43 years (October 16, 1977)

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John says that he literally gave half of his Grammy statuette to Alicia Keys in 2005, the year his hit “Daughters” was named Song of the Year. Why? It later came to light that the two had dated, and that John believes that her song “Dear John” is about him, though she won’t confirm it.

Taylor Swift and John Mayer have never confirmed whether they were dating or not, but their fans consider that the duo was dating when Taylor was 19 years old. Their relationship is reported to have lasted from December 2009 to February 2010, as reported in Popsugar. At that time, John Mayer was 32 years old.

“It was not going to work with Fender. They weren’t gonna be able – one way or another – to bring the vision that I had to life. So – not pissed off – I wanted to go somewhere where they could bring that vision to life.

John Mayer is a hot, multifaceted musician who consistently produces beautiful music. At once writer, composer, and singer, he plays the pop, blues, and lofi genres live even better than on his albums.

Taylor Swift and John Mayer allegedly began dating in 2009, when Taylor was 19 and John was 32. They ended their romantic journey only a year later. Later, John revealed that he felt “humiliated” by the song and said that he only became aware of Taylor’s feelings after hearing it. He shared, “I never got an email.

Billboard’s most recent cover star John Mayer has been making music in the public eye for nearly 20 years. The singer-songwriter has won seven Grammys, scored the most No. 1s on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart of any artist (7), and notched 20 Hot 100 hits.

Mayer is an Ernie Ball player using Regular Slinky 10-46 on his electrics and Earthwood Phosphor Bronze on his acoustics. Mayer favored Dunlop Tortex picks – the well known 0.88mm green ones – for many years.

While it’d be great to go through all of the different individuals who have influenced Mayer’s style of playing, I suspect that doing so would leave us with a 300 page textbook, so to keep this article brief, we’ll focus on three musicians who seem to be his main influences on the guitar: B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, and …