John Mayer's New Album Delayed? The Sphere, An Unreleased Song, & More - Everything Mayer EP. 16
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With the Dead & Co residency at The Sphere being extended into August, does that mean there's no chance for a John Mayer solo record in 2024? Plus, we look at "Please Be You," and unreleased track from The Search For Everything sessions.
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At this point I feel weirdly completely satisfied with Mayer's catalogue. I could keep rotating his 8 albums and never run out of music to listen to. I feel already so blessed that we have what we have, and more than anything I just want John to do what it is that he wants to do. I'm still much more interested in a world tour than another album, although at the same time I would be ill-prepared financially if he announced a world tour within the next year.
MOOOOORRRREEEEEEEE
I like the idea of a non-album world tour where he plays some new music. Best of all worlds.
I started to get into Dead & Co because of John but I never truly dug into them until this past week when I went to the Sphere. I went to Thursday's show and loved it so much that I got tickets for next day too, which was a completely different show and therefore equally amazing. I thought I was going to get a little starstruck finally watching John live but honestly I walked away pretty happy with the experience overall rather than seeing John play. After the shows I've been devouring The Grateful Dead content/history so I'm happy to say John turned me into a Deadhead and the Sphere couldn't have been more amazing! Great jams, amazing visuals, the sound doesn't THUMP you like you said but it's still perfectly enjoyable, and the fans are very sweet and positive. If you are a John Mayer fan and have an open mind to enjoying Dead & Co's project I would HIGHLY recommend going to a Sphere show!
Was at the Thursday show too. So many people at the airport had been at one or more shows!
I went to Friday and Saturday’s shows and it was my first time seeing D&C. Can confirm the experience was amazing!
That was my experience with the fans the first time I went to a D&C show. So welcoming and positive. That’s awesome you had the same experience!
Even though I'm not a fan of Dead & Co, I appreciate everything he's done for the Dead and their fan base. I also think it's really helped him to expand his own fan base, so I think it's been very positive overall. That being said, I'm so ready for him to get back to his OWN music. When he plays with the Dead, I feel a little robbed. Just trying to be patient!
Playing in D&C has catapulted his guitar playing into another realm, and I’m so thankful for that too. He was already top of his game prior to that, so the fact that he’s leveled up like he has over the last decade is just incredible. I agree. Can’t wait for new JM music!
@@EverythingMayer Totally agree!
The sphere sounds amazing and all TH-cam videos don’t do it justice. There are 80 speakers per person in the sphere and it’s unlike any concert experience you have ever had. And anyone watching this channel should be going to see it for themselves. No video will do it justice and makes sense why the band chose to not release video, yet. But folks should do some research on that sphere audio system because he did not do a good job of explaining it
Is that a real ratio? 80:1?! That’s crazy. I’ve done zero research on the system itself, but it sounds like I was on the right track with it being very far from traditional concert sound. I’ll dig into it!
For John, Dead music is still new music, since every night is different. When I started playing guitar seriously during the pandemic, my models were Hendrix, Clapton, Garcia, and Mayer. I've seen the first three. Mayer pulled me towards focusing on the Dead. It's an exhaustive world. A world it took John a while to figure it out. And musically? Oh my. I recently saw a video where Bob Weir said he figured out how to play rhythm guitar with Jerry from listening to McCoy Tyner backing John Coltrane. For a musician of Mayer's caliber, he's gonna ride this experience as long as he can.
All one has to do is listen to Mayer’s playing pre-Dead & Co vs post-Dead & Co. That’s why he loves it. The best got better, and even though the Dead might not completely be my cup of tea, my eyes (and ears) certainly have been opened by JM’s involvement. Great comment. I appreciate it!
@@EverythingMayer John made a comment talking about how sometimes music finds you. I've bought records over 50 years ago that I'm still hoping to like or at least understand better. Bitches Brew being my favorite example.
John also has a video on his learning Dead tunes. He talks about going down a phrase and getting lost. Music being like a neighborhood. Blues, he doesn't get lost. Garcia is a different thing, especially when he's intentionally not trying to copy him. And the Dead was originally a blues band, though Garcia was a folk and bluegrass player. Including banjo.
I get lost, too. No surprise. But when I realized my Going Down the Road Feeling Bad had turned into Rambling Man, I went whoa. What's going on. I bought New Morning the week it came out, I'm sure Dylan , who entitled an album Love and Theft, wouldn't care about the song similarity with If Not For You. Unfortunately he sold his music and the suits might not agree.
In a Dead documentary, Bob Weir IIRC said Pig Pen was a great blues player, but when he had to shift from a blues shuffle to triplets he got lost. Using the Dead as a way to connect music theory and the guitar through individual songs, I'm learning that nuance is everything. You can't notated it. I use tab to get me in the ballpark, but sometimes I still can't tell what's wrong. It's taught me it's never too late to learn. An sometimes the brain just figures it out. As John grew up, I think he realized something similar. I think that's what the greats do. And Mayer is a philosopher. The road goes on forever.
