Reviews » Blu-ray Reviews » John Mayer: Where the Light Is (Blu-ray). Overlap with Mayer's previous concert DVD. Free Fallin' John Mayer Trio. Where the Light Is! This is John Mayer Live in Los Angeles. A film by Danny Clinch. This DVD captures the multi-Grammy Award winning, platinum. Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles captures the multi-Grammy® Award-winning, Platinum-selling singer/songwriter in the element where fans love him.

Recorded at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California, Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles finds singer/songwriter and guitarist performing in three different band settings: acoustic trio, electric trio, and large ensemble. As such, the evening works as a nice representation of 's work beginning with the 2003 album Heavier Things and continuing through his creative reinvention as a modern electric blues artist with 2005's Try!

John Mayer Trio Live in Concert and finally his smash Grammy-winning 2006 effort, Continuum. Essentially, the concert is designed to showcase 's ability to move from melodic soft rock and pop to folky solo numbers and rockin' blues. Generally, the conceit works and the concert does shine a light, so to speak, on 's virtuosic musical chops. However, segmenting this concert into such specific aesthetic sounds loses some of the diverse flow a concert usually has. It should be noted that the concert is also available on DVD and Blu-ray, where you get see each band and appreciate the diversity among the ensembles. That said, for fans of the songwriter, you really can't lose, as the guy is hard-pressed to come up with a bad song, and tracks like the fan favorite 'Daughters' and the bittersweet 'Stop This Train' really benefit from the acoustic reading gives them here. Similarly, by putting 'Who Do You Think I Was,' 'Vultures,' and his inspired take on 's 'Bold as Love' in the middle electric trio section, builds the energy of the concert, perfectly setting up the pop/blues cornucopia of the final large ensemble set.

Beginning with the hit 'Waiting on the World to Change,' 's last set (on disc two) is really the set most fans will gravitate toward, as it finds and his backing group of stellar sideman diving headlong into such soulful numbers as 'Why Georgia' and 'I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You),' while also making room for such bluesy nuggets as his -inspired reworking of the hit 'I Don't Need No Doctor' (a number heard on 's That's What I Say with as guest). Admittedly sprawling and ambitious, Where the Light Is is nonetheless a dynamic showcase for, who never fails to shine. ~ Matt Collar. Best Download Opengl 1.4 Drivers 2016 - And Software 2016 here.

Search: For: » » John Mayer: Where the Light Is (Blu-ray) John Mayer: Where the Light Is (Blu-ray) // Unrated // July 1, 2008 // Region Free List Price: $29.98 [Buy now and save at ] Review by posted July 5, 2008 C O N T E N T V I D E O A U D I O E X T R A S R E P L A Y A D V I C E Recommended E - M A I L P R I N T While my taste in music admittedly leans more towards sugary power-pop than blues-inflected rock or soulful acoustic numbers, it's impossible not to marvel at John Mayer's immense talent. His virtuosity on the guitar defines Where the Light Is, a document of a charity concert filmed in Los Angeles last November. In the same way that Mayer has shrugged off the sensitive singer/songwriter label and started to explore more mature, more blues-oriented musical territory, Where the Light Is also veers away from the usual expectations for this sort of concert film. For one, director Danny Clinch opted to shoot the concert on 35mm film, a stylistic choice that's rarely seen in this day and age. Rather than play as a 'greatest hits, live' show, Mayer largely shies away from his older material, passing on playing early hits like 'No Such Thing' and 'Your Body Is a Wonderland'. Only two songs -- 'Why Georgia' and [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] 'Neon' -- overlap with Mayer's previous concert DVD, and the bulk of the setlist is culled from 2006's 'Continuum' and the John Mayer Trio's live album. Even the concert itself is uniquely structured.