John Mayer: Not your average douche.
A very flattering review of John Mayer in the Wall Street Journal.
In interviews, the 32-year-old Mr. Mayer comes across as somewhere between boyish and immature—self-absorbed, a little goofy and every now and then overly earnest. (Perhaps in answer to Rolling Stone’s question, his handlers declined to make him available to the Journal.) On stage, as he was here earlier this month, in the formal kickoff of a tour of the U.S. and Canada that runs into mid-April before he travels to Europe, Mr. Mayer has the opportunity to get down to business. Anyone who doubts he can do it hasn’t been listening.
That’s what I’ve been saying of Mayer for years. Here’s a guy with a great set of skills and artistic ambition but puerile and weak in mind — he has absolutely no idea how to mine his potential.