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<td width="343" valign="bottom"><p class="date"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="date" --><a href="default.html">2/23/03 • Vol.
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<h1><font size="6" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><strong>My guitarist
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<p class="byline">By Dana Parker-McClain</p>
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<p align="justify">John Mayer, along with opening act Maroon 5,
entertained a crowded Save Mart Center Sunday Night.</p>
<p class="byline">-Photos by Ryan Smith</p>
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<p>Sunday night’s John Mayer concert attracted a mixed crowd to the
Save Mart Center.</p>
<p> Excited teenage fanatics shrieking, “I love you.”</p>
<p> Mothers and fathers appeasing the interests of their children’s
music tastes.</p>
<p> Forty-year-old women, recounting the concerts of their youth.</p>
<p> Intoxicated college students just out to have a good time.</p>
<p> The crowd may have varied, but they all seemed to have one thing in
common.</p>
<p> A love of Mayer’s infectious brand of pop rock.</p>
<p> “
Damn, that’s a lot of people here tonight,” Mayer said to
the crowd as he opened the show.</p>
<p> Backed by a piano, drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, Mayer
played crowd favorites, including “Why Georgia”, “Clarity” and “Back
to You.”</p>
<p> Emily Christensen, 17, from Visalia said she was a huge Mayer fanatic.</p>
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He was singing to us!” Christensen said.</p>
<p> Other concert attendees weren’t as enthusiastic.</p>
<p> Travis Ivey, 24 and Chris Walker, 24, drove all the way from Valencia
to attend Mayer’s concert with their girlfriends, but stood outside
during Mayer’s set.</p>
<p> “
We bought these tickets for our girlfriends for Christmas,” Walker
said.</p>
<p> Brandi Lancaster of Fresno didn’t even attend the concert to see Mayer.</p>
<p> “
It’s all about Maroon Five,” Lancaster said, referring to the opening
band. “They rocked it.”</p>
<p> All in all, the fanatics, families and drinkers seemed satisfied with
the show.</p>
<p>“
Going to a concert is about the experience. It’s not necessarily about
who you see,” Ivey said.</p>
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