John Mayer Interview Part 1 | Dean Delray's Let There Be Talk EP 501 

This is one of the most comprehensive John Mayer knowledge-centric interviews ever. He is the best and most generous interviewee ever. There’s a lot to learn and love about him here. I love it all. I love him

Good conversation and not sure why I missed this when it was posted. Many topics were covered here and it is always interesting to get John’s take on all genres of music. He certainly has come full circle in all aspects of his life and it is a great thing that he is more comfortable in his own skin. He is the best of his generation and certainly my favorite artist and guitarist. His songwriting is also next level. A complete artist in every sense of the word.

This might be the most enjoyable podcast I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening too. I was deeply engaged the entire time. Off to part two !

I hated Mayer back in the early 2000s. My brother was a huge fan and I thought he was a no talent ass clown. My brother dragged me to his live concert during the Continuum tour and... I was literally blown away. I am a huge JM fan now, seven live concerts and counting.

Born and Raised is the most influential album on my life!!! I fucking love that album! Do you like If I Ever Get Around To Living???

I heard John Mayer back in like 02/03...I knew him as the "Your Body Is A Wonderland" guy. I really didnt enjoy him and I never gave him another thought. Then one day I sat down with my dad to watch The Crossroads Festival on PBS. It was 2007 and I was looking forward to seeing the blues legends (and Jeff Beck) do their thing. I came away being blown away by Mayer's live version of "Gravity" and Ive never been surprised by him since (including when he started touring with The Dead). As famous as he is, I dont think many people give him the credit he deserves for how talented he really is.

What a great conversation!

Soooo late to the party here, but holy smokes this is a seriously great conversation.

the only thing better than this would be if there was video footage of this!

One of the best things i've ever listened to in my life.

Why does this channel have only 10.5k subs? This guy's amazing.

i can hear john talking all day long..

Homeboy has been killing it with the dead. 👌👌👌

Dean, part 1 of Let There Be Talk with John Mayer is one of the best interviews with Johnny I’ve ever heard! It feels like a conversation between 2 people who have a mutual admiration and respect for one another and it flows freely! I LOVE the way Part 1 ends with John admitting he’s deep into Springsteen now. I can’t wait for Part 2 when you and Johnny talk about The Boss! Thank you soooo very much! ♥️🏻♥️ I'm now a subscriber, thanks to this interview because this episode means so much to me! Throughout the years, John has revealed himself to be very human, very kind, very honest and a beautiful man inside and out, in addition to his talent and brilliance. He's one of the most genuinely endearing people I've ever encountered. The connection you and John have in the interview brings out more of the same from John and also shows you to be forthright and endearing.

Dean, your enthusiasm for John Mayer is fantastic! The connection and sincerity flows through the whole convo. Never a dull moment. Can’t wait for part two!!

I never get to talk to anybody who goes from SRV to Mike McCready to Eddie Vedder and then wraps it all up with a spot on Fugazi analogy. So glad I tuned into this one.

Maybe the most down to earth, raw, and organic John Mayer interviews Ive heard! I planned on listening for a few minutes and found myself wanting part 2 at 1am! Awesome chat!

This pod is about to blow-up

This is THE BEST interview with John I have ever heard. You two are magic with each other. In-depth questions, in-depth answers, and complete honesty. All around excellent! I can't wait until Part 2. Thank you so much for this amazing talk!

This was truly fascinating, thank you! For all of john’s ability on guitar (and he is one of the very best) I love that for him it’s about the song first. He is a better songwriter than he is a guitar player....and that is an astonishing thing to say.

