

I have been trying to decipher what the face at 2:08 means after he says 'when it rains..'

[@auroraa606]

Could be a sign of frustration yea, as TG182 says.

[@Floresmusicamx]

does anyone know what kind of pedal is he getting that sound out of? It sounds like an organ.

[@wendisukmadarmawan]

2020?

[@IPlaySlots1970]

The only person he needs to sing back up for him is Steve Jordan and David Ryan Harris.

[@kishtime]

DAVID RYAN HARRIS MY BOY!

[@aydeeT]

go david ryan =)

[@seamus136]

next to john mayer, of fucking course :))

[@Josh19eightythree]

ahaha you can say that!

[@henkkman]

david ryan harris f'd up his part :SS too bad cause usually he's awesome

[@daliksheppy]

@MuneebAtherMusic what? lawl

[@aydeeT]

Tube Screamer probably

[@sdgiffin]

your point?

[@N4zfoMo]

Envelope Filters. KZbin them

[@WhoIsDirkAnyway]

Didn't you hear the guitar mistake?

[@pkarpiozo]

Not the best vocal performance that night but still JM great great great.

[@adrianondiano]

the tempo is a bit slower ..

[@guitarplayer1994]

@20000564 Absolutely everyone thinks like that. And it's true. The Background singer are annoying, the horns were great. The song's not the same without the horns...

[@JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

He is always fluent at playing but seems that sometimes struggles at singing.

[@mayerlife7754]

how wrong you were about me...how wrong you are

[@JusticieroDeLaMuerte]

2:53 No one realized that David Ryan Harris fucked up with his falsetto?

[@huesofblues]

both john and david ryan harris seem to sing out of tune in this. that's pretty unusual so i'm thinking there was maybe a problem with their feedback and they couldn't hear themselves properly...?

[@adrianondiano]

i dont have a point .. im just stating a fact

[@Counterflak]

Lose the Synths and bring the horn section!!

[@JacobMcCaslin]

he had the flu

[@PeterZeeke]

yeah, he was off on this. nevermind. I never really liked this song anyway. do in repair

[@andrewguitar67]

I don't care for the ladies singing in the back. Leave the back up vocals to the great David Ryan Harris.

[@StratMatt777]

I disagree.

[@gfmgma]

am i the only one who's not hearing that crappy out of tuned singing?

[@jamilavital]

hated his vocals in this song!

[@tissuechang]

Let's all hope this is the last time John hires black female back up singers.