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- Summary: A collection of information about singer-songwriter James Taylor
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- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for alt.music.james-taylor
- Version 4.2
- April 18, 1996
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- New Since Last Revision
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- Section: Description:
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- Many small fixes
- 4.3.1 -- Added info on the Randy Newman "Faust" album with JT
- 4.3.2 -- Added more backup work for Jimmy Buffett
- 4.4.2 -- Added "Baby Boom Baby" music video
- 4.3.2 -- Added more work with Linda Ronstadt
- 4.3.3 -- Added "Spy" composition for Carly Simon
- 4.5 -- Added JT's work with James Sheldon and Blue Streak
- 4.6 -- Added set list for the "Not Fade Away" bootleg
- 4.6 -- Added "Homeless Children's Medical Benefit Concert" bootleg
- 5.4 -- Added U.K. TV appearance "James Taylor Sings James Taylor"
- 5.4 -- Added BBC "In Concert" TV appearance
- 5.9 -- Added "CBS This Morning" appearance
- 7.8 -- Added "B.S.U.R." song origin
- 6.2 -- Added another Rolling Stone article
- 8.9 -- Added tidbit for the Flying Machine album
- 9.1.3 -- Added more info for Kate Taylor and her albums
- 9.1.4 -- Added info on Hugh's album
- 9.2.4 -- Added label info for Carole King's "One To One" album
- 9.2.4 -- Added more info on David Lasley, Arnold McCuller, and Rosemary
- Butler
- 9.2.4 -- Added section for Valerie Carter
- 9.2.4 -- Added section for Clifford Carter
- 9.2.4 -- Added another Don Grolnick album
-
-
- C O N T E N T S:
-
- 1.0 INTRODUCTION
- 2.0 WHERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION
- 2.1 JT World Wide Web Page
- 2.2 JT FTP Site
- 3.0 BIOGRAPHY/CHRONOLOGY
- 4.0 WORKS
- 4.1 Albums
- 4.1.1 U.S. Albums
- 4.1.2 Non-U.S. Albums
- 4.2 Singles
- 4.3 Work On Other Albums
- 4.3.1 Solos
- 4.3.2 Duets, Trios, and Backup
- 4.3.3 Other Compositions
- 4.4 Videos
- 4.4.1 Concert Videos
- 4.4.2 Single-Song Music Videos
- 4.4.3 Appearances In Other Videos
- 4.5 Miscellaneous Work
- 4.6 Bootlegs
- 5.0 APPEARANCES
- 5.1 "Saturday Night Live"
- 5.2 "The Tonight Show"
- 5.3 "Sesame Street"
- 5.4 Concerts on TV
- 5.5 Radio
- 5.6 Major Live Performances
- 5.7 "The Simpsons"
- 5.8 "Late Night With David Letterman"
- 5.9 "CBS This Morning"
- 6.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 6.1 Biographies
- 6.2 Major Articles/Interviews
- 6.3 Sheet Music and Music Books
- 7.0 SONG ORIGINS
- 7.1 "Fire and Rain"
- 7.2 "Sweet Baby James"
- 7.3 "Mona"
- 7.4 "Suite for 20G"
- 7.5 "Mexico"
- 7.6 "Steamroller"
- 7.7 Quick Takes
- 7.8 "B.S.U.R."
- 8.0 TIDBITS
- 8.1 The Rock In Rio concerts
- 8.2 Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"
- 8.3 JT/Carly Simon breakup
- 8.4 JT's Guitars and Pickups
- 8.5 Randy Newman's Rock Opera
- 8.6 JT's Nicknames
- 8.7 Summer '94 Tour Set List
- 8.8 '95-'96 Symphonic Tour Set List
- 8.9 The Flying Machine Album
- 9.0 RELATED ARTISTS
- 9.1 JT's Family
- 9.1.1 Alex
- 9.1.2 Livingston
- 9.1.3 Kate
- 9.1.4 Hugh
- 9.1.5 Ben
- 9.2 JT Alumni
- 9.2.1 Carly Simon
- 9.2.2 Carole King
- 9.2.3 Joni Mitchell
- 9.2.4 Others
- 10.0 POINTERS
- 10.1 Where To Find JT's Albums
- 10.2 Fan Mail
- 10.3 How To Use the World Wide Web
- 11.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
-
- _________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- 1.0 I N T R O D U C T I O N
-
- With a career that spans more than twenty-five years, it's no great
- surprise that James Taylor's musical influence has reached just about every
- corner of the globe. Since leading the singer-songwriter movement in the early
- 70s, JT has gone on to refine his style, changing over the years while still
- maintaining the musical craftsmanship that garnered so much attention
- early in his career.
