John Mayer

A soulful singer to the core, John Mayer was born on Oct. 16, 1977 in Bridgeport, CT and has a gift of writing sharp lyrics and a deft command of the guitar that was reminiscent of renowned blues guitarists like Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy. The Grammy Award-winning singer burst onto the pop scene with the album Room for Squares (2001), and easily made his mark as a sensitive crooner having a "quarter-life crisis" with songs such as "No Such Thing" and "Your Body Is a Wonderland." Mayer's follow-up albums, "Heavier Things" (2003) and "Continuum" (2006), featured ballads like "Daughters" that displayed the acoustic rocker's vulnerabilities, as well as his reflections on bigger political and social issues like "Waiting on the World to Change." In 2009, he released the commercially successful album pop-rock "Battle Studies," featuring openhearted lyrics and brilliant guitar-shredding skills. In 2012, he released "Born and Raised," which showed another side to Mayer's style with music containing elements of folk and Americana. "Paradise Valley" was released in 2013. In 2015 Mayer, three former members of the rock band Grateful Dead and two others teamed up to form Dead & Company, The group is primarily a Grateful Dead cover band that has toured since its inception. In 2024 the group announced a residency in Las Vegas in 2024. Mayer has won seven Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year in 2005 for "Daughters" and Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for "Gravity" in 2009.