John Mayer at the Beacon!!!

Johnny Sings The Blues
Originally uploaded by beesquare.

The Show:
Last night's show at the Beacon Theater was amazing. I can't stress that enough. I know that Mayer gets a lot of flack for playing teenie bopper, sensitive songs, (Hey, it pays the bills and wins him Grammys) but last night he schooled New York in blues and funk.

I'm glad that I was picky about which seat I bought, because being in the orchestra, and not the upper decks, was important. The ushers weren't being too picky abut who was sitting or standing, and towards the end of the show I moved up from row R to about row K. This is an important part of the story.

The Pick:
Mayer played two encores, which, for fans such as myself, really wasn't enough. I mean, he was tearing it up all night on the electric guitar, and I could have watched all night.

After he finished up he started tossing guitar picks into the audience. I was no where near front and center, so I silently moped that I would not get one.

Out of nowhere I felt a THWAP! on my thigh and I saw a small,black object bounce off me and into the pitch black of the theater. It was one of the picks. That Mayer guy's got quite on arm on him if he managed to hit me out in left field, But just as soon as I saw it, I saw the guy behind me scramble to find it. I frowned again...(it was a bit like trying to get a baseball at a Mets game) I was an inch away from getting a pick and some overgrown fratboy behind me got it.

The lights came up in the theater and I figured I would go home. Not so. I noticed Mr. Fratboy had a look of defeat on his face. Seems like he didn't have the pick either. That meant that somewhere within a four foot radius of myself, there was a John Mayer guitar pick...and I was going to find it.

Thank goodness for my spectacles. I looked around and around and as gross as it was to reach around on the floor of the Beacon Theater...what to my wondering eyes should appear to the right of me...but a guitar pick!

It was a custom made one for the John Mayer Trio. I guess they made picks with each of the guys' faces on them and are selling them as merch. This one came from John's stand, but it had Pino Palldino's face on it.

I smiled like a little girl with a new Cabbage Patch Kid. After coming to Mayer shows for literally four years, I was finally leaving with a real trophy.

And yes, I am the biggest dork for bothering to write about all this. Who cares?!?!