I’ve never come across another human as similar to me as John Mayer

This is an outstanding interview! I'm 2 years late but your never late when your a JM fan. His interviews is my 1st love when it come to John. I fell in love with his mind, then his music. This interview brought me back to the 1st time I heard him speak his mind. This is pure gold. 💎

Incredible interview. One of the best with Mayer

This Fantabulous pod cast just put yet another SmiLe in my heart for John Mayer & Dean Delray!!!! I Thank the Heavens to have you Angels Among US!!!! WE ALL CAN FLY & MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONE HEART AT A TIME! ♥

I saw the John Mayer Trio at the Ryman and I knew what it was, all blues. Apparently 70% of the audience didn't realize that. As the show went on teenage girls were dropping like flies, walking out. By the time he played daughters, his only hit of the entire show, the venue was probably 30% empty. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. haha.

great interview, can't wait for part 2

Thanks for this. Seriously, I have been wanting something like this interview from John for a long time.

God Bless you Dean! Amazing interview! Very nuanced, Keep bringing it!

This is great! Looking forward to p2 Mayer is a beast of a guitarist and genuinely interesting guy

i fucking love this guy. Dean is cool too. John Mayer is so fucking down to earth and such a talented musician. so glad this happened

What an incredible interview! John is truly a wonderful storyteller with his guitar and his words and you made it so easy! The quote about Bobby being Jerry's trampoline really applies here! You just let John bounce! So introspective and bright. He's truly a work of art. I cant wait to listen to Pt. 2! Thanks Dean!

I came just to hear John talk about playing wolf

This interview is way better than the ones with 1 million views

Diggin John the most , and this new(to me) podcast

John Mayer's music did for me at the worst time of my life what Grateful Dead did for him. That's wild.

This is a GREAT interview! I love logging in and seeing an over hour long video. I'm in it for the long haul when I love the artist! It was a very insightful conversation about John's past and how the perception of what fans had of him in the beginning of his career vs now. He's a truly gifted musician and has contributed so much to the music scene in the last 20 years. Its interesting to hear John's perspective from the other end and about how he was feeling when he came off as arrogant and like "that popular guy". Brings him to the same level as fans and cool to hear how self aware he is. Hes a really good guy that got a bad rap by default because of some women he dated. If we were all judged by who we dated while young and just starting our our adult life, then pretty much everyone would have made mistakes. What gets you back to peace and sustaining stronger relationships with people is how you grow from each experience. You can tell John takes 1 important point and brings it back around for full circle moments.

Loved listening to this!!

everyone judged Mayer when room for squares broke. Very few dudes and no musicians liked him. I was one of the few dude musicians in my circle that did like him early on but if you would have told me that 20 years later he’d still around and widely revered by chicks, dudes, and musicians alike as one of our generations guitar hero’s I woulda said u crazy. It’s right around the time he started doing the blues trio thing a few years after he broke that guitarists started to notice

RU-vid's algorithm brought me here, just looked at the previous videos and *HAD* to subscribe.

Thank you for this interview. Answered questions that had for him also.

Loved it. Thanks to you both!

Waiting for part 2, part 1 was fantastic!

wow Dean congratulations I have been playing guitar for a few years now and while I am not a huge John mayer music fan he is a influence on the guitar. He is a monster guitar player!

"Farmer time." LOL!

Hell yeah. Cheers to getting Mayor on!

I was a F that guy back in day as well but Mayer has grown on me and you're right Dean, his playing with Dead and Co is so good. Great job as always Dean! Keep'em coming!

Jeez, between music and watches, I could listen (and I wish, talk) to you guys all day... Great show, instant subscriber. Keep up the great work! 🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️🤘🏻

Thanks for the great interview, Dean! I found you by way of Marc Maron! My wife introduced me to John Mayer about 5 years ago. I also learned his music in reverse beginning with Born and Raised and Paradise Valley working back to Continuum and some Room For Squares. Being a musician myself, I fell in love with his playing, songwriting, melodies, etc. He really is an amazing guitar player and songwriter! Walt Grace is probably my favorite off of Born and Raised! The riff from Neon is still one of my top 5 favorite riffs of all time, which says a lot coming from a metal head like myself! See you guys in Orlando next month!

Always great to have those special interviews, that only come around every few years, of someone we may admire where they sit down and speak freely about whatever is on their mind. That takes a good interviewer to get them to talk the way he does in this interview. Great job Dean!

LOVE this interview. Very interesting topics... it's like I just listened to the JM autobiography!

