Preface

Post #1 might be the beginning of this blog, but it's definitely not the beginning of my personal Mayer mania.

The sequence in brief of my coming around to John and his music would read something like,

1) Mom made me listen to "Your Body Is a Wonderland" when it showed up on a Grammys compilation way back when. I was maybe 12, and I thought the lyrics were gross.

2) Mom made me watch John play said song at the Grammys on TV. I thought, "Ooh, he is cute."

3) Mom bought Heavier Things, and constantly blasted it throughout the house and in the car. I loved it.

4) Mom bought Continuum, and I felt 'eh' about it.

5) I went to the Dallas show in 2007 and was completely inspired--even though I was really going initially because Ben Folds was the opener. Continuum became the soundtrack to my life that summer as I was leaving home for college and wrestling with relationships and my own emotions.

6) I unintentionally put John's music on the backburner as I faced the stresses of higher education, and stumbled upon it again this past Spring Break when I could finally remove myself from the daily grind. I discovered Where the Light Is, whose release had unfortunately slipped under my radar, took one listen to his cover of "Free Fallin'"--which created a magical, sentimental connection between the voices my childhood and adult life (Petty and Mayer, respectively)--and the rest is history.

Now, I'm currently on the Battle Studies bandwagon and have been since the beginning. I can't wait until the new album's released, because I feel like John has given his most dedicated fans enough access to the building process to call it partly their own--a kind of group project, so to speak. Then the 2010 tour dates will be announced and summer shenanigans will commence!

I'm just happy to support an artist whose voice is not only that of our generation, but one that sings so many of my own thoughts and feelings more eloquently than I could ever express myself. It's the least I can do for a musician and human whose music and lyrics have supported me through both the most gratifying and trying times.