Santa Rosa teen singing John Mayer goes viral, catches attention of Grammy winner

In the YouTube video, it’s a sunny April day outside the bustling Anaheim Convention Center. A man in a red shirt holding a guitar stands next to a chalkboard sign that reads “sing with me for free.”

Ryan Woodard, 16, a Montgomery High School senior from Santa Rosa with autism, approaches.

He asks to sing “Gravity” by John Mayer, his favorite artist. Ryan had traveled to Los Angeles to see Mayer live at the Kia Forum in Inglewood before heading to the 2023 NAMM Show in Anaheim.

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