Mayer does speak to his fans. I met him in Whelan's and he was a nice guy to a non-fan like me [
] I agree about him sounding like a CD though. I liked him when I heard the live recordings of just him and his guitar around his first album. Then I bought RFS's and couldn't believe how badly produced it was. When I saw him live, it was horrible seeing him replicate the albums production with the band... but the show had its good moments and I still enjoyed it.