On the way: John Mayer

He will be at the Sprint Center on March 22, a Monday. His opening act: Michael Franti and Spearhead. Mayer's album "Battle Studies" comes out Nov. 17.

Comments

[me]

A Monday= weak ticket sales= canceled show

[Mike A]

Michael Franti and Spearhead are awesome, I wish they were headlining a show in KC.

[tim finn]

he will pull a decent crowd. date night.

[he's just so gosh darned earnest]

Embrace the guitar-face suckage.

[bob]

Ugh.

[Scott]

Great guitar player, all around good musician but for whatever reason he puts me to sleep, anyone else feel the same?

[Geordan]

I think he's a more talented musician than I once gave him credit for, but his music is as bland to me as Jack Johnson's, who is the most boring Mainstream artists in years. I say we ship Mayer overseas on a tour with the yawn-inducing Jack Johnson, Dave Matthew's Bland, uh, I meant 'BAND,' and the soulless Jason Mraz, and hope like Hell they get lost in Helsinki......

[Mike A]

Hell Stinky!

[George Costanza]

zzzzzzzzz...
Ambien, who needs it. Just thinking about these artists makes me want to crawl under my desk and take a nap.

[he's just so gosh darned earnest]

Agreed, he's a great guitarist, but has anyone ever done less with this much musical ability?
I'd rather listen to Tom Waits and Bob Dylan clear their throats in the morning than anything this guy has to say.

[AllUNeedIsLove]

Talk trash all you want against John Mayer, but he's definitely doing something right. Who else do you know in popular music that's was named one of the 50 New Guitar Gods by Rolling Stone and has shared the stage with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn's band Double Trouble, Brad Paisley and Jay-Z? Take away "Your Body Is A Wonderland" and "Daughters" and he's basically the most popular blues/soul-based artist in music. Listen to "Waiting on the World To Change" and try not to think about Curtis Mayfield or Marvin Gaye. I'm not saying he's as good as those guys, but if more people got exposed to music like that instead of Lady Gag Gag, we'd all be better off.

[Darin]

The first post in this thread is hilarious. Do you really think John Mayer, one of the best pop musicians on the planet right now, who hasn't headlined in KC in several years, on the heels of what looks to be a big album, isn't going to sell enough to tickets to warrant a show?

I know it's hip to bash most things mainstream on this blog, but if you're bashing on Mayer, you picked the wrong guy. His music may not be your cup of tea, but there's nothing wrong with the direction he's taking mainstream music.

[Scott]

Its funny you mentioned Jack Johnson, I was going to list his name for another sleeper but I left it out, no doubt these guys have talent, but something is missing for me, hell johnson sold out sandstone a year or two ago and mayer has a good following, they arent all that bad. The songs just dont knock me down, maybe its the band behind these guys, maybe its the producer or maybe the overall production, if I had to point to whats missing I believe its the rhythm section. I think Christopher Walken said it best, More Cowbell!!!

[Mike Unt]

John Mayer is a freaking dork!

[bob]

"I think he's a more talented musician than I once gave him credit for, but his music is as bland to me as Jack Johnson's, who is the most boring Mainstream artists in years. "

He recently said he knew he could be more respected if he didn't write cheesy pop songs, but he found the key to making money is by writing cheesy pop songs and prefers that. I don't like his music or him, but at least he admits what he is, a money whore. Power to him. He won't get my money, but for every one of me there are apparently a 100 females that will be happy to shell out the dollars.

[Mike Unt]

A lot of it has to do with looks - if John Mayer looked like, say Meatloaf or John Osbourne - he wouldn't be as huge as he is. Who's with me on this?

[pellboy]

I'm not going but I could think of way worse things to do then being forced to go to this. Good guitar player and I even find his music listenable when he stays more in the blues rock/soul vein. I don't care what anybody says, that Trio album is pretty tasty.

[Rusty Trombone]

He may be a dork w/ an armsleeve tat, but I'm sur he did it for the nookie!

[Mike Unt]

Well, duh!! Could you possibly be anymore so Mr. Obvious?

[jrmcrna]

Geez...why can't Franti come play a venue like the Uptown by himself? That would be soooooo much better~

[NEW]

I agree. I can't even begin to picture Franti and Spearhead at SC. It's almost surreal to think about it. I don't think I've ever seen them indoors, let alone a stone cold arena like SC.