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Steve Jordan 17 augustus 2026 57 min

Steve Jordan: The Man Behind Continuum

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Steve Jordan (co)produced and played drums on Continuum, the album that turned John Mayer into a guitar hero.

Steve Jordan (co)produced and played drums on Continuum, the album that turned John Mayer into a guitar hero. Twenty years later, he tells the whole story: the trio that started in a single day, the label boss who didn’t hear a hit, and the trio album that’s still in the can. And he talks about playing on 6 new John Mayer tracks for John’s upcoming album!

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Chapters

  • 0:00 Cold open & intro
  • 1:23 Steve Jordan joins the show
  • 1:40 Meeting John Mayer
  • 4:05 Stitched Up & Herbie Hancock
  • 8:53 How the John Mayer Trio started
  • 13:33 Try! John's stake in the ground
  • 14:50 The label didn't believe in it
  • 20:18 Waiting On The World To Change
  • 22:40 The sound of Continuum
  • 28:21 Choosing drums for every song
  • 30:30 In Repair: written in one day
  • 31:47 A tour booked before there were songs
  • 33:23 Memphis & the Al Green mic
  • 34:43 Steve's favorite Continuum track
  • 35:27 How Vultures was born
  • 41:23 The lost trio album
  • 43:29 Jazz Foundation of America
  • 53:09 New projects: The Verbs, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy
  • 56:50 John's new album
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