Well that's just badass. Will def be checking it out - this version is ripping and you can tell he was on point, which means there are some other gems in the set. Cheers to you Bruno!
well he has learned from the greats and added in his own techniques. would love to see him have a guitar off with srv.clapton, stkins, setzer etc...would be a night worth 10X more than any usual concert.
@@philipsk are you kidding me? he writes amazing songs... check out continuum or room for squares, his songwriting is some of the best in the past 20 years, and a majority of it is written by Mayer only.
Jarecl Let's not forget all the behind the scenes songwriting John does for other artist. He definitely has a huge influence on the music industry and will for quite a while, even as his own music may or may not become less prevalent
This is first video that i saw John Mayer playing 5 years ago and i became his fan. Today i know every his song and he made me start palying guitar. Thank you Mr. Mayer
@@israelCommitsGenocide vultures is a good one as well pretty simple it's one kind of groove throughout the whole song if you get it how John gets it though it's awesome
@@TheM.O.V. That is part of the blues, but not all of it. Blues can be celebrating pleasure too, and just be something that is a part of your soul. John Mayer has blues running through his veins, even if he hasn't faced hardship. Saying that Real Blues is from hardship is like what you said in your reply, part of it. Blues is Blues.
@@chrisrichardson5834 that's funny.... I have a full house every night I plug in........ I wonder what they are doing here..? must be doing something right..... come to MI and check it out ....
So masterful, so Blues-manly and such a royal jam! I love, Love, LOVE him, like the verb. More evidence that John Mayer has LONG been a Master, the Man and the King ❣🌟💎👑
AMEN to that; his tone is "out of this world" quality, and the groove is beyond that dimension --- from somewhere far out in the universe, just arriving to us after many light years of traveling through space and time; (or something)
So grateful for good taste not dying out with age..It’s over the time, and people. It’s divine. Grateful for these tunes. This is the thing keep the world spinning. Absorb it.
Went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees Asked the lord for mercy, said help me if you please I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride No one seemed to know me, everybody passed me by You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown That I'm standing at the crossroads, I believe I'm sinking down
I've been watching this video for probably just over a year and it still amazes me that he made that sound come out of a stratocaster. john really just is something else
I love this song, since its lyrics go so far in the history of the blues, where famous blues musicians played a song on their guitar in the middle of the night at a crossroads. All of this in order to magically master the art of blues, while also selling their life to a demon.
Oh I love this video, I saw it a long time ago and when I searched for it again I could not find it. I love how he performs this, the tone and sound is amazing.
That’s a Cornish NG- 2 pedal he’s using to get that sound. He uses it and talks about it on the crossroads instructional video. It’s a really expensive pedal but it sounds great especially through really good amps
He began his career doing pop because pop sells more albums and gets more airtime, but he's been playing blues at his live shows since the beginning. The Blues is why he started playing guitar.
John did 2 solos. The first one was eclectic and reminded me of Jeff Beck. The 2nd one, he went blues and showed Clapton just how far mayer has advanced blues
I remember in the 90's during grunge era, generation at those time mostly don't listen to blues anymore..blues has become music for oldies and few young musicians..
Great and many guitar Gods played this song but to my taste the best will always be the live version by Cream played somewhere about 1968. The singular reason 'JACK BRUCE'. This great man R.I.P is what all other renditions lack.
Hey all. Since this video was so well received, I uploaded the entire show. Check it out: czcams.com/video/9zk_jXRJ8aw/video.html
Bruno H thanks bro
Well that's just badass. Will def be checking it out - this version is ripping and you can tell he was on point, which means there are some other gems in the set. Cheers to you Bruno!
Hello how are you ? Can any guitarist here tell me if Mayer is using an overdrive or a distortion? Thank you very much.
your my hero thanks
Charly Novillo fuzz for sure
I like him. Not all his songs. But the man has the blues in him and can play that geetar like nobody's business.
well he has learned from the greats and added in his own techniques. would love to see him have a guitar off with srv.clapton, stkins, setzer etc...would be a night worth 10X more than any usual concert.
