John Mayer

Words and Photos by B "Café con Leche" Gutierrez.

I love John Clayton Mayer.

I've liked his music ever since I first heard him on the radio, but I didn't fall in love with him as a musician until I had the chance to see him live on Feb. 1, 2007. In fact, before that show in 2007, I had no idea he was such great guitarist. That show elevated him to a completely new level for me. It was not just about cute lyrics and beautiful break-up songs anymore. It was about his passion for music and his glorious guitar riffs (oh yes, I said glorious.)

I knew he was playing in Tulsa on Sept. 3, but I wasn't planning to attend the show. At least I wasn't, until I saw the live broadcast of his Sept. 1 show at Colorado's Red Rocks. That's when I remembered how great he is and realized how much I'd regret it if I missed out on the Tulsa show. After all, it was just a two-hour drive and a ticket that wasn't in my budget. But I had to do it. So I bought my ticket the day before the show and got on the road after leaving work on Friday.

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Photo by PKeigan | CC BY-ND 2.0

My name is Michael and I'm a John Mayer fan.

BoT didn't commission this review. I texted Hash Browns halfway through the best concert I've seen since Paul McCartney last summer and told her I was gonna write a few words regardless, and BoT could post them if they wanted to. It is true, the last thing the web needs is more sludge on celebrities clogging our collective bandwidth, but I thought fuck it, I'll join the fray because I actually care about this shit. Read on.