-
- This document--and the newsgroup that spawned it--are testaments to JT's
- unusually long and successful career, and also to the worldwide following
- that career has created. Just a quick scan of the contributors to this
- document makes it obvious that JT is much more than an American star.
- The readers of alt.music.james-taylor come from just about everywhere--
- Europe, Asia, South America, Australia--and they all share a love for JT's
- music.
-
- This document is constantly being expanded, so you'll probably notice some
- holes. If you can fill in some of the missing information, please send it
- along to the address below. Also, if you find any errors, please let me
- know so I can correct them.
-
- If your site doesn't carry alt.music.james-taylor, ask your system
- administrator to add it. Sometimes all it takes is a single request.
-
- Enjoy.
-
- -= Joel Risberg =-= jrisberg@shore.net =-
-
-
-
- 2.0 W H E R E T O G E T M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N
-
- 2.1 JT World Wide Web Page
-
- Users with access to a World Wide Web browser such as Mosaic or Lynx can
- connect to the JT WWW Home Page for the current FAQ, archive of articles on
- the newsgroup, tour dates, lyrics files, GIFs, and sound samples. The URL is:
-
- http://www.shore.net/~jrisberg/JT/
-
-
- 2.2 JT FTP Site
-
- The current FAQ, graphics files, lyrics, tour schedule, and the amj-t newsgroup
- archive can all be found at the JT FTP site. Be sure to use binary mode
- for the graphics and sound files. Thanks to Greg DeBruyn for donating and
- maintaining the site.
-
- ftp.vcu.edu in pub/music/JT
-
- The URL is:
-
- ftp://ftp.vcu.edu/pub/music/JT
-
-
-
- 3.0 B I O G R A P H Y / C H R O N O L O G Y
-
- James Vernon Taylor was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 12, 1948 in
- Boston General Hospital at 5:06 p.m.
- Adult JT stands 6'3" and weighs about 155 pounds.
- His mother's name is Gertrude. His father's is Isaac.
- Brothers: Alex (1947-1993), Livingston (born 1951), and Hugh (born 1952?)
- Sister: Kate (born 1949)
- All the siblings have recorded songs.
-
- 1951 - Family moves to Chapel Hill, NC
- - His father, Dr. Isaac Taylor, was the dean of the University of North
- Carolina-Chapel Hill medical school.
-
- 1953 - JT begins attending Milton Academy, a prep school outside Boston.
- 1958? - JT hears someone play guitar and decides he wants to learn how.
- - JT had studied cello when he was younger.
-
- 1960 - JT's parents buy him his first guitar.
-
- 1963 - JT meets Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar on Martha's Vineyard.
- - JT and Kootch win a hootenanny contest.
- - JT and Kootch play folk gigs locally.
-
- 1964 - Drops out of Milton Academy during his junior year.
- - JT joins a band, The Fabulous Corsairs, with brother Alex and Zach
- Wiesner. Wiesner was replaced a few months later by Jerry Burnham.
-
- 1965 - Moves to to New York City
- - 17-year-old JT admits himself and spends ten months in McLean
- Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts as a result of depression.
- His song "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" was inspired by his stay there.
- - Goes on a trip to Russia.
-
- 1966 - Graduates from high school in the McLean Psychiatric Hospital.
- - Kootch and Joel O' Brien join JT to form The Flying Machine.
- - Release one single: "Night Owl" / "Brighten Your Night With My Day"
- - The Flying Machine makes studio recordings. Album wasn't released
- until 1971 under the title "James Taylor and the Original
- Flying Machine."
-
- 1967 - The Flying Machine breaks up.
-
- 1968 - Begins using heroin.
- - Moves to Notting Hill Gate section of London and records demos.
- Auditions them for record companies.
- - Introduced to Paul McCartney by Peter Asher and signed to the Beatles'
- record label, Apple Records. JT was the first outside artist signed to
- that label.
- - November: "James Taylor" released in U.K. with little commercial
- success
- - Returns to U.S.
