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John Mayer grew up in suburban Connecticut listening to pop music. When he was in his teens, he became influenced by blues legend, Steve Ray Vaughan. He decided to learn how to play the guitar. After only two years of playing, he began touring around Connecticut playing at local venues. When he was nineteen he enrolled in the very prestigious Beklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Mayer, however, did not stay very long. He became frustrated. He wanted to play his music rather than learn about music So, he left Berklee and moved to Atlanta.

Mayer’s debut album was entitled, Inside Wants Out. The album, which was released in 1999, featured mostly acoustic. Some tracks, however, had full bands. Mayer soon became a regular at Atlanta’s Eddie’s Attic. In March 2000, Mayer was recognized after playing at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. He soon signed a recording contract with Columbia Record’s subsidiary company, Aware. In the Fall of 2000, ...