Thanks for the info about the Sphere. I sensed the sound was odd.
Brilliantly stated.
I have so many thoughts on the sphere residency. Mayer has benefited from playing with the Dead and the Dead has benefited from having Mayer. I was a little surprised about the extended dates. Low key, I had a jealous moment. 😆 I will continue to wait patiently for new music. Fingers crossed he’s working on something behind the scenes plus getting some rest. Tom, you made me laugh so hard. I keep checking Ticket prices every few days. I need to stop the madness! It’s not happening unless someone wants to sponsor me too. 😂 Moving on, ‘Please Be You’ is a beautiful song. However, The search album has a special place with me. I can’t imagine any song being replaced with ‘ Please Be You’. I would love to hear it live! Great video, keep up the good work.
I feel the same way about TSFE. Couldn't really imagine adding it or replacing another song for it either. The more dates the add the more I look at my calendar and say "Oh, I wonder if that would work...it's only going to cost, like, $2k in the end" lol. Going to need to quadruple views on this channel to make that happen!
The 2 after dinner mints that come to mind are the “whooo hooo hooo hooooo”s during the bridge of In Your Atmosphere off WTLI and the complete beat change up at the end of Moving On and Getting Over. The IYA mints adds even more depth to such a deeps song, and the mint in MOGO has such a funky vibe and you can really feel Thindercat’s baseline.
All great examples. That live change up at the end of MOGO is SO good.
After Dinner Mint - the “woahs” in Dear Marie, ESPECIALLY live.
Yes! Great call.
Yeah, John turned me into a Deadhead, though it also runs in the family, I just didn’t get into it until John was part of it. Seeing him at the Sphere this last week was incredible. He is playing so great right now. Also, yes, the Sphere sounds amazing. Also there are haptics in some of the seats. We were in the 400s and that whole section has the haptics. So, the drums and space section in particular was insane because your seats react to the sound. But yeah, usually being that far from the stage, I would be disappointed, like I’m missing out on something, but not so at the Sphere. It’s an unreal experience.
I think that’s so cool. Transforms the experience to where you don’t have to be on top of the stage to feel the energy. All of these comments are not making it easy for me to resist going!
John Mayer at Beacon Theatre November 2017, tons of Afterdinner mint that can be found.
Love it going to revisit
My favorite after dinner mint - Something’s Missing - friends….check, money….check, well slept….check, opposite sex….check………..
YES! So good.
Awesome video, Tom! To me, the first after dinner mint which comes to mind is “anything other than a yes is no…” from Friends, Lovers or Nothing. Yes, the same chords from The Hurt. To me this Outro has some George Harrison’s vibe and I love it!
YESSSS. That’s such a great example. Also, totally underrated song. And great ear on the George influence. There’s a lot of him in some of Mayer’s music.
Great episode mate! Hopefully the new album isn't too far away, although I do really love the Dead&Co stuff, especially since the Sphere residency, I've gotten into it quite a lot. 'Damned if I ever leave, Damned if I ever leave' comes to mind for an ADM from ‘Never On The Day You Leave’… maybe it's too short
I think that counts! Great call
im pretty sure in the talking watches with ed sheeran episode john said he was going in the studio and recording while on tour now when he didnt before so theres still a small chance of new music this year
I need to rewatch that whole episode and hear what’s he said again!
He could have music already ready to release. He might just finish the tour and release the music after he finishes dead and co tour inside of the sphere. That’s my opinion but I don’t look into this stuff a lot
Could definitely have some ready, that’s for sure! Maybe not a full album, but a single? He did say he wants to do an album, though.
I’m just ready for his next tour!!! He’s with dead and co and I’m soooooo!!! Jealous of everyone that gets to go to one of their many shows!!
You're right, his album will be delayed; as you can see, he is having a great time in Las Vegas with with those grandparents, he even recently announced that he will be broadcasting his radio show from the casino🎲🤑, so I doubt if he goes to his recording studio during concert breaks. I sincerely doubt it. 🤔
Maybe he will gain more fans from the older generation, but he will lose young ones if the break between the release of the next album is 4 or 5 years. Not all fans , especially us, outside the USA can attend his concerts.
By the way, I would like to add that Bob Dylan's beautiful song If not for you was also performed by the unforgettable Oliwia Newton John. I have a CD with her performance, released in Germany in 2001.
Like all loyal fans - I'm waiting for his new music,🙏 but I doubt if John cares about it as much as his fans do, given his other activities, such as playing in a band whose music I don't like (sorry I don't understand the phenomenon of Dead and....) meetings as part of his watch hobby, his own radio channel, etc.
But I'm waiting patiently,♥ and in the meantime I'm listening to great new albums by other great artists from USA🎵😄 .
