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Continuum was  John Mayer's third critically and commercially successful album. It  combined soft rock, blues, and folk rock.   After a series of tours and the live album Try! with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan billed as the John Mayer Trio, Mayer had become a renowned musician’s musician. Drawing comparisons to and striking alliances with classic rock artists such as Tom Petty and Eric Clapton , Mayer was a presence on pop charts and adult contemporary radio. Continuum contained one of Mayer’s biggest pop hits, “ Waiting for the World to Change . ” Still, Mayer’s  reputation as a pop star in the public eye would suffer from a series of cringy statements and not-so-age-appropriate associations following his 2006 album.   STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME. In 2005, John Mayer teamed up with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan to cover classic blues songs on the album Try! Mayer also included two songs from his album Heavier Things and two songs from the upcoming albu...

Before releasing his critically acclaimed third album, Continuum , John Mayer released a live album called Try! The album prepared his listeners for a shift into the blues. Mayer had succeeded in becoming a pop star, but with Continuum  he hoped to be taken seriously as a musician. The singer-songwriter wasn't happy with just MTV calling him a modern-day Eric Clapton or Tom Petty ; he wanted to share the stage with his heroes. In 2008, Mayer released a concert film, Where the Light Is , which features Mayer playing acoustic songs and full blues-band arrangements of songs from his discography as well as a cover of Tom Petty's " Free Fallin' ." As listeners and critics were taking note of Mayer's musical credentials, the singer became more controversial for his public relationships and breakups with stars and some unfortunate interviews. These antics, along with a health scare, led him to withdraw from public life from 2010 to 2013. I TRY TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND...