Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles

John Mayer

Overview

This concert film captures award-winning guitarist and songwriter John Mayer performing nearly two dozen songs including "Everyday I Have the Blues", "Who Did You Think I Was", "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room," and "I'm Gonna Find Another You".

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/2008
UPC:	0886972272795
Original Release:	2008
Source:	Sony
Region Code:	2
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:44:00

Special Features

Slow Dancing on Mulholland Drive; Who Did You Think I Was - Steve Jordan & Pino Palladino multi-angle cam

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Mayer	Primary Artist
John Mayer	Performer,Performer
Steve Jordan	Performer,Performer,Drums,Vocals
Pino Palladino	Performer,Performer,Bass
Bradley Mason	Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Tim Bradshaw	Vocals,Keyboards,Lap Steel Guitar
Danny Clinch	Director
David LaBruyere	Bass
David Ryan Harris	Guitar,Vocals,Tambourine

Technical Credits

Lindha Narvaez	Producer
Ian Charbonneau	Engineer
Brian Hendry	Monitor Engineer
Steve Sich	Audio Technician
Paul Greenhouse	Editing
Katie Friesema	Production Assistant
Danny Clinch	Director,Director
Glen Nakasako	Design,Art Direction
Lindha Narvaez	Producer,Producer
Stephen Marcussen	Mastering
Michael McDonald	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Jo Armstead	Composer
Clay Cook	Composer
Chad Franscoviak	Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Jeff Lynne	Composer
John Mayer	Composer
Valerie Simpson	Composer
Pino Palladino	Composer
Peter Chatman	Composer
Jimi Hendrix	Composer
Martin Pradler	Mixing
Danny Clinch	Photography
Tom Petty	Composer
Andy Hill	Engineer
Chris Gott	Stage Manager,Drum Technician
Steve Jordan	Composer
Nickolas Ashford	Composer
Anthony Catalano	Engineer,Digital Editing
Jeremy Underwood	Assistant Engineer
Christina Adamson	Production Coordination
Michael Keller	Lighting Director
Jeri Heiden	Design,Art Direction

Editorial Reviews

Recorded at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California, Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles finds singer/songwriter and guitarist John Mayer performing in three different band settings: acoustic trio, electric trio, and large ensemble. As such, the evening works as a nice representation of Mayer's work beginning with the 2003 album Heavier Things and continuing through his creative reinvention as a modern electric blues artist with 2005's Try! John Mayer Trio Live in Concert and finally his smash Grammy-winning 2006 effort, Continuum. Essentially, the concert is designed to showcase Mayer's ability to move from melodic soft rock and pop to folky solo numbers and rockin' blues. Generally, the conceit works and the concert does shine a light, so to speak, on Mayer's virtuosic musical chops. However, segmenting this concert into such specific aesthetic sounds loses some of the diverse flow a Mayer concert usually has. It should be noted that the concert is also available on DVD and Blu-ray, where you get see each band and appreciate the diversity among the ensembles. That said, for fans of Mayer the songwriter, you really can't lose, as the guy is hard-pressed to come up with a bad song, and tracks like the fan favorite "Daughters" and the bittersweet "Stop This Train" really benefit from the acoustic reading Mayer gives them here. Similarly, by putting "'Who Do You Think I Was," "Vultures," and his inspired take on Jimi Hendrix's "Bold as Love" in the middle electric trio section, Mayer builds the energy of the concert, perfectly setting up the pop/blues cornucopia of the final large ensemble set. Beginning with the hit "'Waiting on the World to Change," Mayer's last set (on disc two) is really the set most fans will gravitate toward, as it finds Mayer and his backing group of stellar sideman diving headlong into such soulful numbers as "Why Georgia" and "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)," while also making room for such bluesy nuggets as his Stevie Ray Vaughan-inspired reworking of the Ray Charles hit "I Don't Need No Doctor" (a number heard on John Scofield's That's What I Say with Mayer as guest). Admittedly sprawling and ambitious, Where the Light Is is nonetheless a dynamic showcase for Mayer, who never fails to shine. ~ Matt Collar