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John Mayer - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor, Writer, Composer.

Born October 16, 1977, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA - American songwriter and performer, guitarist and keyboardist, and music producer.

I took violin and clarinet lessons at school. When John was thirteen years old, his father rented a guitar for him, and Mayer began taking lessons from a local record store owner. A neighbor gave John a Stevie Rae Vaughn cassette, which started his love of the blues. The desire to play the guitar came to him after watching the movie Back to the Future, “when Michael J. Fox was playing 'Johnny Be Goode'. I think - after that I decided on playing the guitar. "

Subsequently, John began listening to "The Police", Jimi Hendrix, but most of all to Stevie Rae Vaughn, who became his idol and greatest inspiration in guitar playing.

At the age of 16, John began performing in clubs. At an older age, he became a member of the group "Villanova Junction", along with Tim Procacini, Joe Balesney and Rich Wolf, but did not stay in it for long.

At 19, John Mayer entered the Berklee College of Music in Boston. However, influenced by his fellow student Clay Cook, a year later John dropped out and moved with Cook to Atlanta, Georgia. There the two formed the LoFi Masters and performed at local clubs. Due to disagreements in the choice of musical style, Mayer left the group and began a solo career. John released his first album, Inside Wants Out, in 1999, and a year later his breakthrough disc, Room for Squares, was released with the sensational hit No Such Thing (based on a conversation with mother).

In 2000 John signed with Columbia Records and in 2001 released the second version of "Inside Wants Out" with the bonus track "3x5".

In 2003, John won his first Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for Your Body is a Wonderland. He also released his first live DVD that year, Any Given Thursday. In the summer of 2004, John participated in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, where he played alongside some of the greatest guitarists of our time. He really became one of them.

John started out playing mostly acoustic rock, but then moved on to blues ... Daughters, Wheel.

has toured North America, Asia and Europe for three full years. In early 2005, John won two Grammy Awards, (Best Male Pop Vocal, and Song of the Year for Daughters), which brought tears of pride to his fans.

John Mayer is now one of the most respected guitarists of our time, both among beginners and established artists.

In 2013 released the critically acclaimed album "Paradise Valley".

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