Mayer just kicked off a 24-date tour in support of his July 2021 album, Sob Rock.īefore hitting the road, Mayer sat down with his buddy, Andy Cohen, for a 38-minute interview via SiriusXM. “The very version of Althea that would turn me onto the Grateful Dead, playing all their songs on guitar, get me in a room with Bobby and Mickey and Don Was, and get me in a room with the guys and our instruments, and get us on a stage in front of crowds” explained on-air via SiriusXM in 2020. The singer-songwriter chose nine of his favorite live Dead tracks, including the version of “Althea” that took him down this path:, Nassau Coliseum – captured on the Dead’s Go to Nassau release. In summer 2020, Mayer commemorated The Days Between with a guest segment on the SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel. Now Mayer shreds it up regularly with Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart – a pivotal member of the band, Stealie Rolex and all. The two performed “Althea” together on the show 2015, giving birth to Dead and Company as we know it. He then got on the bus and went down the rabbit hole, eventually linking up with Bob Weir while guest hosting the Late Late Show for Craig Ferguson. John Mayer might not be a Deadhead if it wasn’t for Pandora’s algorithms.Īs the lore goes, Mayer started listening to the Grateful Dead’s expansive catalog after hearing the Dead song “Aletha”, randomly, on a Pandora station around 2011.
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