I have no fancy words...I just fucking love this man. That’s it.

This is gold!

This was outstanding. Thanks guys

So organic

Wow amazing conversation Dean! Loved every second!

I’ve had that “shit, i might pass out/panic right now” a couple times lol its always when you SHOULD be enjoying yourself. Good job man pulling through. Love the podcast, new sub.

I don't know how I never heard this, Dean your the man, and I've always wished John would do a podcast interview. This is incredible!

That's funny, I started at Continuum and peeled backwards. When I did that, I understood the genius in his earlier stuff that I wrote off when it was new.

What a great interview. I hit that subscribe button.

Dean, keep up the great work...great comedian, great podcast. Congratulations, Sir!!😎🎸👏👏👏

Part 2 i cant wait

So awesome! About time he gets on a comedians podcast. Hey bobby on!! Bill or Mickey might do it!

John on Sting: "... it's a lot of ships and ponies." hahaha

Came straight here from the Jasta interview, Gold!

🔥

"... wrapping my tree around a car"

I keep coming back to this episode. One of the greatest podcasts I've ever heard. It made a John Mayer fan out of me. Dean did a great job with this.

Just discovered you as a podcaster , I’m scrolling finding guest i want to hear chat . Just finish Dave Lombardo and Bill Burr . And then i found John Mayer , he’s awesome , can’t wait for this 2 part podcast 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. You’re intro says born and raised is an amazing album and that is a fact . Amazing 🤩

THANK YOU

When you started talking about watched I was about to like here we go but bruh this podcast has lead me to find the gem Dean .imma sleep to this now.

Wow! Thank u so much Dean! Fucking tremendous! Can't wait for part 2!

Good stuff Dean!

54:49 wrapping my tree around my car

Does anybody else feel like they're about to pass out listening to this? I am, exactly the way Dean has described it in the intro. A very intense experience of my mind being blown for over an hour now (I'm at 1:16:15). It's so overly intellectually stimulating, makes me feel like i might end up throwing up / hungover the next day. I enjoy hearing John talk a lot, never miss a chance. But this one is up there, along with his interview at Oxford. I really wonder if anybody else has this sensory overload experience (and exactly as I do, keeps on listening, because it's just that good).

I google the hell out of shit too. Got a new amp that made a little noise on the car ride home. I became ambulatory towards it for the first week with no end.

I knew JM was a genius when I was learning guitar and I thought, No Such Thing was such a cheesy MOR track I would just learn it to goof on, then I saw the chords... and I was like wth is this? which ones A? wheres Em? changed my whole outlook on music

Interviewer sounds a bit like John Frusciante

Can’t seem to find this anymore on Spotify! :(

Fucking awesome interview! Just two guys talking and bouncing off each other.

I was so stoked when I heard you and Uncle Joey were Dead Headz. Not Fade Away Brother!! (~);} When you coming to CT. Or the Northeast ?

Dean, part 1 is going great. Just a minor correction, the team gets to keep the world series trophy. You were thinking about the Stanley cup. John was too nice to correct you. I thought you are a baseball fan ?? Lol Bandwagon Giants fan? Lol Great part 1... I admire your hustle and grit.

Way to go Dean Delrizay!!!

2016 Boulder I know u rider second day second set I was on stage with john

is part 2 already recorded? if not can you ask about his custom shop charvel guitar

54:56 I haven't heard that form of the expression before

Who wants to carpool to Livingston, MT?

What was the show you guys wehre talking about, the one that got put on Netflix

I always thought Richie Sambora was the most mainstream strat and hat guy to be inspired by SRV

47:30 Every Ed Sheeran Song! No disrespect but it's so accurate lol

I l o v e this can u guys invite me next time pls :(((((

I just looked at the ads in the thing I'm definitely going to get ad fucked here

i'm like number 666 xD

What drink hes talking about at 1:01:55 ?

23:03 selling Dumble Overdrive Reverb

the stuff he says about hot chicks not knowing how to approach men is for real

epic guest dean excited for part 2!