Like if you have a small penis.
but it is his business to play guitar
lucas deaver i feel the same
Wilmer Andersson hypothetically speaking i assume
John Mayer cooks. We've been served. Love it. Love him
Slapping style on a classic Eric Clapton riff... John... you the man...
Robert Johnson riff, the grandpa of blues!
@@sergioiniguezdiaz5677 Young folks these days...LOL. Clapton never claimed the song, always plays it as a tribute. I like Mayer's interpretation too.
@@TheScottJeter i never said Clapton claim the song. I know Clapton knows its from Robert Johson. Im just saying the riff its not made by Clapton...
@@sergioiniguezdiaz5677 the riff belongs to Clapton, the original blue song dont have that riff
That riff is Eric Clapton. On an old Robert Johnson song. Case closed. JM MADE IT HIS OWN AND NAILED IT. End of conversation.
John Mayer made a deal with the devil. Mayer got nothing out of it but the devil got guitar lessons
How do u know he made deal with the devil
But u do know he practiced 5 hours a day
Saw the same joke about Angus Young 😂
I’ve seen this joke before😡😡
@@itszach4911so what? I haven’t. Calm down and go read a book or something.
Hearsay and rumours!
When you forget robbie's gonna take a solo so you start singing but robbie stops for no one
He didn’t even mentioned him in the title 😂
@@cationpotasio thats common isnt it?
This comment. This is gold :D
John is not a recovering ego addict. He’s still addicted.
The Gorn it was a mistake clearly, stop being dramatic
The world of music is in good hands with this kid...
Neil Murray he’s like 40
He does great covers, but can't write good music himself. meh
@@philipsk are you kidding me? he writes amazing songs... check out continuum or room for squares, his songwriting is some of the best in the past 20 years, and a majority of it is written by Mayer only.
phillip - start with the try album, some of his best guitar playing is on that. every album has some gems on it, ignore the pop songs is the key.
Jarecl Let's not forget all the behind the scenes songwriting John does for other artist. He definitely has a huge influence on the music industry and will for quite a while, even as his own music may or may not become less prevalent
Saw him yesterday, never seen anything like it. Superb live-act.
Robbie Macintosh's slide solo was a killer too.
Thanks for posting this. I was wondering who that was! Will check him out.
He’s been around John for a long time
a lotta years
He plays with him through out the Live @ nokia theater Album @@fredve3984
This is first video that i saw John Mayer playing 5 years ago and i became his fan. Today i know every his song and he made me start palying guitar. Thank you Mr. Mayer
What's an easier John Mayer song to try playing? Don't say neon
@@israelCommitsGenocide Not very easy but try who says.
@@israelCommitsGenocide queen of California gets the fingers going man try that
@@israelCommitsGenocide vultures is a good one as well pretty simple it's one kind of groove throughout the whole song if you get it how John gets it though it's awesome
Bravo!!!!!!
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel" Jimi Hendrix. This dude feels it.
Stolen quote but so truee
@@TheM.O.V. That is part of the blues, but not all of it. Blues can be celebrating pleasure too, and just be something that is a part of your soul. John Mayer has blues running through his veins, even if he hasn't faced hardship. Saying that Real Blues is from hardship is like what you said in your reply, part of it. Blues is Blues.
For me it's really difficult to play blues ahah
Easy to play, hard to master
I fucking feel it man
@@jimmy-sj4ht yeah its hard to play the blues and make it sound good
He spends almost 2 HUMAN MINUTES developing the groove ( 0:30 - 2:27 ) before the song proper starts . That speaks volumes, about his music.
Musical foreplay
just sounds sloppy
@@csnide6702you just can’t recognize the pocket.
@@csnide6702 you do not have a audience brotha. You can’t recognize rhythm.
