John Mayer Covers ‘Friend Of The Devil’ In Edmonton

By Scott Bernstein Apr 18, 2017 6:46 am PDT

Guitarist John Mayer continued The Search For Everything Tour on Monday night at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Twelve shows into the tour, Mayer dusted off his second Grateful Dead cover of the run by fitting a performance of “Friend Of The Devil” into the evening’s acoustic segment.

The concert started with a full-band segment that included “Helpless,” “Moving On And Getting Over” and “Changing” off his recently released LP as well as older tunes “Who Says” and “Slow Dancing In A Burning Room.” Mayer began the acoustic portion of the show with his solo acoustic version of “Friend Of The Devil.” John played the song a number of times during his 2013 tour. Monday’s acoustic section also featured “Daughters,” “Emoji Of A Wave” and Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’.”

The John Mayer Trio of Mayer, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan then took the stage for their usual three-song portion of the show. Up first was a tour debut of the blues standard “Every Day I Have The Blues” followed by the original “Vultures” and a take on Jimi Hendrix’s “Bold As Love.” The main set ended with more from the full band and the tour’s usual two-song first encore, which on this night was “Still Feel Like Your Man” and “Gravity,” and the show-closing solo piano rendition of “You’re Gonna live Forever In Me.”

Last night’s “Friend Of The Devil” was just the second Grateful Dead cover the Dead & Company guitarist has played thus far on the tour. The other was “Fire On The Mountain” at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 5.

Here’s the first clip of Mayer’s “Friend Of The Devil” to surface:

Watch a portion of “Every Day I Have The Blues”:

In other John Mayer news, The Ellen Show premiered his performance of “Still Feel Like Your Man” on yesterday’s episode:

Setlist

John Mayer
  • Helpless
  • Who Says
  • Moving On and Getting Over
  • Changing
  • Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
  • Friend of the Devil
  • Daughters
  • Emoji of a Wave
  • Free Fallin'
  • Every Day I Have the Blues
  • Vultures
  • Bold as Love
  • Rosie
  • I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
  • Edge of Desire
  • Why Georgia
  • Queen of California
  • Still Feel Like Your Man
  • Gravity
  • You're Gonna Live Forever in Me
Setlist data setlist.fm.

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