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John Clayton Mayer genre with the formation of the (b. October 16, 1977) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Connecticut, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1998. He soon made a name for himself, and has had success both commercially and critically. After originally performing mainly acoustic pop, in 2005 he made a transition towards the bluesJohn Mayer Trio.
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Mayer's other interests include stand-up comedy and writing; he has written articles for several magazines, most notably Esquire. He also enjoyes writing in his blog at johnmayer.com.
Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayer grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut, the second of three sons. There, he became friends with future tennis star James Blake. Mayer attended Fairfield High School (now Fairfield Ward High School) for his freshman, sophomore, and senior years, but attended Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Connecticut for his junior year, where he was enrolled in the Center for Global Studies at Brien McMahon High School. Then known as the Center for Japanese Studies Abroad, it is a magnet program for students in Fairfield County wanting to learn Japanese.
Mayer listened to pop music, but it was not until the age of thirteen that his inspiration for playing the guitar began. When his father, a high school principal, gave him a confiscated tape player that contained an album by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mayer discovered the blues and learned how to play the guitar. After two years of practice, he started playing at blues bars and other venues in the area. While in high school, he was in a band called Villanova Junction with Joe Beleznay, Tim Procaccini, and Rich Wolf.
Mayer has a number of tattoos. These include: "Home Life" on the back of his arm (after the song off of the Heavier Things album), "SRV" (for his idol Stevie Ray Vaughan), "77" (his year of birth) on his left pectoralis major, and a Japanese style fish on his right deltoid. In 2003, he got a tattoo of three squares on his right forearm, which sparked a lot of questions. Mayer explains that he likes getting tattoos, but not having too many, so he will fill the three squares in gradually. As of 2006, two are filled.
Mayer also has a extensive collection of sneakers, estimated (in 2006) at over 200 pairs.
Mayer dated Jennifer Love Hewitt briefly in 2002. In a comedy routine in May 2006, he joked they never consummated their relationship; he later apologized to her for the raunchy routine.
According to the August 29, 2006, issue of People, Mayer was rumored to be in a relationship with singer Jessica Simpson. The article actually followed a US Weekly magazine report claiming a confirmation for Simpson. However, when asked by Rosie O'Donnell in a September 5, 2006, episode of The View, Simpson stated "I am not actually dating John Mayer." It has since been reported that there was a brief fling between the two, but Mayer called in quits after Simpson's PR team went public with the relationship. It is said that he felt Simpson was 'desperate.'
John currently resides in a suburb of Los Angeles (as of 2006) with his roommate (and sound technician) Chad Franscoviak. He also has an apartment in New York City, where he lives alone.
When he was seventeen, he was suddenly stricken with a cardiac arrhythmia that sent him to the hospital for a weekend. The trauma of the incident sparked his songwriting, and he penned his first lyrics the night he got home. Shortly thereafter, he began suffering from crippling panic attacks, he keeps a Xanax (an anti-anxiety drug) with him, just in case.
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