New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) Columbia Records is pleased to announce that Born and Raised, the next album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer, will be released on May 22. The first single, "Shadow Days," will be out on March 6 and available on iTunes.
Mayer produced Born and Raised with Don Was, who's worked on albums for acts such as the Rolling Stones, B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt. Rock legends
David Crosby and Graham Nash provide vocals on the album's title song. Musicians joining Mayer on the album and on the road include highly-regarded keyboardist/pianist Chuck Leavell—who has worked with the Rolling Stones,
Eric Clapton and The Allman Brothers Band—as well as previous collaborators Sean Hurley on bass and
Aaron Sterling on drums. Jim Keltner makes a special appearance on drums on "Something Like Olivia." Rounding out the touring band are
David Ryan Harris on guitar and vocals, Doug Pettibone on guitar and Michito Sanchez on percussion.
Columbia Records recently announced that Mayer will do an 18-date spring tour that kicks off April 9 in Bloomington, IN. Stops on the tour include Detroit, Providence, Buffalo, Memphis, Kansas City, Las
Vegas and Phoenix. He will also be performing at South By Southwest in Austin on March 17, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on April 29.
Mayer's previous albums—Room for Squares, Heavier Things, Continuum and
Battle Studies—have sold more than 12 million copies combined. He has been honored with seven Grammy Awards and an additional 11 nominations. He has also been included in Time Magazine's annual Time 100 list of the most influential contemporary thinkers, leaders, artists and entertainers, and twice been featured on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine's annual "
Guitar" issue.
Born and Raised -- produced by
John Mayer and Don Was
1)
Queen of California
2) The Age of Worry
3) Shadow Days
4) Speak for Me
5) Something Like Olivia
6) Born & Raised
7) If I Ever Get Around To Living
8) Love is a Verb
9) Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967
10) Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey
11) A Face To Call Home
12) Born & Raised (Reprise)
