A lot of hate in these comments. Personally I think I this is one of the coolest solos I’ve seen John do with the Dead. I love how the whole band rides the momentum of the solo right out. Such cool stuff. I always like seeing John jam over Watchtower. Check out the one from the 2023 Philadelphia show. I got to see it in person :).
He is a very large man. I had to good fortune to meet him at Mars Music near his apartment up '85 in 1999/2000 when he was still a pimply faced young man and got to put my fret hand over his and his fingers were at least an inch longer than mine and his left thumb is FREAKISHLY long. Like freak of nature long. Glad to see he has done so well from the stage at Eddie's Attic to the world!
Like Wes Watson said, if you aint fit you can't say its not all that, and if you aint rich than you can't say its not all that. Similarly, if you ain't good as John Mayer at the guitar, you can't say his playing is a snooze fest.
@@stephen3762 lol true I’m just the Wes Watson type of guy. Ultra muscle, big boob girl, endless money, huge cock, ultra cats, the guy every chick wants
A lot people love hating on John Mayer. Usually other guitarists who are jealous for one reason or another. I’m personally not a fan of his, but you can’t deny he is one of the modern great blues guitarists. His feel and understanding for the guitar is actually pretty insane.
Hilarious that John Mayer is wearing cargo pants and New Balance sneakers. Edit: Also hilarious the total lack of sense of humor by certain commenters on this thread. I remember in the old days at dead shows, there were always a bunch of dudes standing around near the tapers with their arms folded, critically dissecting the playing and song choices instead of dancing. Glad to know y'all are still here. PS: I love John Mayer.
Thanks for sharing this video. The hype is real about this venue. I recommend seeing a show there for a band you really like. I was there for all 4 phish shows and plan to return for phish again.
I’d have to agree with spacebird but with the caveat that although sure, he can ‘improvise’ and is a technically fluent mostly blues and pop background guitarist. He just doesn’t fit authentically or stylistically with what made this music so unique and legendary and the founding ethos of the band they are covering and paying homage to. He’s like the anti-Garcia man. Who he is and the life he’s lived doesn’t even distantly embody the archetypal characters of these songs Robert Hunter so ingeniously and intentionally crafted.
@@novakaya again, this is absurd. If anything, the fact that Mayer isn't some Garcia clone is an advantage. And he's come a long way in eight years. He's much more than just a "mostly blues" guitarist, and he's taken this band into many new improvisational spaces. This clip isn't the one to use to assess his improvisational abilities. Check out his playing on Help>Slip>Franklin's, for example. As much as I loved the GD (131 shows between 85 and 95), I can still recognize that Mayer takes the jam sections into a lot of new melodic and harmonic spaces. If you don't recognize this, it's your failing, not his. Then there's the band dynamics that raise DeadCo above virtually every other post-Garcia lineup. In most of the bands cobbled together after Garcia's death, the so-called "lead guitar players" have been hired guns, not band leaders. From Haynes to Kimock and everyone in between, those "lead" players deferred to Phil, Bobby, or both. That's not happening here. Mayer isn't afraid to grab the wheel and steer the ship, and THAT is the real "authenticity" that's been missing from most of the post-Garcia lineups: DeadCo plays like a real band. If you've been waiting for Jerry 2: Electric Koolaid Boogaloo, you're going to be waiting for a long time. Meanwhile, Dead and Company are and have been the real deal
I was on my feet on the floor / General Adm. It was great as they only allow 1400 people on the floor and I did not feel crowded at all. Plenty of elbow room and dance space.
