1:43 Rumba Blues in A 3:45 Mess up 😁 7:05 Swamp Blues in D 11:15 Major / Minor Pentatonic Scales 13:16 Bad Start 😁 14:00 Shuffle in C# Minor (160bpm) "Jump Blues" 17:06 "BB Turnaround" 17:49 John at 14 w/IG Live 18:29 Slow Blues in D Minor
I love how his playing sounds like someone having a passionate conversation; the pauses, the runs, the silences, the dynamics, the sustained notes.. ahhhhh
This is amazing that John, being a legendary musician, enjoys simply jamming with the public, openly sharing his thoughts, little fuckups and musical discoveries. It inspires me and returns my belief that a true artist always stays creative and puts simply enjoying the craft first.
Oh man, what a beautiful talent and amazing pass time to be able to throw on a random song and play an instrument to it so flawlessly. Musicians have mad skills!
How fun, just keep swimming, keep playing playfully, rock on for the joy in your heart and soul that feels so satisfying in those moments that move you into that space of clarity and freedom and fun. Lots of love and encouraging you forward to find your own inner greatness that you know you are.
John thank u ..i am just. Getting into scales and playing to tracks..blues and jazz..and having a lot of fun..learning to apply timing and technique..this is so helpful..i am 69 ..music and guitar in my family my dad a rhythm guitar player and WW II vet( my son as well as I vets) played his whole life up to a couple days before his passing at 91...i played from 9 to 16 ..let it go but picked it back up with lessons every two weeks at 66..you are an inspirational and can t thank you enough for sharing your experience and knowledge...i was a fan...you made me a huge fan ❤🇺🇸
There really aren't as many accessible celebrities than John Mayer. To my knowledge, Beyonce isn't out there doing voice lessons. Absolutely love his transparency into his process. Can you imagine if SRV did these videos??
I wish he would make an all instrumental album like this. No singing, just blues backing (with live musicians...and a live audience) and John playing along.
@@brandonboatner9952 meh, I'm not at all a Bonamassa fan. Sure, technically he's solid but he has no emotion behind those notes. Kinda like Satriani and Malmsteen for me. Sure they can shred but their sounds come across, to me, like robots.
I come back to this regularly. John introduced me to the joy of blues guitar to an extent that I never really thought possible. I could , and invariably do actually, listen to him do this for hours on end. And then I go off and look up music by names he mentions. His love for the guitar , his talent and the sound he produces has been influential in what and the way I listen to all music now.
Love this. You get to realize he has the same attitude as any of us guitar players when we're struggling to play along to a backing track. Just a regular dude with incredible talent, awesome.
Actually, that’s what I call the special musician moments. Where you know you want to jump out and try to physically play (what you hear in your mind) beforehand. And, not only do you do what you want, but you far exceed your expectations in the end. And, that is really a nice surprise for yourself. Big smile - move on - and never forget. It doesn’t really happen that often. There must be a word for it. I just know it’s really a special kind of feeling inside after it happens.
@@bctwitty I like "special musician moments". What you're describing is a core aspect of impov and ear training. Train the brain to play what the mind comes up with, thats the hallmark of any good musician. Lots of people can feel/think music like john, there are also lots of people who "play the guitar" better than john. However the shaded area on that venn diagram is extremely limited, since it represents people who have a true gift for music AND the discipline to hone their craft from childhood into adulthood.
I also, every time I pick the guitar up want to be surprised. Its so fun to see an accomplished person as John is get excited like a child when playing the guitar. This is just as entertaining as listening to his albums. Thanks Mr. Mayer
I play with Jam tracks all the time. There is nothing better for learning and applying scales. Its amazing how all that knuckle headed scale you do work comes together when you see how everything you practiced sounds right!
This boy born with a plectrum and a guitar as an extension of his body (like the wings of a bird) transports me to another world. The best of all is that he himself is surprised at the wonderful sounds he achieves, what a perfectionist he is. I love him
Do you guys realize what you're watching?! This is a master class holy shit! When he did the swamp blues track it blew me away to see him adapt the idea of what he thought swamp blues was. He just coined swamp blues without even knowing it. Wow! One of the best musicians if our time hands down. Unreal.
