Well that's just badass. Will def be checking it out - this version is ripping and you can tell he was on point, which means there are some other gems in the set. Cheers to you Bruno!
well he has learned from the greats and added in his own techniques. would love to see him have a guitar off with srv.clapton, stkins, setzer etc...would be a night worth 10X more than any usual concert.
AMEN to that; his tone is "out of this world" quality, and the groove is beyond that dimension --- from somewhere far out in the universe, just arriving to us after many light years of traveling through space and time; (or something)
This is first video that i saw John Mayer playing 5 years ago and i became his fan. Today i know every his song and he made me start palying guitar. Thank you Mr. Mayer
@@israelCommitsGenocide vultures is a good one as well pretty simple it's one kind of groove throughout the whole song if you get it how John gets it though it's awesome
@@philipsk are you kidding me? he writes amazing songs... check out continuum or room for squares, his songwriting is some of the best in the past 20 years, and a majority of it is written by Mayer only.
Jarecl Let's not forget all the behind the scenes songwriting John does for other artist. He definitely has a huge influence on the music industry and will for quite a while, even as his own music may or may not become less prevalent
@@TheM.O.V. That is part of the blues, but not all of it. Blues can be celebrating pleasure too, and just be something that is a part of your soul. John Mayer has blues running through his veins, even if he hasn't faced hardship. Saying that Real Blues is from hardship is like what you said in your reply, part of it. Blues is Blues.
@@chrisrichardson5834 that's funny.... I have a full house every night I plug in........ I wonder what they are doing here..? must be doing something right..... come to MI and check it out ....
So masterful, so Blues-manly and such a royal jam! I love, Love, LOVE him, like the verb. More evidence that John Mayer has LONG been a Master, the Man and the King ❣🌟💎👑
I've been watching this video for probably just over a year and it still amazes me that he made that sound come out of a stratocaster. john really just is something else
So grateful for good taste not dying out with age..It’s over the time, and people. It’s divine. Grateful for these tunes. This is the thing keep the world spinning. Absorb it.
Oh I love this video, I saw it a long time ago and when I searched for it again I could not find it. I love how he performs this, the tone and sound is amazing.
That’s a Cornish NG- 2 pedal he’s using to get that sound. He uses it and talks about it on the crossroads instructional video. It’s a really expensive pedal but it sounds great especially through really good amps
I love this song, since its lyrics go so far in the history of the blues, where famous blues musicians played a song on their guitar in the middle of the night at a crossroads. All of this in order to magically master the art of blues, while also selling their life to a demon.
How can such an unimaginable amount of talent be squeezed into one god damn person. The guitar is like an extension of him, as if it is one of his limbs. The amount of control there and all of that in front of crowd, mostly filled with women who are dehydrated for you, is nuts. John is just built different. What did his mother eat, see and listen during her pregnancy dawg, like wut ?
He began his career doing pop because pop sells more albums and gets more airtime, but he's been playing blues at his live shows since the beginning. The Blues is why he started playing guitar.
John did 2 solos. The first one was eclectic and reminded me of Jeff Beck. The 2nd one, he went blues and showed Clapton just how far mayer has advanced blues
Went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees Asked the lord for mercy, said help me if you please I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride No one seemed to know me, everybody passed me by You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown That I'm standing at the crossroads, I believe I'm sinking down
can someone explain me how John does this lick at 3:35 ? I've watched it at 0.25 speed and still can't understand. Does he really do a pinch harmonic on the 3rd note of the lick? His octave pedal must probably help to achieve this sound, but damn that's cool.
Hey all. Since this video was so well received, I uploaded the entire show. Check it out: th-cam.com/video/9zk_jXRJ8aw/w-d-xo.html
Bruno H thanks bro
Well that's just badass. Will def be checking it out - this version is ripping and you can tell he was on point, which means there are some other gems in the set. Cheers to you Bruno!
Hello how are you ? Can any guitarist here tell me if Mayer is using an overdrive or a distortion? Thank you very much.
your my hero thanks
Charly Novillo fuzz for sure
I like him. Not all his songs. But the man has the blues in him and can play that geetar like nobody's business.
well he has learned from the greats and added in his own techniques. would love to see him have a guitar off with srv.clapton, stkins, setzer etc...would be a night worth 10X more than any usual concert.
Like if you have a small penis.
but it is his business to play guitar
lucas deaver i feel the same
Wilmer Andersson hypothetically speaking i assume
John Mayer cooks. We've been served. Love it. Love him
Slapping style on a classic Eric Clapton riff... John... you the man...
