re: Will John Mayer go down as the best songwriter of the millennials generation?

If Ryan Adams was at Mayers level of fame, the same people would hate him. And if john mayer wasn't a pretty boy and still just semi popular in theatres around the south, this music board would have a "continuum album" thread every week. It's always the same people. Never heard an actual musician hate on JM.

So John Mayer and Jason Isabella are the benchmarks for modern songwriters?

My how rock has fallen. Sad really.

why are you laughing? it's very true. you've obviously never seen isbell get down on a song.

here, i'll educate you:

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These two are very talented at guitar but are sorely lacking anything resembling songwriting skills. Derek Trucks is great but has made a career out of re-hashing the Allman Brothers and Derek & the Dominos.

haha, you don't know what the hell you're talking about

Piano lessons started at 5: Two full length albums on iTunes ready for your queer arse to dl. Played all the piano, organ, guitar, on them as well as keys on 10 or so albums of musicians around the south east.




I'll fight you under the bleachers at 3

So you're pretty much ignoring his studio albums? Room for squares, inside wants out, heavier things, born and raised, paradise valley?



Jeff Beck - "But John Mayer, he seems to be the one to fly the blues flag; he's the new Eric Clapton, I would imagine."

Buddy guy - He declares John Mayer "one of the great ones coming up,"

Chuck Leavell - says Mayer is one of the best guitar players maybe anywhere. “Man, he’s an outstanding guitar player,” he said. “I was amazed with how he could come up with songs on spot.” He’d tell Leavell, give him 20 minutes and come up with something brand new.

John Scofield - Yeah, and you know John Mayer is a serious blues player, and he’s very very good. I was lucky to get him on my record, and it wasn’t even my idea. It was Steve Jordan’s idea who was the producer, and then he became Mayer’s producer. So I lucked out and John was wonderful.


I don't know what you've seen or heard, but John Mayer is an outstanding musician. I saw him jam out on keys with Ben folds and even he was in awe. I feel like you just hate JM to hate him.

Well I was saying apart from his blues stuff. Continuum is by far his best writing and best album. Monster was hating on his blues so I was pointing out that his acoustic albums are very different than today's stuff, yet still intricate and good.