John Mayer

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

John Mayer is an American songwriter, guitarist, and musician. He has won several Grammy awards, including Song Of The Year for “Daughters.” In addition to his successful solo career, Mayer is also a member of the band Dead & Company, which features former Grateful Dead members. He joined the band in 2015 and has since toured extensively with them until this summer when the band announced and just wrapped their final tour. Mayer's contribution to Dead & Company has been praised by fans and critics alike, as has his dedication to the guitar in a time when its cultural resonance has been challenged. John also remains dedicated to his own songs, past and present, having recently finished an acclaimed solo tour. ------- Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: House of Macadamias https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/tetra Get a free box of Dry Roasted Namibian Sea Salt Macadamias + 20% off Your Order With Code TETRA Use code TETRA for 20% off at checkout ------- LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Get a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order.

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0:00.0	Tetragrammaton
0:02.0	Tetragrammaton
0:05.0	Can we stop by talking about the Grateful Dead.
0:24.3	Do you mind?
0:24.9	No?
0:26.0	Tell me about your relationship to the Grateful Dead's music historically.
0:32.0	Historically.
0:32.7	Yeah.
0:34.2	You know, I pick up on knowing about them probably in the early 90s when I was in high school.
0:39.8	And I related their music to the people who were listening to their music in high school,
0:44.3	which was, okay, that's not for me.
0:46.2	There were cooler kids who were driving jeeps with the doors taken off,
0:51.4	and they had the stickers, and they were going to dead shows, and they were talking about dead stuff so i went okay that's not my world you know and so describe who your world was
0:59.8	so i know my world was stevie ravean buddy guy b b b k i mean all those guys that to me was like
1:07.0	when did this start when did your blues fascination start? At about 13 or 14.
1:12.3	A neighbor handed me a cassette.
1:15.7	He was like, you know, everyone had like the cool boyfriend of the mom of the neighbor.
1:20.9	Like the kind of cool in-between guy between adult and kid.
1:25.5	And he handed me this tape.
1:26.5	He goes, if you can play like this.
1:28.7	You already playing guitar?
1:29.8	Just a little bit, yeah.
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