In case you didn’t catch it the first two times, the John Mayer Trio is back together for this tour, but who knows if they’ll ever do it again? After their hyper-successful live album Try! and their show-stealing set as part of the Where the Light Is DVD/live album/tour, nothing was heard from the trio for eight years until the two non-John Mayer parts of the trio, Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino, joined a slew of talented musicians to craft John’s newest studio venture. Later, it was announced that The Search for Everything Tour would include a, you guessed it, trio set and blues fans everywhere rejoiced. Seeing as it’s been a long time since we’ve seen the immensely-talented John Mayer Trio emerge into the public, I’d suggest catching them while you can before they’re gone again.

John has Learned a Lot from Dead and Company

From soloing to setlist construction (or lack thereof) to his presence on stage, his time as the frontman for the Grateful Dead’s most recent iteration, Dead and Company, has been apparent throughout his most recent trip around the states. As compared to the blues-rock electricity of his solos from the Where the Light Is Tour or the country/bluegrass stylings of his Born and Raised World Tour, John has learned a lot about emotion from Bob Weir and the rest of the Dead. His solos are phrased more creatively and utilize tones and moods that have ramped up his soloing from jaw-dropping to legendary.