With the recent announcement of his rollout plan for new album The Search For Everything, guitarist John Mayer surprised fans in Los Angeles, CA with a secret show at his favorite haunt, Hotel Cafe, just a few days ago. Mayer has played there on a handful of occasions, including an all-star super jam and a recent appearance at a benefit show at the intimate dive bar venue. Having previously debuted new acoustic material there before releasing records in years past, he continued the tradition with the live debut of “Moving On, Getting Over.”
For this “jammer”, he did things differently by singing the vocals over the studio tracked music. The performance made for an entertaining rendition of the song, filled with dance moves, free style raps, and self harmonization. Thanks to Goosee99, you can watch the entire song below:
The new song has more funk flare than the previously-released “Love On The Weekend”, which Mayer recently performed with The Trio on Fallon. We anticipate seeing Mayer’s various new influences diversify The Search For Everything, as he promised a lot of solo touring for 2017 both before and after Dead & Company tour.
In addition to new songs “Moving On, Getting Over” and “Love On The Weekend”, the set included “Who Says,” “Big Shirt,” “No Such Thing,” “Dear Marie,” “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room,” “Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967,” “Stop This Train,” “In Your Atmosphere,” and “Waiting on the Day.” The guitarist sang through a number of his original tunes new and old, and even welcomed comedian Dave Chappelle to the stage for some covers.