Consisting of two of Mayer’s travelling bandmates, the John Mayer Trio is a departure from Mayer’s usual pop-rock style. His blues band, the John Mayer Trio, join him on stage. The concert then transitions into what Mayer calls his “blues set”. Most musicians wouldn’t dare do this without the backing of a full band, but it’s a testament to Mayer’s confidence, and ability, that he not only attempted this, but pulled it off. Here, he intended to showcase his guitar skills. Three different sides of John Mayer.įilmed in Los Angeles, Mayer starts the concert with his “acoustic set” – 4 original songs, followed by a cover of Tom Petty’s ‘Free Fallin’. Released in 2008, concurrently with the DVD of the same name, Where the Light Is is a two-and-a-half hour journey through Mayer’s world. Luckily, “John from Connecticut” got that chance with his DVD/live album release Where the Light Is. A man who wanted to share his heart, soul, and music with as many people as he could. However, before Mayer reached his status as one of pop/rock/blues fusion’s biggest icons, he was just “John from Connecticut”. Since then, Mayer’s star has risen to extraordinary heights, winning seven Grammy awards and charting numerous times on Billboard’s Hot 100. Its shot using high definition cameras and really has a nice, sharp quality to it.John Mayer has been music’s soft rock icon since he burst onto the scene with his critically acclaimed debut Room for Squares in 2001. The highlight of the band event was obviously Gravity, which is his best performance of that song ever! The singing, the solo, the energy! It's just perfect! So overall this is DVD is definitely worth your purchase. The instrumentation is perfect and it just goes well with all the songs he performs. The Band set is what everyone was waiting for. You also get to see a very different side of Mayer which is quite unusual, and it's most present during his solo of the blues jam Out Of My Mind. The energy between the three is just insane and they really managed to kick it up a notch after the acoustic set. The Trio set is just drop-dead blues at its best. He also introduces 2 new songs (one original and one cover) In Your Atmosphere and Free Fallin' which sounds amazing.

The opening song Neon is the best version of that song I've heard him perform anywhere.

This concert is categorized into 3 sections:- Acoustic, Trio & Band The Acoustic set is basically playing most of the songs that he plays the acoustic guitar on, but you'll be surprised on how different it sounds without the band.

Even the guitar solos are better than the originals.

What's really interesting about this concert is that he has taken the best of his tracks (mainly from the Continuum album) and given it a whole new feel and sound. This concert is definitely one of the best concerts John Mayer has ever performed! His voice is amazing, his guitar playing's at another level, even the band has a great chemistry.

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