Written & Images by Renita Clarke
John Mayer, alongside opening act The Record Company played to a near sold out crowd at the Verizon Center on Thursday, April 5. The Search For Everything Tour gives you a little bit of all of John Mayer’s world. The show is set up to give you a few mini sets that focus around John and his guitars.
The tour opens and runs through like a documentary. With text and commentary flashing on the screen in the back, the breaks between set changes and the flow of the music. It’s a well put together performance from beginning to end.
The first set is dedicated to John and his full band. This is followed by a solo set with John. Then is wraps with an epic set by the “trio” featuring John’s Bassist Pino Palladino and Drummer Steve Jordan.
John also throws fans a curve ball by changing the set list in each show. If you have missed a show so far, don’t worry! John and the crew have plenty more dates.
Set List for Washington DC – Verizon Center
Full Band:
Belief
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Why Georgia
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I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You)
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Love on the Weekend
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Vultures
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Acoustic:
3×5
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Emoji of a Wave
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Your Body Is a Wonderland
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Free Fallin’
(Tom Petty cover)
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John Mayer Trio:
Who Did You Think I Was
(John Mayer Trio song)
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Ain’t No Sunshine
(Bill Withers cover)
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Bold as Love
(The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
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Full Band:
Moving On and Getting Over
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Blues Run the Game
(Jackson C. Frank cover)
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Queen of California
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Who Says
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Stitched Up
(Herbie Hancock cover)
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Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
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Encore:
Still Feel Like Your Man
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Born and Raised
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Encore 2:
You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me
(John solo)