This is the cool thing about guitar, or any instrument for that matter. The dude may be famous, but he is just a dude jamming on his guitar at home. Makes mistakes and has things he is also trying to learn, getting better every day. This is more inspiring to me than watching someone play something perfectly. 🤘
I just found this - I noodle on guitar but have played drums for since I was 12 - I'm 5x12 yr old now - this is great to play behind a soloist that has lots of ideas - thanks - keep em coming.
Awesome man. something i’ve been doing since the 1970s. My dog digs it anyway. Now i can jam with John Mayer jamming with a blues track. BTW swamp blues is a real thing. The master Slim Harpo!!
Not the biggest Mayer can but I really appreciate this vid. I can't begin to tell you how many hours upon hours I have spent playing to just about every background track on TH-cam. I LOVE THEM!!!!! Sometimes it's alot like what he's doing in this vid but I have also had some really magical moments where it all comes together. No mistakes just good decisions and sweet tones. Nice way to start my day, thanks John. Can I call you John? I mean we don't really know each other but I have done ALOT of what your doing in this vid. Way to go JMAN! No!? John it is.
@@az0119nah those faces are there for a reason ,and tbh they are NEEDED 😂can’t blame him ,if I played like that, I think it would be impossible to keep a straight face ,also I wouldn’t want a version of john mayer who doesn’t make those faces it would be boring
*Is it bad that I could listen to him play that guitar forever??...* He is so talented/gifted that *he manages to make it sound so beautiful and yet somehow, still so graceful with the strings, all while playin it like it's the last time he'll ever get to play it.....* Man, it just never gets old to me *and then when you add to it that voice of his* 😌 *I'm so beyond relaxed and in the best place of tranquility that it starts to feel like Gravity really heard him* when he said 🎶 *"Gravity, stay the hell away from me"* 🎶 *Maybe it's because I'm in my hanging hammock chair, but I really feel Gravity may just cease to exist as long as he keeps playin that guitar like that!* 😌
I love the interview with Sonny Boy Williams when he talks about Jump Blues.🎸👍👏🙏✌️😎. Eleven is a cool number when it is on your amp volume knob. 😂 It goes to 11 !!!
I almost get the feeling that john didn't have many "good" friends growing up and spent every free moment with his guitar! I feel like he's so gifted and such a musical prodigy that hanging out with people might not have been easy for him. In the end it worked out for the rest of us! Hope he's happy too lol
Yesssss!! I started jamming to backing tracks on TH-cam a couple of years ago and my guitar knowledge and improvising have exploded. Still not very good as a lead guitarist, but it’s awesome to see a world class guitarist doing what I did when I was too depressed to leave the house.
That Silver Sky sounds so sweet in Mayer’s capable hands..I love how he pushes himself to duplicate with his hands what his lightning fast mind is envisioning...Can’t wait for the Dead and Company concerts at Madison Square Garden and in California coming up.🙏 He always absolutely crushes it with The Dead , great songs and serious jams and fun times ....check out some Dead and Company on TH-cam..".........he just said” I don’t know if I’m playing Swampy?” Yes my friend you are ...💫😂. Thanks for this lesson. Learned a lot. One string solo! This guy is too much!😳😳
70mjc actually you’re wrong, MANY musicians just play the same licks over and over. Most don’t play intentionally, they just know what will sound good.
@@chrishalliwellmusic It is his comment and you have to come along and hit him with "loser" why? I bet if I met you in person you would be a nice guy so why go negative man. I don't get it why do we roast people in the comment sections? Now there are some comments that need to be put in check but I don't think this is one of those comments. I wish guitar players would help other guitar players be the best that they can be and not troll people on guitar videos. I know it will never happen but I can hope. Rock on Chris
1:43 Rumba Blues in A
3:45 Mess up 😁
7:05 Swamp Blues in D
11:15 Major / Minor Pentatonic Scales
13:16 Bad Start 😁
14:00 Shuffle in C# Minor (160bpm) "Jump Blues"
17:06 "BB Turnaround"
17:49 John at 14 w/IG Live
18:29 Slow Blues in D Minor
the track on spotify is actually called shuffle c# minor 160 so idk mang xd
@Derek and the Dominos ... Db ...
