I guess if he is being championed by Eric Clapton, he's in good company. Clapton is white musician who has made a career from offering the world a bland and anodyne reinterpretation of black American music - whilst at the same time maintaining an ugly sideline in peddling dodgy racist ideas. 30 years after his comments in support of racist politician Enoch Powell lead to the formation of Rock Against Racism, he was still standing by his words. Am I alone in finding it difficult to reconcile this?

As for John Mayer, he's in his 30s, he's allegedly an intelligent man. You'd think he'd have learned to use his brain before he engaged his gob by now. There are plenty of artists as famous and mainstream as he is who aren't "hounded by the media". It seems some people court and crave this sort of attention.

At least he's not someone whose records are worth listening to...