ʻO John Clayton Mayer he mea mele ʻAmelika, mea haku mele, mea hoʻokani pila, a me ka mea hana leo. ʻIke ʻia no kāna hoʻokani pila a me kāna ʻimi noʻeau i nā mele pop-rock. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka lanakila nui o ka pakuhi ma US a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila kaulana, ʻike ʻia no kāna ʻoihana hoʻokahi a me kāna ʻoihana ma ka John Mayer Trio, he miliona mau mea pā a puni ka honua. Ua ʻohi ʻo ia i ke kīkā ma 13 a lawe i nā haʻawina no ʻelua makahiki.
A laila, mahalo i kona hoʻomanawanui a me kona manaʻo paʻa, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo iā ia iho a hoʻokō i kāna pahuhopu. Ua hele mai kāna "breakthrough" nui i ka wā i hoʻokani ai ʻo ia ma Southwest by Southwest Music Festival 2000 ma Austin, a ma hope iho ua kau inoa ʻo Aware Records iā ia i kahi ʻaelike.
ʻO ka lanakila o ʻehiku Grammy Awards, ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kāna ʻano mele i kēlā me kēia manawa a ua loaʻa i ka lanakila ma nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, hoʻokumu iā ia iho i ka pōhaku hou a hoʻonui i kona mau ʻike me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mele blues.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Gazer Times iā ia no kona leo ikaika a me ka wiwo ʻole. ʻO ka hapa nui o kāna mau album ua kūleʻa ʻoihana a ua hele i ka multi-platinum.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o John Mayer
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo John Clayton Mayer ma ʻOkakopa 16, 1977 ma Bridgeport, Connecticut. Ua ulu i Fairfield. ʻO kona makuakāne, ʻo Richard, he poʻo kula kiʻekiʻe a ʻo kona makuahine, ʻo Margaret Mayer, he kumu ʻōlelo Pelekane. ʻElua ona kaikunāne.
I ka wā he haumāna ʻo John ma ka Center for Global Studies ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Brian McMahon ma Norfolk, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoihoi i ke kīkā. A ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i kahi hana a Michael J. Fox, ua "aloha" ʻo ia me nā mele blues. Ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ʻo ia e nā leo o Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I ka makahiki 13 o John, ua hoʻolimalima kona makuakāne i kīkā nona. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i nā haʻawina a ua lilo ia i mea nui loa a lawe kona mau mākua hopohopo iā ia i kahi psychiatrist. Akā ua ʻōlelo ke kauka ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau me ke kanaka, komo maoli ʻo ia i ka mele.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia ma hope ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau ʻo ka male ʻana o kona mau mākua i mea pinepine iā ia e "nalo i kona honua ponoʻī".
I kona wā ʻōpio, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani i ke kīkā ma nā pā a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me ka hui ʻo Villanova Junction a pāʻani pū me Tim Procaccini, Rich Wolfe a me Joe Belezney.
I ka 17 o kona mau makahiki, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia me ka cardiac dysrhythmia a ua mālama ʻia ʻo John i ka haukapila. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea mele, ʻo ia ka manawa i ʻike ai he makana pū kekahi no ke kākau ʻana i nā mele. Ua hōʻike ʻia ma hope mai ua loaʻa pū ʻo ia i ka hoʻouka kaua weliweli a ke hoʻomau nei i ka lāʻau hopohopo.
Ua makemake ʻo ia e haʻalele i ke kulanui e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana ma ke mele, akā ua hoʻohuli kona mau mākua iā ia e hele i ke Koleke Mele ʻo Berklee ma 1997 i ka makahiki 19.
Akā naʻe, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia iā ia iho, ʻelua mau kau ma hope ua neʻe ʻo ia i Atlanta me kāna hoa kulanui ʻo Glyn Cook. Ua hoʻokumu lākou i ka hui ʻelua Lo-Fi Masters Demo a hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻokani ma nā hui kūloko a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻokaʻawale koke lākou a ua hoʻomaka ʻo Meyer i kāna ʻoihana solo.
ʻO ka hana a me nā album o John Mayer
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo John Mayer i kāna debut EP Inside Wants Out ma Kepakemapa 24, 1999. Ua hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ka album e Columbia Records ma 2002. Ua hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia kekahi mau mele e like me: Back to You, My Stupid Mouth and No Such Thing no kāna album mua ʻo Room for Squares.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album studio mua ʻo Room For Squares ma Iune 5, 2001. Ua piʻi ka album ma ka helu 8 ma ka US Billboard 200. ʻO kāna album kūʻai maikaʻi loa a hiki i kēia lā, kūʻai aku i 4 kope ma US.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album studio ʻelua ʻo Heavier Things ma Kepakemapa 9, 2003. ʻOiai ua hoʻohewa maikaʻi ʻia kāna mele mele, ua hoʻopuka mau kēia album i nā loiloi maikaʻi.
Ma 2005, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka hui pōhaku ʻo John Mayer Trio me ka bassist Pino Palladino a me ka mea hoʻokani pahu ʻo Steve Jordan. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ka album ola Try!.
