Mayer offers masterful
guitar work — and hits — at SPAC
BY DAVID SINGER For The
Daily Gazette
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Under a clear, star-filled sky and chilled air that forced long pants and jackets, signaling the final days of summer at the Saratoga Performance Arts Center, John Mayer sang his hits for the 8,000-plus who came to hear him, and laid equally hard into his blues guitar through every song.
Singer Ryan Tedder of the opening act called Mayer, half-joking, a “sexy animal,” and the tabloids this week called him a “part-time guitarist and full-time raconteur.” The tabloids are dead wrong about Mayer’s playing. Mayer is a talented blues player who takes his guitar seriously on stage.