I hope he doesn’t lose fans, I don’t think he will, but I understand where you’re coming from!
Cool to see John help with the dead but it’s time for them to retire with the whole dead thing need John to go into the studio and make another amazing album wish sooner rather than later
I don’t think he’ll ever stop playing that music, in some way shape or form. It’s here to stay, but I do agree that I’m a little surprised at how much he dedicates to it. Although, he’s earned it. He can do whatever he wants artistically at this point.
Dead and Company are a pain in the ass, i’m sorry but it is, they already had a farewell tour but now they’re back, i love the 60s and 70s music but never got into them, they’re boring, I think you’ve really love them to really appreciate and love them I don’t know if I’m making sense here, I heard some Deads are complaining for the tickets price, not from USA so I could not go there anyway but I would never go either I could vomit with those visuals🤣, anyway, I think I’m with you, the new album is gonna be delayed until maybe starting to record in Jan 25? Stay until May 25, go on tour with the Dead again and then the album coming out in October/November 25 and not touring until 26. I wish at least we had a single like maybe Drifting or in the Neighborhood or maybe what he has done with Continuum back in the days when he was promoting and updating on myspace every week. I wish he would more focus on his music but now radio and Dead i guess are his priority.
As someone who has had varied work and interests in the “creative” space myself, I totally understand the desire to do different things. Helps to propel you forward and not get burnt out. However, I agree, I’d love to see some more from him in the solo JM world. Maybe he’s just enjoying not having to do anything as an independent artist.
John has said in the past two years that he's been working on a new album but I'm not sure how he'll release it without a label. John doesn't strike me as a guy that will start his own label just to put out his own music. I'm not even sure what label would be rushing to sign him because his last few or several of his albums haven't taken over the world commercially. I'm not one of those people that need a new Mayer album every year. Sob Rock came out less than three years ago. Now if John was on a Sade run, not releasing music for decade long stretches I'd be reasonably annoyed. I can wait on new music for a bit longer, but I always LOVE John's interviews and these shows seem to take away from him doing that. I've heard Please Be You and I gotta say I wasn't overly impressed by it. I listened to it once but didn't feel like I was missing anything really. I think John got a bit frightened because Bono might have come knocking on his door about Heartbreak Warfare sounding like U2's Bad. John admitted it in his Storytellers episode and didn't really seem to care at the time that it sounded very similar if not identical to their song. Speaking of Sheeran, I still don't know how he SKATED on that Thinking Out Loud lawsuit. He should send his lawyers champagne every day for winning that one.
Oh wow. There’s a lot here. I love this comment! It’s like 4 episodes of material in one comment. As far as a label, I think all he needs is a distribution channel. So, my guess is he’d just sign a distribution deal with a big entity (Prince did this). With physical distribution of music being a thing of the past, it’s not really a big deal or difference in the end. Appreciate you listening!
Love how he uses In Repair in the Where the Light Is version of Heart of Life. And of course, In Your Atmosphere's ending along with the Austin City Limits version of Gravity with the extra verse.
Ooo the extra Gravity verse. Nice. Forgot about that. In Repair at the end of HOL is awesome too.
Until August🤭🛸
Same here, not a fan of Dead & Company but really looking forward to see the next video with you and Alex.
It's going to be a fun one! Hope to do more with him in the future too.
pretty disappointing ngl that his next album may be delayed, I'm not a big dead fan but he's certainly enjoying his time doing it
I think many people are conflicted over The Sphere run and what it might mean for new music. We aren’t alone.
@@EverythingMayer I’m definitely conflicted too, it’s a great residency but I reckon he should prioritise his solo work and look after his true fans
I trust he will…just not as soon as I’d like. Personally and artistically, I can tell D&C is hugely fulfilling, but like you said, not so much for the listener if you’re only a fan of his solo work.
Sorry, Dead&Company doesn’t excite me at all, but wait until John works through his way to his next album.
I’m being swayed back and forth on going to the Sphere in these comments lol
@@EverythingMayer Don't ever let a comment sway you to not go to a concert. Someone else's opinion is totally valid but you missing out of Dead & Co doesn't help Mayer make his album faster. If you want to go and can reasonably afford it, then absolutely you should go.
Okay so some thoughts here.. the outro to Queen of California is one of my favs just absolutely love that groove.. off Heavier Things “don’t hold you love over my head” in Come Back to Bed is great as well as the end of Wheel.. “I believe that my life’s gonna see, the love I give return to me”.. like how lyrical!!
And yes I love Dead and Co but you really only win if you go to the Sphere considering there’s no audio of the show but I will say it’s been nice seeing how they’ve changed up their sets as far as putting songs in diff places of the sets that haven’t been there in the past… that being said I WANT MORE JOHN MAYER TRIO
Bring on some JM3! I agree. Love “Wheel” also. Underrated song and solo on that one!