#Straturday - John Mayer - From one tool to another

You don't need me to tell you this, but it's been a long year. A sometimes productive year but loooong. I've been pretty consistent with the guitar practice and uploading of my progress so maybe not making the nice or naughty lists but the consistent one.

We had Christmas lunch with the in laws at ours and then after a 10-minute lull, dinner with my family again at ours. It's like pulling off a band aid. Just rip the thing off. Yesterday (Boxing day) I was a broken man and not overly festive.

I did open a gift from the family which was not guitar related. I scored some battery tools. A hedge trimmer and drill. Got me thinking about doing some jobs around the house. Also got me thinking about a song to play. John Mayer! He's a tool as well!!

Don't get me wrong, brilliant guitarist! I got a hold of his live DVD where there are 3 different acts. The first is him and his acoustic, second is his blues band and third is the full band. The 2nd act (John Mayer Trio) has some of the best guitaring I have ever heard. The combo of John, Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino? Wow.

In between the 3 acts John does some talking, which he really shouldn't do. He seems to be a true knob, not a bad person, just incredibly egocentric and a bit of a tool.

Anyway, enough bad-mouthing. This is the song Gravity from his third album called Continuum. One of the greats, his early stuff is his best in my opinion.

Hope you all enjoy it and had a very merry Christmas!