- - Enters Austin Riggs, another mental hospital in Massachusetts, partly
- due to his heroin addiction.
-
- 1969 - February: "James Taylor" released in U.S.
- - March: Single "Carolina In My Mind" / "Taking It In" released.
- - July: Single "Something's Wrong" released.
- - July: JT debuts at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.
- - Breaks both his hands in a motorcycle accident and is forced to stop
- playing for several months.
- - Signs to Warner Brothers label and moves to California with Asher.
-
- 1970 - March: "Sweet Baby James" released on Warner Brothers label. Album
- goes to number one and is a best-seller for two years.
- - April: Single "Sweet Baby James" / "Suite For 20G" released.
- - April 24: Performs at Harvard College. Recorded and circulated among
- tape collectors.
- - August: Single "Fire and Rain" / "Anywhere Like Heaven" released.
- Eventually hits number one on the charts.
- - October 16: "Sweet Baby James" album certified platinum.
- - November: Single "Carolina In My Mind" / "Something's Wrong" released.
- - Performs with Joni Mitchell on BBC radio show. Recordings of the show
- are often bootlegged under the titles "In Perfect Harmony" or "You Can
- Close Your Eyes." See section 4.6.
-
- 1971 - January: Single "Country Road" / "Sunny Skies" released.
- - JT on the cover of _Time Magazine_, touted as originator of the
- "singer/songwriter era" (March 1 issue date).
- - "James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine" released.
- - March 23: Plays Anaheim Civic Center. Show recorded and used for
- two early bootlegs: "Taylor Made" and "Isn't It Nice To Be Home
- Again." See Section 4.6.
- - March: Appears in film "Two Lane Blacktop."
- - Parents separate.
- - "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" released. Goes platinum.
- - Plays to sold-out audiences in 27-city tour. Band includes Carole
- King and Kootch's band, Jo Mama.
- - May: Single "You've Got a Friend" / "You Can Close Your Eyes"
- released. Single goes gold.
- - September: Single "Long Ago and Far Away" / "Let Me Ride" released.
-
- 1972 - Wins Grammy, "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male" for "You've Got A
- Friend." Song also earns Carole King the "Song of the Year" Grammy.
- - October: "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" single released.
- - Nov. 3: Marries Carly Simon. Son Ben and daughter Sally from that
- marriage. Sally is the subject of his song "Sarah Maria."
- - "One Man Dog" released.
-
- 1973 - February: "One Man Parade" / "Hymn" single released.
- - March: "Hymn" / "Fanfare" single released.
-
- 1974 - "Mockingbird" duet with C. Simon released as a single (million-seller)
- and on Simon's "Hotcakes" album.
- - April 30: Four-week U.S. tour to promote "Walking Man."
- - June: "Walking Man" released.
- - July: "Daddy's Baby" / "Let It All Fall Down" single (inspired by
- Watergate) unsuccessful when Nixon resigns the day after its
- release.
- - July 13: Three-week tour with the Manhattan Dirt Riders and Linda
- Ronstadt.
- - August: "Walking Man" / "Daddy's Baby" single released.
-
- 1975 - April 30: Four-week tour.
- - May: "Gorilla" released.
- - "How Sweet It Is" / "Sarah Maria" single released.
- - May 30: Plays Carnegie Hall in NYC with guests Carole King and
- David Crosby. "You've Got a Friend" duet with King released on her
- "The Ode Years" collection in 1994.
- - July 2: Four-week U.S. tour.
- - August: "Mexico" / "Gorilla" single released.
- - September: Solo tour of 8 cities.
-
- 1976 - April 21: Two-week tour.
- - May: "In the Pocket" released.
- - "Shower the People" / "I Can Dream of You" single released.
- - July 3: Four-week tour with David Sanborn.
- - October: "You Make It Easy" / Woman's Got To Have It" single
- released.
- - November: "Greatest Hits" released (goes platinum).
- - December: Leaves Warner Brothers for Columbia Records.
-
- 1977 - June 3: "Handyman" / "Bartender's Blues" single released.
- - June 24: "JT" released on CBS label (goes platinum).
- - June 26: One-month tour with 22 shows.
- - August: Produces and performs for Kate Taylor's single "It's In His
- Kiss."
