The mellowed John Mayer in Paradise Valley

do not know i this is or real and how long this mood will last but it looks like ohn Mayer s tempestu ous lo e li e has finally quieted and is now home roosting with pop di a aty erry deduced this bit o news comes not rom a gossip tabloid but rom a song included in Mayer s latest album Paradise alley mong the songs included is Who

You o e which is a duet with erry say the going is calm and pretty seri ous or these two because o the lyrics o the song that was written by Mayer and erry themsel es ake note o how he admits he used to run be ore sk enni er essica enni er again aylor wi t and others ut he is not running anymore

“Who you lo e/ you lo e who you lo e/ who you lo e/ My girl she ain’t the one that saw o ing/ and so eti es don’t know whi h way to go/ And ’ e tried to run e ore/ ut ’ not running any ore/ ause ought against it hard enough to know/ that you lo e who you lo e.” ooks like Mayer has finally met his match in erry

Who You o e is in keeping with the rela ed warm and mellow mood o the entire album Mayer started out with pop rock oo or S uares and ea ier hings hen he went or the blues ry and ontinuu hen

it was olk rock or Battle Studies and

Born And aised. think Paradise alley which is country rock that blends ick elson s s rock and roll with ric lapton s olk rock o the s is the logical o shoot o his ongoing e olu tion

Paradise alley has music that is completely unlike any that Mayer has done be ore ould this be the result o the aging process Mayer is now years old More likely though as in his past releases this change o style is caused by the natural changes that e erybody undergoes regarding taste his is how Mayer eels right now his is the sound he likes so he made songs or that t is nothing like his earlier albums but it is also ery good nd lo e it

Mayer is a strong songwriter with a unique approach to imagery emember Your Body s A Wonderland or Waiting

n he World o hange nd this is ery much in e idence in this new ee how he opens the set with this in ita

tion in the bouncy Wildfire. “You look fine, fi ne, fine/ Put your eet u ne t to ine/ we an wat h that waterline get higher and higher/ Say, say say/ ain’t it een so e kind o day/ you and e een at hing on like wild fi re.”

his kind o simplicity per ades the whole o Paradise

alley. t is almost childlike but coupled with his arresting melodies results in massi e impact must also add that as be ore the guitar playing whether acoustic or steel or whate er is always impec cable

Pa er Doll which is be lie ed to be his re oinder to aylor s Dear John, is the first and much talked about single or the s best will go or Will Be ound ost At Sea and the only cut that Mayer did not write ynyrd kynrd s all Me he

Bree e lso included are Dear

Marie, Wildfire eaturing rank cean You’re o ne ill So eone ets You

Down, Badge And Gun and n he Way o e nd now a look at the charts as

per this wee ’s issue of Bill oard Maga ine he op singles in the ot

are oyals y orde oar y aty erry Wre king Ball y iley yrus old n We’re Going o e y ra e featuring

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larity y edd feat. o es Mirrors y ustin im erla e and All Me y

ra e feat. hain and Big ean. nd the op al ums are othing

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ruth y her he Di ing Board y lton ohn ro ere o ow o You y ac ohnson rash My Party y u e Bryan Drea heater y ream heater Get Wet y rewella Met ali a hrough the Musi the original soundtrac from the motion picture of the same title starring etalicca he Beaten Path y ustin oore. he Bluegrass Al u y lan ac son Bones What You Belie e y he ast Shi y ting use y eith r an B. . A. . S.

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