John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Bridgeport, Connecticut, who began his solo career in the late 1990s and is associated with pop, rock and singer-songwriter genres. His musical style blends acoustic pop and folk with blues and rock influences and later incorporated soul and R&B elements as his work shifted towards electric guitar-based blues-rock, and he has been a visible figure within 21st-century American popular music and guitar culture.