- - September 20: "Your Smiling Face" / "If I Keep My Heart Out of
- Sight" single released.
- - November: Tour of California followed by two shows in Honolulu.
-
- 1978 - January 31: "Honey Don't Leave L.A." single released.
- - February: Wins "Best Pop Vocal Performance" Grammy for "Handyman."
- - Peter Asher wins "Producer of the Year" Grammy.
- - JT produces and performs on Kate Taylor's self-titled album. Also
- composed the song "Happy Birthday Sweet Darling" on that album.
- - Wrote "Millworker," "Brother Trucker," and the music for "Un Mejor
- Dia Vendra" for the Broadway musical "Working." The show bombed.
- - July 20: Original cast album for "Working" released (Columbia
- Masterworks).
- - September: Duet of "Devoted To You" with Carly Simon on her "Boys In
- the Trees" album.
-
- 1979 - April 26: "Flag" released. Includes recordings of "Millworker" and
- "Brother Trucker" from the musical "Working."
- - May 22: "Up On the Roof" / Chanson Francaise" single released.
- - July 3: Six-week U.S. tour with 25 shows. 2 nights at Ohio's Blossom
- Music Center taped for a Showtime special.
- - September 19-23: Performs at a series of 5 antinuclear concerts called
- "MUSE/No Nukes". See section 5.5 for more information on the album
- and film.
- - December: "No Nukes" 3-LP album released (Asylum). JT is heard on 6
- tracks.
-
- 1980 - May 12: Performs at nuclear disarmament rally in New York's Central
- park attended by over 1 million people. Other performers include
- Springsteen, Browne, Ronstadt, and Baez. Concert broadcast
- nationally on radio and filmed for "In Our Own Hands."
- - July 18: "No Nukes" feature-length movie opens in New York. JT's
- studio recording of "Stand and Fight" is added.
- - August 3: Four-week tour with 23 shows.
-
- 1981 - "In Harmony" Sesame Street album wins "Best Children's Recording"
- Grammy. See section 4.3.1.
- - February 11: Five-week tour.
- - February 20: "Her Town Too" / "Believe It Or Not" single released.
- - February 26: "Dad Loves His Work" released.
- - April 25: Two and a half-month tour with 47 shows.
- - May 12: "Hard Times" / "Summer's Here" single released.
- - May 13: Live performance at Fox Theater in Atlanta broadcast
- nationally on radio. Title: "James Taylor Live In Concert."
- - September 4: Plays role of truck driver in PBS TV production of
- "Working."
- - September 10: Month-long tour of Far East with 17 shows in Japan and
- Australia..
-
- 1982 - February 1: Six-week tour with 30 shows.
- - July 14: Five-week tour with Karla Bonoff opening.
- - Divorces Carly Simon.
-
- 1983 - August 1: Six-week tour.
-
- 1984 - April 4: Four-week tour.
- - August 1: Six-week tour with Randy Newman.
-
- 1985 - January 12 and 14: Performs at Rock in Rio concert in Brazil.
- Song "Only a Dream In Rio" inspired by this visit.
- - September 12: Two-week tour of Italy.
- - October 15: "Everyday" / "Limousine Driver" single released.
- - October 17: "That's Why I'm Here" released.
- - October 25: Three-week tour.
- - "Live In Rio" released by Columbia Brasil.
- - Performs at first Moscow Rock festival. Highlights shown on Showtime
- cable network.
- - December 14: Marries Kathryn Walker at the Cathedral of St. John the
- Divine in New York City.
-
- 1986 - January 24: Two-week tour of Australia.
- - March 16: Five-week tour of Europe.
- - July 23: Six-week U.S. tour.
- - September 29: One-week U.S. tour.
- - October 11: Two-week tour of Brazil.
-
- 1988 - "Never Die Young" released.
- - Two-week Australian tour.
-
- 1991 - "James Taylor" (JT's 1969 Apple debut album) re-released by EMI.
- - "New Moon Shine" released.
-
- 1993 - "James Taylor (LIVE)" released (more than 1 million copies sold).
-
- 1994 - "James Taylor (Best LIVE) released (contains subset of LIVE).
-
- 1995 - April 12: Performs at Rainforest Action Network benefit at New
- York's Carnegie Hall with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John,
- Paul Simon, and others.
