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"I heard there was a jazz night and I had my guitar in my car," John Mayer said of how he ended up playing a surprise gig Thursday at the tiny Hollywood hot spot Teddy's for a few hundred people. Mayer joined the smoking five-piece house band, made up of some of the finest jazz musicians in L.A., a little after midnight for a brief jam session.
After the first extended track, which saw Mayer trading guitar riffs with the combo, he reminded the crowd of why they cared about him in the first place. "I'm not just a performer on the website TMZ, I also play guitar," he quipped. Feeling the spririt of what he called "church on Thursday," the singer/guitarist then laid down a funk jam before the band relinquished the stage to Mayer. He then churned out a solo cover of Jimi Hendrix's 'Red House,' laden with guitar solos.