Clayton Mayer

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John Clayton Mayer is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but he left for Atlanta in 1997 with fellow guitarist Clay Cook, with whom he formed the short-lived rock duo Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play at local clubs, refining his skills and gaining a minor following. He performed at the 2000 South by Southwest festival, and was subsequently signed by Aware Records, an imprint of Columbia Records through which he released his debut extended play (EP), Inside Wants Out (1999). His first two studio albums—Room for Squares (2001) and Heavier Things (2003)—were both met with critical and commercial success; the initial spawning the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland", which won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, while the latter peaked atop the Billboard 200.

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A placename: A large number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton. A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.. Etymology: From Claytone, Cleyton, from t=clay + t=enclosure, settlement; town. Analyzable as ton.

The name Clayton is of English origin, meaning "A placename: A large number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton. A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.. Etymology: From Claytone, Cleyton, from t=clay + t=enclosure, settlement; town. Analyzable as ton.". It is traditionally a male name.

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