- - May 7: Receives honorary doctorate of music at the Berklee College
- of Music in Boston. Also gives commencement speech. More info on
- web site.
- - Tours U.S. playing with major symphony orchestras.
- - August 30: Performs rare joint concert with Carly Simon on Martha's
- Vineyard. Dubbed "Livestock 95" since it was a behefit for the
- Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society.
-
-
- 4.0 W O R K S
-
- 4.1 Albums
-
- 4.1.1 U.S. Albums
-
- "James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine" -- Recorded 1966-67, released
- 1971 - Euphoria
- Reference #: Z4RS-1335 (vinyl)
- At least three versions with slight variations.
- 1. Plain white cover with penciled titles.
- 2. Light blue cover with a sketch of JT.
- 3. Like second, only in black and white (probably counterfeit).
- Only available on vinyl
- Songs:
- Rainy Day Man
- Knocking 'Round the Zoo (lead vocal by JT)
- Something's Wrong (backing track w/o vocals)
- Night Owl
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
- Kootch's Song (Danny Kortchmar)
- Knocking 'Round the Zoo (lead by Kortchmar)
-
-
- "James Taylor" -- 1968 - Apple Records - Produced by Paul McCartney
- Remastered and re-released on CD and tape by EMI Records in 1991
- Reference #: CDP 7975772 (U.S.) / SAPCOR3 (U.K.)
- Songs:
- Don't Talk Now
- Something's Wrong
- Knocking 'Round the Zoo
- Sunshine Sunshine
- Taking It In
- Something In the Way She Moves
- Carolina In My Mind
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
- Night Owl (later recorded by Carly Simon and also Alex Taylor)
- Rainy Day Man
- Circle Round the Sun
- The Blues Is Just a Bad Dream
-
-
- "Sweet Baby James" -- 1970 - Warner Brothers Records
- Reference #: 1843-2
- Songs:
- Sweet Baby James
- Lo and Behold
- Sunny Skies
- Steamroller
- Country Road
- Oh, Susannah
- Fire and Rain
- Blossom
- Anywhere Like Heaven
- Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me
- Suite For 20G
-
-
- "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" -- 1971 - Warner Bros.
- Reference #: W2 2561
- Songs:
- Love Has Brought Me Around (Carole King - piano, Joni Mitchell - vocal)
- You've Got A Friend (with Joni Mitchell)
- Places In My Past
- Riding On A Railroad
- Soldiers
- Mud Slide Slim (with Carole King, Kate Taylor, et al.)
- Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- Machine Gun Kelly (with Peter Asher)
- Long Ago and Far Away (with Joni Mitchell)
- Let Me Ride (with Kate Taylor)
- Highway Song (with Kate Taylor and Peter Asher)
- Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again
-
-
- "One Man Dog" -- 1972 - Warner Brothers
- Reference #: WAR 25933
- Songs:
- One Man Parade (with Carole King, Abigale Haness, Carly Simon,
- Alex Taylor, Hugh Taylor, and Kate Taylor)
- Nobody But You
- Chili Dog
- Fool For You
- Instrumental I
- New Tune
- Back On the Street Again
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Woh, Don't You Know (with Alex and Hugh Taylor)
- One Morning In May (with Linda Ronstadt)
- Instrumental II
- Someone
- Hymn
- Fanfare (with Abigail Haness and Carole King)
- Little David
- Mescalito (with Carole King and Abigail Haness)
- Dance
- Jig
-
-
- "Walking Man" -- 1974 - Warner Brothers
- Reference #: WAR 2794
- Songs:
- Walking Man
- Rock 'n' Roll Is Music Now (with Paul and Linda McCartney, Carly
- Simon, and Rick Marotta)
- Let It All Fall Down (with McCartneys and Simon)
- Me and My Guitar (with Peter Asher and Simon)
- Daddy's Baby (with Carly Simon)
- Ain't No Song (with Carly Simon and Asher)
- Hello, Old Friend
- Migration
- The Promised Land
- Fading Away
-
-
- "Gorilla" -- 1975 - Warner Bros.
- Reference #: 2866-2
- Songs:
- Mexico (with Graham Nash and David Crosby)
- Music
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - (with Carly Simon)
- Wandering
- Gorilla
- You Make It Easy
- I Was a Fool To Care
- Lighthouse (with Nash and Crosby)
- Angry Blues
- Love Songs
- Sarah Maria
-
-
- "In the Pocket" -- 1976 - Warner Bros.
