Eric Weinstein
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I'm really into the blues, but it's its own controversy because when black audiences stopped showing up to blues shows, the performers got worse because the audience was a huge part of the experience.
I tell you about this argument I got into with John Mayer about the blues.
So I ran into John Mayer, San Vincente Bungalows.
And I've been in awe of that guy intellectually.
When he talks about music, I get so much out of it.
He's just a very perceptive, very brilliant guy.
And so I was really excited to meet him.
And we get into this discussion.
And I said, you're like a huge Stevie Ray Vaughan fan.
And I said, I really don't get it.
I think he's a great player.
But I don't understand the focus.
And he said, oh, I can explain that.
He said, I came from the MTV generation.
And he was the blues packaged for us.
Like a genius guy, for sure, but packaged for MTV.
And he said, but you know, blues isn't really...