Ma 2005, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album studio ʻekolu ʻo Continuum ma Kepakemapa 12, 2006. Ua komo ka album i nā mea mele blues, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano mele mele a Mayer. Ua mahalo nui ʻia ka album e nā mea hoʻokani mele a ua lanakila ʻo Meyer i kekahi mau makana.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album studio ʻehā ʻo Battle Studies ma Nowemapa 17, 2009. He kūleʻa pāʻoihana ia ʻaʻole wale ma US, akā ma kekahi mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
Ua loaʻa pū ka album i ka mahalo nui a ua hōʻoia ʻia ka platinum e ka RIAA. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album studio ʻelima ʻo Born and Raised ma Mei 22, 2012.
Ua kahe ʻia kāna mea mua Shadow Days ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mea mele ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album ponoʻī. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lua o ka Mōʻīwahine o Kaleponi i ka lekiō Hot AC ma ʻAukake 13, 2012 a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna wikiō kūhelu ma Iulai 30, 2012.
ʻO Something Like Olivia ke kolu o ka album Born and Raised, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kekahi mau mele mele o ka poʻe a me ʻAmelika, aia ma kēia mele i lohe ʻia ai ka loli ʻana o Mayer i ke ʻano mele. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka poʻe hoʻohewa i kāna mau akamai loea.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album studio ʻeono a Mayer ʻo Paradise Valley ma ʻAukake 20, 2013. Hōʻike ia i nā hoʻomaha mele a me ka nui o nā mea kani.
Kokoke ka album holoʻokoʻa me nā leo kīkā uila. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna mele mua, Paper Doll, ma Iune 18, 2013, a ukali ʻia e Wildfire ma Iulai 16, 2013. ʻO ke kolu o ka mele ʻo Who You Love aia ma ka lekiō Hot AC i ka lā 3 o Kepakemapa. ʻO ka mea hou aʻe, ʻo Paradise Valley, i loaʻa no ke kahe ʻana ma 13 ʻAukake.
Ma ʻApelila 15, 2014, ua hoʻokani ʻo Mayer i ka XO ma kahi ʻahamele ma Australia. Aia i loko o kēia album kahi mana acoustic i wehe ʻia me ke kīkā, ka piano a me ka harmonica. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo MTV iā ia no ka maʻalahi a me ka maopopo. Hoʻomaka ia ma ka helu 90 ma ka US Billboard Hot 100 a kūʻai aku i 46 kope.
Ua hana pū ʻo John Mayer me Dead & Company, he hui ʻo Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Otheil Burbridge a me Jeff Chimenti. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i ka huakaʻi ma Mei 27, 2017, i pau i Iulai 1.
Nā hana nui a me nā hoʻokō
Ua loaʻa i ka puke mele mua a John Mayer Room For Squares nā manaʻo maikaʻi mai ka poʻe loiloi mele. ʻO kāna album studio ʻelua, Heavier Things, i hoʻomaka ma ka No. 1 ma ka US Billboard 200 a kūʻai aku i 317 kope i kāna pule mua.
Hoʻomaka kāna album Continuum ma ka helu 2 ma ka US Billboard 200 a kūʻai aku i 300 kope i kāna pule mua. ʻO ka hopena, ʻoi aku ma mua o 186 miliona mau kope i kūʻai ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻomaka ka album Battle Studies ma #3 ma ka US Billboard 1 a kūʻai aku ma luna o 200 miliona kope ma US.
I loko o kāna ʻoihana mele, ua lanakila ʻo John Mayer i ʻehiku Grammy Awards mai 19 mau koho. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi makana Grammy no ka Best Male Variety Vocal Performance no ka mea hoʻokahi ʻo Your Body Is the Wonderland mai Room for Squares ma 2003.
Loaʻa iā Continuum kahi makana Grammy no ka Best Pop Vocal Album. Ua loaʻa iā ia ʻelua Grammy Awards no nā kaikamahine no ke mele o ka makahiki a me ka Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ma 2005.
ʻO nā makana ʻē aʻe i loaʻa iā ia ʻo ka MTV Video Music Awards, ka ASCAP Award, ka American Music Award, a me nā mea hou aku.
ʻO ke ola pilikino
Ua pili ʻo John Mayer i ka mea hoʻokani ʻo Jennifer Love Hewitt, ka mea mele ʻo Jessica Simpson, ka mea mele ʻo Taylor Swift a me ka mea hoʻokani ʻo Minka Kelly.
I ka makahiki 2002, ua hana ʻo ia i ka Back To You Foundation, he NGO i hoʻāla kālā no ka mālama ola kino, ka hoʻonaʻauao, ka hana noʻeau, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā talena.
Ua kākoʻo ʻo ia i nā hoʻolaha e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a ua komo ʻo ia i ka philanthropy i kekahi mau manawa. Ua kākoʻo pū ʻo ia i ka Elton John AIDS Foundation.
ʻOiai ua koho ʻo ia e pale i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ma 2006 ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka marijuana. Ua komo pū ʻo ia i kahi hōʻino nui no nā ʻōlelo racist i loko o kahi hālāwai ninaninau, no laila ua kala mai ʻo ia. He leʻaleʻa hoʻi kāna - He ʻohi wati avid ʻo John.
I Malaki 2014, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia i ka mea kūʻai wati iā Robert Maron no $656, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he ʻehiku o nā wati āna i kūʻai mai ai mai Maron i loaʻa nā ʻāpana hoʻopunipuni. Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Mayer i kahi ʻōlelo e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole i kūʻai aku ka mea kūʻai aku iā ia i nā wati hoʻopunipuni, ua hewa ʻo ia.
