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PLAY BLUES LIKE JOHN MAYER

John Mayer’s arrival on the guitar scene at the turn of the century was greeted with some suspicion by the powers that be. What was a guy with Hollywood looks, a stable of pop songs and a boatload of SRV-inspired licks going to do to drive the instrument forward?

The answer, of course, was a hell of a lot. Two decades later, Mayer is a now bona fide guitar hero, one of the most respected players on the planet, and

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