American singer-songwriter, guitarist, music producer John Mayer was born October 16, 1977 in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in a family of teachers. His father, Richard Meyer , was the principal at the time, and his mother, Margaret Meyer, taught English classes.
Young talent
From childhood, John Mayer was distinguished by musical abilities, and when he went to school, he began to take private lessons in playing the clarinet and violin. At the age of thirteen, he first picked up a guitar. At that time, the teenager was impressed by rock and roll of the fifties like Johnny Be Goode performed by Elvis Presley, he also liked the work of Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker.
Once in the hands of John fell into a cassette with recordings of the famous bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughn. Blues music captivated the young musician so much that he began day and night to pick up familiar melodies on his guitar, and then play them with his friends.
From the age of sixteen, John Mayer began performing in various clubs, which gave him the opportunity to improve his guitar playing skills. Two years later, the young musician became a member of the band Villanova Junction, but did not last long there.
Failed music education
In 1996, John Mayer, whose songs had already gained some popularity, entered Berkeley, a prestigious college of music located in Boston. There he made friends with his classmate Clay Cook. Soon, both friends dropped out and moved to Atlanta, where they created the Lofi Masters band and began performing in nightclubs. Six months later, John Mayer chose to start a solo career, left the band and released his first album Inside Wants Out, which was released in mid-1999.
Exactly one year later, the musician recorded the second album, called Room For Squares, which included the popular hit No Such Thing. In 2000, John Mayer, whose albums began to be released one after another, signed a contract with Columbia Records, and immediately released an updated version of Inside Wants Out.
The year 2003 was marked for Mayer by receiving the first Grammy Award, in the nomination "Best Vocal" in pop style for a song called Your Body Is A Wonderland. In the same year, his first live album, Any Given Thursday, was released in DVD format.
Programs on TV with the participation of a guitarist
Since mid-2004, John Mayer, whose albums have already been sold in millions of copies, has opened his own television program, entitled "Music Lessons with John Mayer." In addition to music, there was a lot of humor in the programs, conversations on popular topics, and communication with viewers.
In the fall of 2005, Mayer invited a wide audience to come up with verses for the music he created. The guitarist's repertoire had many styles, ranging from pop, blues, country to rockabilly. Poems were sent in huge numbers, and the winner was a certain Fagan Tim from Los Angeles.
John launched a stormy activity on the Internet, in addition to his own official website, the musician communicates with fans on three more portals.
In terms of creative implementation, John Mayer is nevertheless closer to television, he accepts an invitation to participate in many programs, mostly music, but does not refuse to act as an artist of the colloquial genre. In various talk shows, John feels quite comfortable, he knows how to organically fit into any script, even without preliminary rehearsals.
One day, Mayer took part in one of the episodes of the criminal series "CSI: Crime Scene", where he played two soundtracks and played one of the supporting roles.
Awards
In total, John Mayer was nominated for a Grammy Award nineteen times, but received a prize in only seven cases. His work has been repeatedly noted by other American musical art associations.
Discography
Between 2001 and 2013, Meyer released six studio albums, which were sold in huge numbers. Currently, the guitarist is working on the next disc, the recording of which is scheduled for the summer of 2016. The album will mainly include new compositions, although a certain number of songs will be included from previous collections.
Personal life
The guitarist is always in the center of attention of reporters of various publications, newspapers and magazines. A charismatic young man attracts women, his relations with famous actresses, singers, theater divas and just famous ladies are regularly discussed on the pages of glossy magazines.
John Mayer's girlfriends succeed quite often, among them were Jennifer Aniston, Minka Kelly, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Swift Taylor. At one time, the yellow press attributed Mayer an affair with Heidi Klum, but the rumors were not confirmed, in fact, John and the German supermodel did not deserve any attention.
But with the singer of American descent Katy Perry, according to the ubiquitous reporters, "everything was." The relationship between Katie and John lasted for three years, during which they broke up several times, and then converged again.