- Reference #: 2912-2
- Songs:
- Shower the People (with Carly Simon)
- A Junkie's Lament (with Art Garfunkel)
- Money Machine
- Slow Burning Love (with Carly Simon)
- Everybody Has the Blues
- Daddy's All Gone
- Woman's Gotta Have It
- Captain Jim's Drunken Dream (with Art Garfunkel)
- Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down (with Stevie Wonder)
- Nothing Like a Hundred Miles (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
- Family Man (with Carly Simon, Alex Taylor, and Bonnie Raitt)
- Golden Moments
-
-
- "Greatest Hits" - 1976 - Warner Brothers
- Reference #: WAR3113
- Songs:
- Something In the Way She Moves (re-recording since debut album)
- Fire and Rain
- Carolina In My Mind (re-recording)
- Country Road
- You've Got A Friend
- Shower the People
- Mexico
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Sweet Baby James
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Walkin' Man
- Steamroller Blues (live version)
-
-
- "JT" -- 1977 - CBS Records
- Reference #: CK 34811
- Also available on a 24K gold CD with 20-bit recording
- Reference #: CBS 53787
- Songs:
- Your Smiling Face (written for JT's daughter Sally)
- There We Are
- Honey Don't Leave L.A. (David Sanborn - saxophone)
- Another Grey Morning
- Bartender's Blues (with Linda Ronstadt)
- Secret O' Life
- Handyman
- I Was Only Telling A Lie
- Looking For Love On Broadway
- Terra Nova (with Carly Simon)
- Traffic Jam
- If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight
-
-
- "Flag" -- 1979 - CBS
- Reference #: CD 36058
- Songs:
- Company Man (with Graham Nash)
- Johnnie Comes Back
- Day Tripper
- I Will Not Lie For You (David Sanborn - sax)
- Brother Trucker (with Alex Taylor)
- Is That the Way You Look?
- B. S. U. R. (with Carly Simon)
- Rainy Day Man
- Millworker
- Up On the Roof
- Chanson Francaise
- Sleep Come Free Me
-
-
- "Dad Loves His Work" -- 1981 - CBS
- Reference #: CBS 37009
- Songs:
- Hard Times (with David Lasley and Arnold McCuller)
- Her Town Too (with John David Souther)
- Hour That the Morning Comes
- I Will Follow (with Lasley and McCuller)
- Believe It Or Not
- Stand And Fight (with Lasley and McCuller)
- Only For Me (with Lasley and McCuller)
- Summer's Here
- Sugar Trade (co-written by Jimmy Buffett)
- London Town (with Lasley and McCuller)
- That Lonesome Road (with Peter Asher, Jim Gilstrap, Bernard Ighner,
- Lasley, McCuller, and Jennifer Warnes)
-
-
- "That's Why I'm Here" -- 1985 - CBS
- Reference #: CK 40052
- Songs:
- That's Why I'm Here
- Song For You Far Away
- Only A Dream In Rio
- Turn Away
- Going Around One More Time (written by Livingston Taylor)
- My Romance (written by Rodgers & Hart - only on CD version)
- Everyday
- Limousine Driver
- Only One (with Don Henley, Joni Mitchell, et al.)
- Mona (with Graham Nash)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (with Graham Nash - written by
- Bachrach-David)
- That's Why I'm Here (reprise)
-
-
- "Never Die Young" -- 1988 - CBS
- Reference #: CK 40851
- Songs:
- Never Die Young
- T-Bone
- Baby Boom Baby
- Runaway Boy
- Valentine's Day
- Sun On the Moon
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Home By Another Way
- Letter In the Mail
- First Of May
-
-
- "New Moon Shine" -- 1991 - Columbia
- Reference #: CK 46038
- Songs:
- Copperline
- Down In the Hole
- (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That
- Shed a Little Light
- The Frozen Man
- Slap Leather
- Like Everyone She Knows (with Branford Marsalis)
- One More Go Round
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
- Native Son
- Oh Brother
- The Water Is Wide
-
-
- "James Taylor (LIVE)" -- 1993 - Columbia
- Reference #: C2K 47056
- Songs: (all new live versions recorded in concert)
- Disc 1:
- Sweet Baby James
- Traffic Jam
- Handy Man
- Your Smiling Face
- Secret O' Life
- Shed a Little Light
- Everybody Has the Blues
- Steamroller Blues
- Mexico
- Millworker
- Country Road
- Fire and Rain
- Shower the People
- How Sweet It Is
- New Hymn
-
- Disc 2:
- Walking Man
- Riding On A Railroad
- Something In the Way She Moves
- Sun On the Moon
- Up On the Roof
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- She Thinks I Still Care
- Copperline
- Slap Leather
- Only One
- You Make It Easy
- Carolina In My Mind
- I Will Follow
- You've Got A Friend
- That Lonesome Road
-
-
- "James Taylor (Best LIVE)" -- 1994 - Columbia
- Reference #: SON 66235
- Note: Essentially a single-album version of the 1993 (LIVE) double album.