@@chrisrichardson5834 that's funny.... I have a full house every night I plug in........ I wonder what they are doing here..? must be doing something right..... come to MI and check it out ....
This kid is already a guitar legend. Outstanding! Plus he has stage presence and a great voice. Love him.❤❤😊😊
Love that little tremolo swing at 3:40
Beckish!
That's what you call Out-o-tune ;D
caprice.t i was making a joke, it sounds pretty on pitch to me ;)
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA 🇺🇸 🎸
Man. John Mayer is a huge talent on the guitar. I didn't know and usually don't listen to his music. But this rocks 🤘
When robbie comes in with the solo, the look on johns face says it all
Will Sevy that he’s a selfish ego-maniac caught out?
The Gorn he probably just forgot...
Greatest guitar player of my generation
literally the most talented room of people ever. those backup singers are amazing too... this entire band is just flawless
The groove in the beginning of his solo is just insane
So masterful, so Blues-manly and such a royal jam! I love, Love, LOVE him, like the verb. More evidence that John Mayer has LONG been a Master, the Man and the King ❣🌟💎👑
Look up groove in the dictionary and this is what you'll find
Justin Hobgood The original is by Robert Johnson...the Godfather of Rock n Roll :)
AMEN to that; his tone is "out of this world" quality, and the groove is beyond that dimension --- from somewhere far out in the universe, just arriving to us after many light years of traveling through space and time; (or something)
Nah, my dictionary says The P-Funks with with an adjective of The Meters!!!
Listening to this song and playing along with it makes me feel the love for guitar I felt in the beginning of learning to play.
So grateful for good taste not dying out with age..It’s over the time, and people. It’s divine. Grateful for these tunes. This is the thing keep the world spinning. Absorb it.
Superb! One of the best modern interpretations I've ever have heard!
Went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees
Asked the lord for mercy, said help me if you please
I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride
No one seemed to know me, everybody passed me by
You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown
That I'm standing at the crossroads, I believe I'm sinking down
I play live John Mayer songs when i’m doing chores around the house. Changes my attitude completely :D
While I was at work, I was listening and wondering who was going to play.
That's John Mayer!!
This performance is awesome
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA 🇺🇸 🎸
The special thing that John Mayers have, like no one in 2021, that he plays/performs like he is in his room at 16yo. Genius.
I've been watching this video for probably just over a year and it still amazes me that he made that sound come out of a stratocaster. john really just is something else
My personal favorite version of crossroads.
I still prefer Cream's version on "Wheels of Fire" (1968).
I love how he messed up by coming back in for the verse before letting his man take a slide solo.. first time I've genuinely seen Mayer mess up ever.
So much better than the studio version. He needs to play this one live more often. Such a good jammer!!
bumping into another legendary live of john mayer made my day 😇🎸
Best version of this song I've ever heard
Hahaha 4:18 Robbie McIntosh wanted to do a solo as well!
he wouldn't be denied, lol
Oh man, that solo is superb!!!
We gotta enjoy him as long as possible. Too many legends are dying.
hopefully he didn’t get jabbed up or we don’t have much time
John Mayer is even better LIVE than in Studio. Incredible
He really is better live. He's in his happy place playing his guitar. He's a master!
Dude's got a lot of soul. Great singer, great player, great tones. Respect.
Amazing slap by John!! And amazing groove by the other ones! 😮
THANK GOD!! I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS AGAIN!😫
I love how John enjoyes his band in this one
John Mayer is a ’Royal Jam!’ He’s a Master, the Man and the King ❣️🌟💎👑
Yaaaayy!!! I thought I would never hear this again!
Can I have a cup of John Mayer with some "Cream" in it please. And an order of Robbie McIntosh on the slide?
Troy Ybarra nohomo
on the slideeee
MAJOR PAUSE
AYYYOOO
Seriously. What an amazing guitarist.