Robert Johnson riff, the grandpa of blues!
@@sergioiniguezdiaz5677 Young folks these days...LOL. Clapton never claimed the song, always plays it as a tribute. I like Mayer's interpretation too.
@@TheScottJeter i never said Clapton claim the song. I know Clapton knows its from Robert Johson. Im just saying the riff its not made by Clapton...
@@sergioiniguezdiaz5677 the riff belongs to Clapton, the original blue song dont have that riff
That riff is Eric Clapton. On an old Robert Johnson song. Case closed. JM MADE IT HIS OWN AND NAILED IT. End of conversation.
Look up groove in the dictionary and this is what you'll find
Justin Hobgood The original is by Robert Johnson...the Godfather of Rock n Roll :)
AMEN to that; his tone is "out of this world" quality, and the groove is beyond that dimension --- from somewhere far out in the universe, just arriving to us after many light years of traveling through space and time; (or something)
Nah, my dictionary says The P-Funks with with an adjective of The Meters!!!
John Mayer made a deal with the devil. Mayer got nothing out of it but the devil got guitar lessons
How do u know he made deal with the devil
But u do know he practiced 5 hours a day
Saw the same joke about Angus Young 😂
I’ve seen this joke before😡😡
@@itszach4911so what? I haven’t. Calm down and go read a book or something.
Hearsay and rumours!
When you forget robbie's gonna take a solo so you start singing but robbie stops for no one
He didn’t even mentioned him in the title 😂
@@cationpotasio thats common isnt it?
This comment. This is gold :D
John is not a recovering ego addict. He’s still addicted.
The Gorn it was a mistake clearly, stop being dramatic
This is first video that i saw John Mayer playing 5 years ago and i became his fan. Today i know every his song and he made me start palying guitar. Thank you Mr. Mayer
What's an easier John Mayer song to try playing? Don't say neon
@@israelCommitsGenocide Not very easy but try who says.
@@israelCommitsGenocide queen of California gets the fingers going man try that
@@israelCommitsGenocide vultures is a good one as well pretty simple it's one kind of groove throughout the whole song if you get it how John gets it though it's awesome
Bravo!!!!!!
Saw him yesterday, never seen anything like it. Superb live-act.
The world of music is in good hands with this kid...
Neil Murray he’s like 40
He does great covers, but can't write good music himself. meh
@@philipsk are you kidding me? he writes amazing songs... check out continuum or room for squares, his songwriting is some of the best in the past 20 years, and a majority of it is written by Mayer only.
phillip - start with the try album, some of his best guitar playing is on that. every album has some gems on it, ignore the pop songs is the key.
Jarecl Let's not forget all the behind the scenes songwriting John does for other artist. He definitely has a huge influence on the music industry and will for quite a while, even as his own music may or may not become less prevalent
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel" Jimi Hendrix. This dude feels it.
Stolen quote but so truee
@@TheM.O.V. That is part of the blues, but not all of it. Blues can be celebrating pleasure too, and just be something that is a part of your soul. John Mayer has blues running through his veins, even if he hasn't faced hardship. Saying that Real Blues is from hardship is like what you said in your reply, part of it. Blues is Blues.
For me it's really difficult to play blues ahah
Easy to play, hard to master
I fucking feel it man
@@jimmy-sj4ht yeah its hard to play the blues and make it sound good
Love that little tremolo swing at 3:40
Beckish!
That's what you call Out-o-tune ;D
caprice.t i was making a joke, it sounds pretty on pitch to me ;)
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA 🇺🇸 🎸
Robbie Macintosh's slide solo was a killer too.
Thanks for posting this. I was wondering who that was! Will check him out.
He’s been around John for a long time
a lotta years
He plays with him through out the Live @ nokia theater Album @@fredve3984
Hahaha 4:18 Robbie McIntosh wanted to do a solo as well!
he wouldn't be denied, lol
He spends almost 2 HUMAN MINUTES developing the groove ( 0:30 - 2:27 ) before the song proper starts . That speaks volumes, about his music.
Musical foreplay
just sounds sloppy
@@csnide6702you just can’t recognize the pocket.
@@csnide6702 you do not have a audience brotha. You can’t recognize rhythm.
