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The days of saccharine love songs are over for Mayer. In his new venture Try! a live concert recording, Mayer experiments with the slowly disappearing genre of blues-rock. With veteran musicians Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino, Mayer rocks out with songs new and old, ranging from his own compositions to classic blues rock tunes. The CD opens with Who Did You Think I was, questioning the listeners' expectations of the revamped sound. The set later goes on to include an old familiar -- or is it? The Grammy-winning song Daughters is almost beyond recognition, now infused with more mature sounds. Mayer fans who were just in it for "Your Body Is a Wonderland" will probably be severely… Read more
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