Steve "I live in the pocket" Jordan
Jesus, this guy is the best
That groove in the intro is unbelievably amazing
I love this song, since its lyrics go so far in the history of the blues, where famous blues musicians played a song on their guitar in the middle of the night at a crossroads. All of this in order to magically master the art of blues, while also selling their life to a demon.
That’s one hell of a guitarman ladies and gents. I can’t tell you just how good that intro was. I’ll just simply ask you to try it.
Desde un pueblo de Córdoba llamado Montilla, gracias por llenar mi tiempo de Soledad
2:09 Serious groovin’ going on
Oh I love this video, I saw it a long time ago and when I searched for it again I could not find it. I love how he performs this, the tone and sound is amazing.
So far...the BEST version to date. JM has a way with those strings.
Perfect strat sound
joost Houterman ahahaha *8 bit flashbacks
JM is a tone MONSTER!
That’s a Cornish NG- 2 pedal he’s using to get that sound. He uses it and talks about it on the crossroads instructional video. It’s a really expensive pedal but it sounds great especially through really good amps
I prefer his tone during his solo on Don't Let Me Down w/Keith Urban. He has so many great tones, though.
This is just a vibe honestly
Love it when he has more complicated guitar licks on covers or on his songs - crossroads is one of his best cover
Always loved this one…you take that ride Robbie. It’s a jam sesh, after all!
I would like to see a blues album, where the cover is him standing at the crossroads
That slide guitar is on fire! - "Play some more"
“Shut up kid! It’s my turn to shred!”
Hahaha😂
Personalmente mi dà una formazione musicale che finalmente devo dire che la musica per me è una cosa naturale grazie John Mayer
Love the (guitar) sound in this song!
I wish I like his original stuff, because he's such an amazing guitarist. I love watching when he does all this bluesy stuff.
thanks for reuploadnig! I thought i was never going to see this brilliant performance again
You know I think I'm kind of impressed. Never really gave him an honest listen until now , I thought he was more pop. I was wrong and I apologise
Then watch other videos...u'll be blown away
He began his career doing pop because pop sells more albums and gets more airtime, but he's been playing blues at his live shows since the beginning. The Blues is why he started playing guitar.
You inspire us!
john is really the man...incredible
John did 2 solos. The first one was eclectic and reminded me of Jeff Beck. The 2nd one, he went blues and showed Clapton just how far mayer has advanced blues
Is this not the most awesome thing.? Can you imagine doing this 🤷🏻♂️
"Tone searching" yielded these results
and John Boy is just slaying it with Dead and Company
Magic Sam’s Boogie….Mayer knows his blues.
I was looking for this video... I couldn't find it, such a great solo in this concert.
Eres un genio!!! La mejor versión del tema sin duda!! From Uruguay
Hard not to smile watching this
Damn it, son, ROCK IT, don't waltz it!!
Love that song!!
Man I fucking love when dude just goes into a solo and was like John NOPE.
first hendrix then srv then jm _/\_; he's the best of our time
It starts with Robert Johnson not Hendrix
this song goes so hard!
I remember in the 90's during grunge era, generation at those time mostly don't listen to blues anymore..blues has become music for oldies and few young musicians..
On my eighth birthday! Favourite guitar player. Still get to jam with him, hopefully!
out of all the greats
Incrível, John Mayer é espetacular!
That fuzz is soooo goood
Great and many guitar Gods played this song but to my taste the best will always be the live version by Cream played somewhere about 1968.
The singular reason
'JACK BRUCE'. This great man R.I.P is what all other renditions lack.
Looking all through the internet for the tabs for this exact version, and this extraordinary solo.
I believe John also cannot retrace the tab by his own now😂😂
Amazing backing vocals
Fantastic!
Amazing thanks for sharing👍👌👏
wonderful
Im in love wid diz #2020
How can I not be attracted to this man, it's just impossible
12 years ago and still awesome
love this
Yes indeed! Bravo
wow - this is great!
amazing solooooooo
The backup singers made me feel funny on the insides.
when you stay at the crossroad ,...... then your soul is sold ....to the blues