John Clayton Mayer born October 16 1977 is an American musician Raised in Fairfield Connecticut he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to Atlanta Georgia in 1997 where he refined his skills and gained a following His first two studio albums Room for Squares and Heavier Things did well commercially achieving multiplatinum status In 2003 he won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for Your Body Is a Wonderland