Thanks so much for the chapters!
BB is smiling somewhere up in heaven! 😇
BB is smiling. I know I am😎👍
It’s more Albert and Freddie
whos bb
@@electropicks whos bb?? Whos bb???? I feel sorry for you man
TJ but id like to know :(
I love how his playing sounds like someone having a passionate conversation; the pauses, the runs, the silences, the dynamics, the sustained notes.. ahhhhh
James Cuddy ah, cool thought, could never put my finger on that. Yes, good blues asks a question and then answers it.
James Cuddy It's truly a beautiful thing to just sit back, close your eyes and let that passionate conversation carry you away! 😌
he gives this to us for free .. its crazy
KillenEMsoftly Right? What other artists is like “hey my fans would love if I just hopped on for 30 minutes and jammed out!” Like what a humble guy
After his egomaniac era has passed
Be became the most humble guy ever lol
@Keynesian Economics yeah but we prefer him now
KillenEMsoftly
To be fair, it’s only what he’s clearly been doing for the last 30 years to be this good. Why not film it...?
John Mayer practices like I do. That's pretty cool.
Its gross how many hours I could watch this for.
Then I'd hate to hear what you think of me after the comment I just left about listenin to him! Lol
i always think that
It’s kinda sweet
What’s for dinner booboo?
This is amazing that John, being a legendary musician, enjoys simply jamming with the public, openly sharing his thoughts, little fuckups and musical discoveries.
It inspires me and returns my belief that a true artist always stays creative and puts simply enjoying the craft first.
Playing the same things over and over again because they feel good is why I’m still hooked on guitar after 15 years.
I love when a great guitarist just sits down and noodles. Could watch all day.
Oh man, what a beautiful talent and amazing pass time to be able to throw on a random song and play an instrument to it so flawlessly. Musicians have mad skills!
The way he doesn’t care about how his videos are filmed speaks to me. He’s just here to talk about something real quick, not break the internet.
Which is part of what makes him one of a kind!
“I just play what my guitar wants to play”..... think I need to discipline my guitar as it never seems to want to play like this lol
Jake Fowler lol same bro
Jake Fowler Lol Nah, we just all need a John Mayer around to show our guitars how they're supposed to play for us! Lol
My guitar always tells me to play crappy and out of tune. Finally, I know it's not me. Thanks John.
How fun, just keep swimming, keep playing playfully, rock on for the joy in your heart and soul that feels so satisfying in those moments that move you into that space of clarity and freedom and fun. Lots of love and encouraging you forward to find your own inner greatness that you know you are.
How cool to see John just jamming like me and you!...such a top musician!
RICH 1971 HA yeah I wish I could jam like him
I love watching him sit there and keep trying to play what he hears in his head all while smiling at his mistakes rather than getting mad at himself.
One of the realest. Grooviest. Dudes ever.
John Mayer is a jam artist...proved it with the dead. I want him to start a jam band of his own, i want to hear him get experimental
John thank u ..i am just. Getting into scales and playing to tracks..blues and jazz..and having a lot of fun..learning to apply timing and technique..this is so helpful..i am 69 ..music and guitar in my family my dad a rhythm guitar player and WW II vet( my son as well as I vets) played his whole life up to a couple days before his passing at 91...i played from 9 to 16 ..let it go but picked it back up with lessons every two weeks at 66..you are an inspirational and can t thank you enough for sharing your experience and knowledge...i was a fan...you made me a huge fan ❤🇺🇸
that’s awesome nick! keep practicing!!!
@@johnalvarez3604 thank you John.... 👌
You’re an absolute gift to the world of music. Thank you kindly, sir.
Derrick Brown Loves You that was very well said.
the blues guitar is still exciting, thanks to this brilliant man.
This is so cool, I feel like I am hanging out with John and messing around on guitar instead of sitting at home dying of corona virus.
A genuine superstar who still just loves to play. Mad respect boss.