- Songs: (same performances as (LIVE) album)
- Country Road
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Fire and Rain
- Handy Man
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Mexico
- Shed a Little Light
- Shower the People
- Steamroller Blues
- Sweet Baby James
- Walking Man
- Your Smiling Face
-
-
-
- 4.1.2 Non-U.S. Albums
-
- "Classic Songs" -- 1987 - CBS/WEA (Germany)
- Reference #: iMi10985 (Pastel colors with photo from "JT" album)
- Reference #: CBS 465643-2 (Australian version with a concert photo instead)
- Also distributed as:
- "Taylor Made" (not to be confused with the bootleg of the same name)
- Columbia (Netherlands) - Reference #: B299581
- Songs:
- Fire and Rain
- Mexico
- You've Got a Friend
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Carolina In My Mind (alternate mix)
- Something In the Way She Moves (alternate mix)
- Shower the People
- Sweet Baby James
- That's Why I'm Here
- Everyday
- Up On the Roof
- Your Smiling Face
- Her Town Too
- Handyman
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Only a Dream In Rio
-
-
- "Best Classics" -- ? - ?
- Reference #: ?
- Songs:
- ?
-
-
- "Star Box" -- ? - Sony (Import greatest hits collection)
- Reference #: B355873 and SRCS 6898 (includes extensive liner notes in
- English and Japanese)
- Songs: (Note: No new material)
- Your Smiling Face
- Only One
- Copperline
- There We Are
- Only A Dream In Rio
- Stand And Fight
- Down In the Hole
- Up On the Roof
- Summer's Here
- Millworker
- B. S. U. R.
- Bartender's Blues
- Handyman
- Never Die Young
- Hard Times
- Terra Nova
- Valentine's Day
- That's Why I'm Here
- I Will Follow
- That Lonesome Road
-
-
- "Live In Rio" -- 1985 - Columbia (Brasil)
- Reference #: 700.060
- Songs:
- Long Ago and Far Away
- Carolina In My Mind
- Up on the Roof
- You've Got A Friend
- Shower the People
- Fire and Rain
- Mexico
- Walking Man
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Knock on Wood
- How Sweet it Is
-
-
- "Steamroller" -- 1985 - Platinum (Germany)
- Reference #: PLP 11/24023 (album) and PMC 11/24023 (cassette)
- Notes: Just a bad reshuffling of "Sweet Baby James" songs.
- Poor recording quality and no new material.
-
-
- 4.2 Singles
-
- Carolina In My Mind / Taking It In (3/69)
- Something's Wrong (7/69)
- Sweet Baby James / Suite For 20-G (4/70)
- Fire and Rain / Anywhere Like Heaven (8/70)
- Carolina In My Mind / Something's Wrong (11/70)
- Country Road / Sunny Skies (1/71)
- You've Got A Friend / You Can Close Your Eyes (5/71)
- Long Ago and Far Away / Let Me Ride (9/71)
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (10/72)
- One Man Parade / Hymn (2/73)
- Hymn / Fanfare (3/73)
- Mockingbird (duet with Carly Simon - 1974)
- Daddy's Baby / Let It All Fall Down (7/74)
- Walkin' Man / Daddy's Baby (8/74)
- How Sweet It Is / Sarah Maria (5/75)
- Mexico / Gorilla (8/75)
- Shower the People / I Can Dream of You [written by Liv Taylor] (5/76)
- You Make It Easy / Woman's Got To Have It (10/76)
- Handy Man / Bartender's Blues (6/77)
- Your Smiling Face / If I Keep My Heart Our of Sight (9/77)
- Honey Don't Leave L.A. (1/78)
- Up On the Roof / Chanson Francaise (5/79)
- Her Town Too / Believe It Or Not (2/81)
- Hard Times / Summer's Here (5/81)
- Everyday / Limousine Driver (10/85)
- Five-live single released in Belgium in 1994. Contained songs from
- the "Live" album.