@@chrisrichardson5834 that's funny.... I have a full house every night I plug in........ I wonder what they are doing here..? must be doing something right..... come to MI and check it out ....
literally the most talented room of people ever. those backup singers are amazing too... this entire band is just flawless
Can I have a cup of John Mayer with some "Cream" in it please. And an order of Robbie McIntosh on the slide?
Troy Ybarra nohomo
on the slideeee
MAJOR PAUSE
AYYYOOO
This kid is already a guitar legend. Outstanding! Plus he has stage presence and a great voice. Love him.❤❤😊😊
Superb! One of the best modern interpretations I've ever have heard!
While I was at work, I was listening and wondering who was going to play.
That's John Mayer!!
This performance is awesome
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA 🇺🇸 🎸
When robbie comes in with the solo, the look on johns face says it all
Will Sevy that he’s a selfish ego-maniac caught out?
The Gorn he probably just forgot...
I would like to see a blues album, where the cover is him standing at the crossroads
Listening to this song and playing along with it makes me feel the love for guitar I felt in the beginning of learning to play.
So masterful, so Blues-manly and such a royal jam! I love, Love, LOVE him, like the verb. More evidence that John Mayer has LONG been a Master, the Man and the King ❣🌟💎👑
After this election on Tuesday which will be a disaster for the well-being of all of us, this song fills me with joy!!! THANK YOU Alicia and John
I've been watching this video for probably just over a year and it still amazes me that he made that sound come out of a stratocaster. john really just is something else
Greatest guitar player of my generation
So grateful for good taste not dying out with age..It’s over the time, and people. It’s divine. Grateful for these tunes. This is the thing keep the world spinning. Absorb it.
The groove in the beginning of his solo is just insane
Desde un pueblo de Córdoba llamado Montilla, gracias por llenar mi tiempo de Soledad
bumping into another legendary live of john mayer made my day 😇🎸
The special thing that John Mayers have, like no one in 2021, that he plays/performs like he is in his room at 16yo. Genius.
Oh I love this video, I saw it a long time ago and when I searched for it again I could not find it. I love how he performs this, the tone and sound is amazing.
I love how he messed up by coming back in for the verse before letting his man take a slide solo.. first time I've genuinely seen Mayer mess up ever.
So much better than the studio version. He needs to play this one live more often. Such a good jammer!!
Amazing slap by John!! And amazing groove by the other ones! 😮
My personal favorite version of crossroads.
I still prefer Cream's version on "Wheels of Fire" (1968).
Oh man, that solo is superb!!!
John Mayer is even better LIVE than in Studio. Incredible
He really is better live. He's in his happy place playing his guitar. He's a master!
I play live John Mayer songs when i’m doing chores around the house. Changes my attitude completely :D
That’s one hell of a guitarman ladies and gents. I can’t tell you just how good that intro was. I’ll just simply ask you to try it.
Dude's got a lot of soul. Great singer, great player, great tones. Respect.
Yaaaayy!!! I thought I would never hear this again!
THANK GOD!! I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS AGAIN!😫
thanks for reuploadnig! I thought i was never going to see this brilliant performance again
I was looking for this video... I couldn't find it, such a great solo in this concert.
Perfect strat sound
joost Houterman ahahaha *8 bit flashbacks
JM is a tone MONSTER!
That’s a Cornish NG- 2 pedal he’s using to get that sound. He uses it and talks about it on the crossroads instructional video. It’s a really expensive pedal but it sounds great especially through really good amps
I prefer his tone during his solo on Don't Let Me Down w/Keith Urban. He has so many great tones, though.
I love this song, since its lyrics go so far in the history of the blues, where famous blues musicians played a song on their guitar in the middle of the night at a crossroads. All of this in order to magically master the art of blues, while also selling their life to a demon.
Always loved this one…you take that ride Robbie. It’s a jam sesh, after all!
How can such an unimaginable amount of talent be squeezed into one god damn person. The guitar is like an extension of him, as if it is one of his limbs. The amount of control there and all of that in front of crowd, mostly filled with women who are dehydrated for you, is nuts. John is just built different. What did his mother eat, see and listen during her pregnancy dawg, like wut ?
Best version of this song I've ever heard
We gotta enjoy him as long as possible. Too many legends are dying.
hopefully he didn’t get jabbed up or we don’t have much time
2:09 Serious groovin’ going on
What he's thinking goes right to his fingers thru the amp and out the speakers. A-Phucking-Astounding
I wish to be a great Singer but what i will be doing such an era when such funky music had died
“Shut up kid! It’s my turn to shred!”