There really aren't as many accessible celebrities than John Mayer. To my knowledge, Beyonce isn't out there doing voice lessons. Absolutely love his transparency into his process. Can you imagine if SRV did these videos??
Imagine being a musician on one of these background tracks and discovering John Mayer solo'd out to it on instagram
I wish he would make an all instrumental album like this. No singing, just blues backing (with live musicians...and a live audience) and John playing along.
BB is tapping his heaven soles to this.
No live audience they'll clap off beat lol
Add in Trucks, Tedeschi, Beth Hart and their bands and it would be pure fire.
Don't forget Bonamassa
@@brandonboatner9952 meh, I'm not at all a Bonamassa fan. Sure, technically he's solid but he has no emotion behind those notes. Kinda like Satriani and Malmsteen for me. Sure they can shred but their sounds come across, to me, like robots.
I come back to this regularly.
John introduced me to the joy of blues guitar to an extent that I never really thought possible.
I could , and invariably do actually, listen to him do this for hours on end. And then I go off and look up music by names he mentions. His love for the guitar , his talent and the sound he produces has been influential in what and the way I listen to all music now.
Love this. You get to realize he has the same attitude as any of us guitar players when we're struggling to play along to a backing track. Just a regular dude with incredible talent, awesome.
Funny how he manages to surprise himself with a lick
Jontethim the best 😊
That' moment you Find a great lick your like : )
Thats his heart surprising his mind, i gotta try that
Actually, that’s what I call the special musician moments. Where you know you want to jump out and try to physically play (what you hear in your mind) beforehand. And, not only do you do what you want, but you far exceed your expectations in the end. And, that is really a nice surprise for yourself. Big smile - move on - and never forget. It doesn’t really happen that often. There must be a word for it. I just know it’s really a special kind of feeling inside after it happens.
@@bctwitty I like "special musician moments". What you're describing is a core aspect of impov and ear training. Train the brain to play what the mind comes up with, thats the hallmark of any good musician. Lots of people can feel/think music like john, there are also lots of people who "play the guitar" better than john. However the shaded area on that venn diagram is extremely limited, since it represents people who have a true gift for music AND the discipline to hone their craft from childhood into adulthood.
Its just amazing when you get to hear a guitar player with these level of skill. Its just amazing...
Everyone just skip to 24:50 and watch this man go freaking ham with his double stops 👏👏👏
Billy Nguyen wow.
Is there a video or something that shows how to do that the exact way he does?
I hate how casual he can do it lol
John: I've never heard of swamp blues.
Also John: *Nails swamp blues solo*
TheGeekNation Plays thats john mayer for you!
So True !!!! From the first note, he's IN !!!!!!
Man, that improv in C# minor was pure gold. Pure gold, my friend.
This is such a beautiful video. Incredible licks. Some of them are just gorgeous!
We are being giving an incredible lesson in blues folks for free by a ledgers - classic - essential licks and modes - so grateful
I also, every time I pick the guitar up want to be surprised. Its so fun to see an accomplished person as John is get excited like a child when playing the guitar. This is just as entertaining as listening to his albums. Thanks Mr. Mayer
The obvious joy you get playing that guitar inspires us all!! Keep it up!!
I’m a guitarist in Chicago on my way to my gig tonight and I enjoyed every minute of this!
Loved this video bro. You and SRV are the GOATS. Glad you can still grace my ears, RIP SVR
"Nothing is more fun in this lifetime going out to dinner and coming home picking up guitar and just practice it"
I could listen to this all day....
Thanks John
This is where I am. trying to get better with background tracks.. thank you so so much. Having an opportunity seeing this has really helped
I play with Jam tracks all the time. There is nothing better for learning and applying scales. Its amazing how all that knuckle headed scale you do work comes together when you see how everything you practiced sounds right!
This boy born with a plectrum and a guitar as an extension of his body (like the wings of a bird) transports me to another world. The best of all is that he himself is surprised at the wonderful sounds he achieves, what a perfectionist he is. I love him
He mainly plays fingerstyle so being born with a plectrum is arguably a disability so it’s even more impressive!
