I joined his fan club way back in like 2004, and got notified that a trio album was coming out. He showed it a little more on Heavier Things and the As/Is albums, and I think he was at the Crossroads festival in 2003 (?) which I have the DVD of. I was majorly into the music scene, and was mostly a SRV fan at that point, but I was telling everyone 'I know this dude sings panty droppers, but he has SERIOUS guitar chops' and noboby believed me. I can't remember the details, but I heard some bootleg around the time that Room for Squares was the major thing. Add in his Dead and Co stuff, and the dude is just in a class of his own. It makes me happy that the guy that REALLY got me into music back when I was 13-14 (32 now) can still get new fans 15 years later, and people love him just the same as I did all those years ago.

But but 2000s Mayer was the music I went through high school and college with, so definitely has a special place in the ol’ heart. Nothing wrong with him evolving (musicians SHOULD evolve), but if you grew up with Mayer through the 2000s like I did (found his ‘Wind Cries Mary’ and ‘Lenny’ demo CD at a Starbucks, then got ‘Inside Wants Out’ in like ‘99 I believe.I may have the years off just a bit), ‘Where The Light Is’ is absolutely as good as it gets. He then also went through his Neil Young/Bob Dylan faze after that. Not bad, just not as polished, and different. Not too long after that, he had his vocal chord issues, and has sounded different ever since. Its also by far the best his voice has ever sounded (imo). Yeah, that album was peak 2000s John Mayer.

John mayer where the light is song