Hahaha😂
Steve "I live in the pocket" Jordan
Jesus, this guy is the best
So far...the BEST version to date. JM has a way with those strings.
That groove in the intro is unbelievably amazing
Man. John Mayer is a huge talent on the guitar. I didn't know and usually don't listen to his music. But this rocks 🤘
Seriously. What an amazing guitarist.
John Mayer is a ’Royal Jam!’ He’s a Master, the Man and the King ❣️🌟💎👑
You inspire us!
You know I think I'm kind of impressed. Never really gave him an honest listen until now , I thought he was more pop. I was wrong and I apologise
Then watch other videos...u'll be blown away
He began his career doing pop because pop sells more albums and gets more airtime, but he's been playing blues at his live shows since the beginning. The Blues is why he started playing guitar.
On my eighth birthday! Favourite guitar player. Still get to jam with him, hopefully!
out of all the greats
Looking all through the internet for the tabs for this exact version, and this extraordinary solo.
I believe John also cannot retrace the tab by his own now😂😂
Personalmente mi dà una formazione musicale che finalmente devo dire che la musica per me è una cosa naturale grazie John Mayer
Love the (guitar) sound in this song!
Eres un genio!!! La mejor versión del tema sin duda!! From Uruguay
I love how John enjoyes his band in this one
Amazing thanks for sharing👍👌👏
That slide guitar is on fire! - "Play some more"
Love it when he has more complicated guitar licks on covers or on his songs - crossroads is one of his best cover
This is just a vibe honestly
John did 2 solos. The first one was eclectic and reminded me of Jeff Beck. The 2nd one, he went blues and showed Clapton just how far mayer has advanced blues
Went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
Asked the lord for mercy, said help me if you please
I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
No one seemed to know me, everybody passed me by
You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
That I'm standing at the crossroads, I believe I'm sinking down
The backup singers made me feel funny on the insides.
People don’t like some of the stuff he’s done or said, man he can play though. Can hear the SRV influence especially
This is another one hard Fucked up thing by you man! Thx man!! Another one masterpiece...
wow - this is great!
This vid deserves a mil views
You say let it all out and you’re gonna play a solo alone?
Robbie Macintosh is having none of that
Thx for the repost! yeah
"yeahhhh" *the worst autocorrect of all time
john is really the man...incredible
Incrível, John Mayer é espetacular!
what pedals is he using. It sounds like an overdrive with fuzz and maybe a compresser
A fuzz man😉
@@paolodipalma8506 Nope. It's called a Pete Cornish NG-2 ;)
Sounds like a fuzzface or similar type of fuzz straight into the amp but that's just what i hear.
It probably fuzz to tube screamer to amp
I wish I like his original stuff, because he's such an amazing guitarist. I love watching when he does all this bluesy stuff.
Man I fucking love when dude just goes into a solo and was like John NOPE.
Is this not the most awesome thing.? Can you imagine doing this 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks you so much for this! He was on fire on this concert:) I repost the gravity version of this concert on my channel !
Hello how are you ? Can any guitarist here tell me if Mayer is using an overdrive or a distortion? Thank you very much.
@@CharlyEC is a fuzz pedal with his tone rolled back. specifacally a Pete cornish NG-2 fuzz pedal
Hard not to smile watching this
first hendrix then srv then jm _/\_; he's the best of our time
It starts with Robert Johnson not Hendrix
Isit actually a tradition to jam on the last show before thanksgiving?
Bad Hombre now it is :)
and John Boy is just slaying it with Dead and Company
can someone explain me how John does this lick at 3:35 ?
I've watched it at 0.25 speed and still can't understand. Does he really do a pinch harmonic on the 3rd note of the lick?
His octave pedal must probably help to achieve this sound, but damn that's cool.
its a srv blues guy thing. hits the 1 on the E string. so if its in A, 5th fret.
MoonWalkerTexsRanger I’m fairly sure he used the back of his index finger on the 5th fret of high E
Amazeballs. that slapping intro is very funky.. slightly reminiscent of Van Halen 'Mean Streets' intro....at least to me.
Gives me a bucket head feel as well. But yes mean streets no doubt.
Love that song!!
12 years ago and still awesome
That slide is awesome too!
I've spent weeks trying get JM's "bounce" on this song- but then, I'm not John Mayer ;-)
Sam did you find it? That would be interesting to watch
thank you anyways, I'll let you know if I find it
@@valerio9470 find what?