Do you guys realize what you're watching?! This is a master class holy shit! When he did the swamp blues track it blew me away to see him adapt the idea of what he thought swamp blues was. He just coined swamp blues without even knowing it. Wow! One of the best musicians if our time hands down. Unreal.
John thanks for the videos its a comfort to watch specially in these times
This is the cool thing about guitar, or any instrument for that matter. The dude may be famous, but he is just a dude jamming on his guitar at home. Makes mistakes and has things he is also trying to learn, getting better every day. This is more inspiring to me than watching someone play something perfectly. 🤘
John just staring into your soul while playing the blues! ✌🏻
We can see the music flowing though your eyes !! awesome !!!! So motivating !!!
It’s cool to see you do this John. Thanks and I enjoy your music. Cool!!!!!!
You have to make a video with the squire and the casio
Thanks for the invite to your jam session. I’ll sit in with my air piano anytime.
Reason number 9,897 I love this man and everything about him
Love noodling. Would like to hear swamp blues with an acoustic slide
Thank you for inviting us over to listen to you jam. This was a lot of fun listening to you. I love your music.
Hands down the best Swamp Blues I've ever heard
I need more videos of John like this. Now I’m gonna find those backing tracks 👍.
Came to hear 5 min of this so called practicing... stayed for the 28 min concert by the master
You’re so insane dude this is fantastic. Do more of these!
I just found this - I noodle on guitar but have played drums for since I was 12 - I'm 5x12 yr old now - this is great to play behind a soloist that has lots of ideas - thanks - keep em coming.
Awesome man. something i’ve been doing since the 1970s. My dog digs it anyway. Now i can jam with John Mayer jamming with a blues track. BTW swamp blues is a real thing. The master Slim Harpo!!
The first solo John plays sounds like what you’d get if you had Santana playing his interpretation of Clapton’s Crossroads solo.
mcluhanmedia1223 it’s actually all BB licks
Why was I thinking crossroads to🤔
It starts off as Albert King but definitely moves to old Santana
Thanks for this! I had no idea these were on Spotify either!!
Not the biggest Mayer can but I really appreciate this vid. I can't begin to tell you how many hours upon hours I have spent playing to just about every background track on TH-cam. I LOVE THEM!!!!! Sometimes it's alot like what he's doing in this vid but I have also had some really magical moments where it all comes together. No mistakes just good decisions and sweet tones. Nice way to start my day, thanks John. Can I call you John? I mean we don't really know each other but I have done ALOT of what your doing in this vid. Way to go JMAN! No!? John it is.
You can see him genuinely having fun which is amazing! His trade is still his joy.
I’m so impressed by his method of making his fingers sound like a slide.
Love the vintage pickups on the PRs, feedback and everything adds all the feel and clarity. Solid guitar. Solid playing.🤟🏽
Truly loved this it is fun and I loveeee the Blues...
It’s just awesome that he puts himself out there without giving a shit. Mistakes and all, you can tell he’s having fun.
This guy plays guitar more naturally than how he breathes.
Certainly more naturally than he makes faces
@@az0119nah those faces are there for a reason ,and tbh they are NEEDED 😂can’t blame him ,if I played like that, I think it would be impossible to keep a straight face ,also I wouldn’t want a version of john mayer who doesn’t make those faces it would be boring
One of the best videos on TH-cam
*Is it bad that I could listen to him play that guitar forever??...* He is so talented/gifted that *he manages to make it sound so beautiful and yet somehow, still so graceful with the strings, all while playin it like it's the last time he'll ever get to play it.....* Man, it just never gets old to me *and then when you add to it that voice of his* 😌 *I'm so beyond relaxed and in the best place of tranquility that it starts to feel like Gravity really heard him* when he said 🎶 *"Gravity, stay the hell away from me"* 🎶 *Maybe it's because I'm in my hanging hammock chair, but I really feel Gravity may just cease to exist as long as he keeps playin that guitar like that!* 😌
I always like the way he smile. Like a little kid who is enjoying his stuff.
