Blog: Hipster Wave

John Clayton Mayer was born on October 16, 1977) . Originally from Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1997, where he refined his skills and gained a following. His first two studio albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for "Your Body Is a Wonderland." Before any of his success, though, John Mayer was an attendant at a gas station in high school, which enabled him to save up for his first new guitar. [...]