“John was goofy, gawky, and really tasty. I took him on the road, and he would steal the show every night”: Michelle Malone on John Mayer’s early days and how she ended up becoming his mentor
Michelle Malone is a bona fide guitar veteran. Having released a multitude of albums since the ’80s, shared stages with Gregg Allman, Sugarland’s Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles, and Brandi Carlile, and reinvented herself by creating her own mix of Southern rock, Americana, and blues, Malone has her fair share of stories from the road, including her role as a mentor to John Mayer.
“He moved to Atlanta and started showing up at my gigs begging to sit in, so I finally let him,” she recalls in a new Guitar World interview.
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