Just zoom in on his face and watch that for 20 minutes. 😂😂😂 then mute the audio... John just looks super interested in your life. 😂😂
LJrock Even better, go to 10:18 and mute it and look at his face 😂
Lmfao
I’m pooping rn, so it makes this 20x better
🤣
You could zoom on youtube?!?
Legit one of the greatest guitarists of our generation.
I love the interview with Sonny Boy Williams when he talks about Jump Blues.🎸👍👏🙏✌️😎. Eleven is a cool number when it is on your amp volume knob. 😂 It goes to 11 !!!
I could watch this for hours
Legendary 💪
Rumba Blues in A phrasing sound like pride and joy. ♥
“I’m starting to get to where it’s supposed to sound really good”
Thanks man. No really, thanks for including me and sharing your time and music.
Not a fan of his produced music but I love the blues and would love to hear him perform…would definitely purchase.
"I don't know if I'm playin swampy." 😂😂😂
My favorite line
Brandon Bates Well, he was right in a sense, because all I heard him playin was... Heavenly!😌
I almost get the feeling that john didn't have many "good" friends growing up and spent every free moment with his guitar! I feel like he's so gifted and such a musical prodigy that hanging out with people might not have been easy for him. In the end it worked out for the rest of us! Hope he's happy too lol
The guy is the king of groove I swear, from 24:00 on is just incredible
Imagine being this good at anything in your life.
Like walking, or talking, or breathing.
Dude you play the blues so good. That swamp blues part is bad ass
Yesssss!! I started jamming to backing tracks on TH-cam a couple of years ago and my guitar knowledge and improvising have exploded. Still not very good as a lead guitarist, but it’s awesome to see a world class guitarist doing what I did when I was too depressed to leave the house.
Thanks for hanging with me John Mayer.
How many major artists share their down time with average folks the way JM does! Respect brother👏🏻
Great fun to watch & hear... Thanx for sharing...
What a gift!! Thanks John!! 👏👏
That Silver Sky sounds so sweet in Mayer’s capable hands..I love how he pushes himself to duplicate with his hands what his lightning fast mind is envisioning...Can’t wait for the Dead and Company concerts at Madison Square Garden and in California coming up.🙏
He always absolutely crushes it with The Dead , great songs and serious jams and fun times ....check out some Dead and Company on TH-cam..".........he just said” I don’t know if I’m playing Swampy?” Yes my friend you are ...💫😂. Thanks for this lesson. Learned a lot.
One string solo! This guy is too much!😳😳
Joseph Mendozza literally EVERY musician duplicates what their mind envisions lmao
70mjc actually you’re wrong, MANY musicians just play the same licks over and over. Most don’t play intentionally, they just know what will sound good.
Tone and feel on that first track reminded me of Albert Collins.
@funkyceltic1 Hard core. I love hearing the old school influences.
John Mayer. Master of swamp blues.
I'd love you to go on NPR tiny desk concerts with another artist! You'd be great! 💕
i could literally listen to John play guitar all day
Don’t get it twisted. John is a normal guy with a not so normal level of talent
Don't get it twisted you literally said the same thing as the top comment. Loser.
Normal guys dont get to fuck Jennifer Aniston
@@chrishalliwellmusic It is his comment and you have to come along and hit him with "loser" why? I bet if I met you in person you would be a nice guy so why go negative man. I don't get it why do we roast people in the comment sections? Now there are some comments that need to be put in check but I don't think this is one of those comments. I wish guitar players would help other guitar players be the best that they can be and not troll people on guitar videos. I know it will never happen but I can hope. Rock on Chris
He is really gifted mabe a bit autistic or obsessive but that can be a good thing with the right direction
hi kenneth
This man could play ‘The Alphabet Song’ and I would listen to it.
Gat Daamn DUDE!!! Excellent!!!!
You da man MR. Mayer
yeah master class thank you crack hello from almeria spain
14:25 God is telling him what to play next... amazing
😂😂🤫
This took me OUT 💀💀💀
Feel the vibe... jamm untill ur arm goes numb.... ❤ vocals and a 2nd player..ur done! Greetings from the Netherlands ❤
You remind me of my former guitar teacher and I simply love it!!