mLive Interview about John Mayer 2001
My friend journalist Ryan Stanton and I estimate that we both attended at least 10 concerts before we met: Howie Day, Matt Nathanson, Stephen Kellogg, Kristin Diable…and John Mayer.
One of those concerts was John Mayer’s gig at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, 2001. Ryan interviewed Alan Black and I about seeing the experience. You’ll see some of our photos taken with a Kodak disposable camera and reminisced about the incredible small show, before Mayer became famous.
John Mayer just played the largest concert of recorded history at the Big House on Saturday, but we remember 400 of us crammed in the Blind Pig, seeing a 24-year-old Mayer slay the SRV Strat: mLive article click here.
Hello friends, family, musical folks! I’ve been busy teaching at CHS and being dad at VialBurg! But music has been happening. A fourth single is releasing on Alton’s birthday, June 9, 2025, and it’s a song about Alton! “Lost Dog” is a song about Alton and I finding a lost dog during the first year of the pandemic. I then flash forward and imagine becoming a lost dog (like an empty nest parent), when Alton graduates high school in 10 years:
On Spotify: click here.
Note, three singles have been released last year: “Verona,” “Free to Dream,” and “Do You Know Your Fears by Name?” as I slowly release the next record, All the Colors That Your Are. Each piece of artwork is done by Ginny and Alton during their elementary school years. You can find all of the new songs on streaming sites or Bandcamp: https://mikevial.bandcamp.com/
