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Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles (2008)

Where the lyrics of Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles take you, and where it was really made.

The album was made from one December 2007 night in Los Angeles, yet two songs played that same evening were left out of the final release.

Key places

The December 2007 night at L.A. Live (2007)

Recording site Peacock Theater — The album documents the December 8, 2007 concert at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live. The recording record names the venue as Peacock Theater, and the point is placed at the building coordinates of that candidate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles is a live album and concert film by John Mayer
• Released July 1, 2008, in CD, LP, digital download, DVD, Blu-ray and 2CD+DVD formats
• Documents the performance at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on December 8, 2007
• The concert was held for the Annual John Mayer Holiday Charity Revue
• The concert featured three separate sets
• The album title is taken from a line in the song Gravity
• The concert video was directed by Danny Clinch

Background

• Recorded during the promotional tour for Continuum, his 2006 third studio album
• Gravity was released as the second single from Continuum on January 31, 2007

Recording

• Acoustic set: opened by Mayer and joined by the guitarists from his band
• John Mayer Trio set: Steve Jordan on drums and vocals, Pino Palladino on bass
• Band set: performed with Mayer's regular touring band
• Acoustic set personnel: Robbie McIntosh on dobro and guitar, David Ryan Harris on vocals and guitar
• Band set personnel include J.J. Johnson on drums, David Labruyere on bass, Tim Bradshaw on keyboards, Bob Reynolds on saxophone and Brad Mason on trumpet
• The songs No Such Thing and Bigger than My Body were played that evening but did not make the final release
• Speculation cites a tempo shift and a lost beat as possible reasons for the two songs being cut

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• John Clayton Mayer, born October 16, 1977, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
• Attended Berklee College of Music in 1997, then left for Atlanta with guitarist Clay Cook to form the short-lived duo Lo-Fi Masters.
• Released the independent EP Inside Wants Out (1999) and was later signed by Aware Records, a Columbia Records imprint.

Career

• Debut album Room for Squares (2001) produced hits including "Your Body Is a Wonderland", which won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 45th Grammy Awards.
• Heavier Things (2003) peaked atop the Billboard 200.
• Shifted toward blues and rock, forming the John Mayer Trio; Continuum (2006) won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 49th Grammy Awards.
• Withdrew from public life in 2010 after controversial interviews; later albums include Born and Raised (2012), Paradise Valley (2013), The Search for Everything (2017), and Sob Rock (2021).
• Member of Dead & Company since 2015 alongside surviving Grateful Dead members.
• Ranked number 61 on Rolling Stone's 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time (2023).
• Sold over 20 million albums worldwide by 2014.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Guitarist magazine gave the album five stars
• The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number five in the United States
• The album debuted at number 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia
• The album debuted at number two on the Top 40 DVD chart
• In its second week, the album was certified gold by ARIA for DVD shipments of 7,500 copies

Reappraisal

• The acoustic cover of Free Fallin, originally by Tom Petty, was released as a single and met with wide critical acclaim

Records

• United States: 258,359 copies sold
• United States: Billboard 200 debut at number five
• Australia: ARIA Albums Chart debut at number 30
• Australia: ARIA gold certification for DVD shipments of 7,500 copies in the second week
• Brazil: ABPD Disco de Ouro for more than 15,000 copies sold in the country
• DVD chart: number two debut on the Top 40 DVD chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Two songs played that evening, No Such Thing and Bigger than My Body, were left off both the DVD and the CD.
• The DVD and Blu-ray bonus material includes footage of Mayer backstage and playing outside on Mulholland Drive.
• The acoustic set opened with Mayer's own songs and included a cover of Free Fallin' by Tom Petty.
• The album's title comes from a line in Gravity, the second single from Continuum.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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