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The John Mayer Trio--which features singer/songwriter Mayer along with veteran musicians Steve Jordan (drums) and Pino Palladino (bass)--will mount a coast-to-coast tour of the U.S. later this year. Three-time Grammy Award winner John Mayer has formed a trio with musicians Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino. Jordan has worked previously with Bruce Springsteen, Palladino was recently seen performing with The Who.
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"Steve and I had been doing sessions together, and we were scheduled to do the Tsunami Aid benefit," Mayer recalls. "So Steve said, 'I know who we can get -- Pino Palladino.' I said, 'I'd love to play with Pino.' Pino came and we rehearsed Jimi Hendrix's 'Bold as Love' for the benefit. And something happened that I had hoped my entire life would happen, which is that thing about how a band got together for the first time, and everyone in the room just knew there was something special. When it became me, Steve and Pino, it became this whole different thing. That set me off on a writing streak; the challenge was, 'Here's this great band -- now what are you gonna do with it?' So I went and wrote from a whole new place. So it became a band."
The trio will take to the road on September 6 in San Francisco. The tour includes three dates with the Rolling Stones. Ray LaMontagne and Joss Stone will appear as special guests at some not-yet-specified "selected shows," and other support acts will be announced, according to a press release.
Mayer, Jordan (Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones) and Palladino (The Who, Jeff Beck) made their first public appearance together for a Tsunami-aid segment at this year's Grammy Awards, during which they performed "Daughters," a cut from Mayer's 2003 release, "Heavier Things."