-
-
- 4.3 Work On Other Albums
-
- 4.3.1 Solos
-
- "A League Of Their Own Soundtrack"
- JT did two songs: "Paper Moon" (with Mark O'Connor on violin) and
- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was." "I Didn't..." is heard very
- faintly in the background during a bus scene and "Paper Moon"
- doesn't appear in the movie at all.
-
- "Second Star To the Right" -- JT sang it on "Stay Awake," a collection of
- Disney songs (A&M records number 3918)
-
- "Jelly Man Kelly" -- Sang it on the 1979 Sesame Street album "In Harmony"
- Co-written by JT's daughter, Sally. Also appears on "A Child's
- Celebration of Song" (Warner Bros.) - 1992
-
- "Sunny Skies" -- Performs it on Sesame Street "In Harmony II" album.
- (Columbia PC 37641).
-
- "Getting To Know You" -- Sang it on "For Our Children," a benefit album for
- pediatric AIDS research.
-
- "Riding On A Railroad" live version on 3-LP set "The Bitter End Years."
- Released 1974. JT's contribution appears on LP 3.
-
- "Your Smiling Face" -- On the soundtrack to the 1978 movie "FM."
-
- "Captain Jim's Drunken Dream" and "Honey Don't Leave L.A." -- On the 1979
- "No Nukes" album. JT also performs on four other songs.
-
- "Dream Lover" -- On Manhattan Transfer's 1994 album "Tonin'".
-
- "Faust" -- Sang the role of The Lord for the album version of Randy
- Newman's rock opera. Songs featuring JT include "Glory Train,"
- "How Great Our Lord," "Northern Boy," and "Relax, Enjoy Yourself."
- The album also features Randy Newman, Don Henley, Elton John,
- Bonnie Raitt, and Linda Ronstadt (Reprise 9 45672-2).
-
-
- 4.3.2 Duets, Trios, and Backup
-
- - "Mockingbird" -- Duet with then-wife Carly Simon on her album, "Hotcakes,"
- and also on her Greatest Hits album.
- A live version appears on the 1979 "No Nukes" album.
-
- - "Waited So Long" -- Duet with Carly Simon on her "No Secrets" album. JT
- also sings backup on Carly's "Spy," "Come Upstairs," "Hotcakes," and
- "Playing Possum."
-
- - "Song of Long Ago" -- Carole King/JT duet on her album, "Music" - 1971
- JT also plays guitar and does background vocals on her "Writer,"
- "Tapestry," "Music," and "Thoroughbred" albums.
-
- - "You've Got a Friend" -- Duet with Carole King on her 1994 2-CD
- collection, "The Ode Years."
-
- - Sang and played on "California" from Joni Mitchell's 1971 album, "Blue."
- Also did background vocals on "In France They Kiss On Main Street"
- from the "Hissing Of Summer Lawns" album. JT also performed on the
- albums "For the Roses, "Dog Eat Dog," and "Wild Things Run Fast."
-
- - "The Water is Wide" -- Duet with Karla Bonoff on her 1979 album "Restless
- Nights" (J. D. Souther sang backup)
- JT recorded it solo on "New Moon Shine."
- Also on "Thirtysomething" soundtrack (Geffen 24413)
-
- - "Perfect Love" -- Cohn/JT duet on Cohn's self-titled album
-
- - "Old Blue" -- With violinist Mark O'Connor on his album "On the Mark" - 1987
-
- - "City Lights" -- Duet with brother Liv on Liv's 1988 album "Life Is Good."
- Also sang backup with Carly Simon on Livingston's 1978 album,
- "3-Way Mirror" and on "Lovin' Be My New Horizon" from Liv's "Over
- the Rainbow" album (also appears on Liv's "Echoes" album).
-
- - "Back In the High Life" -- JT sang backup for Steve Winwood on this song
-
- - "Wonderful World" recorded with Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel in 1978.
- Included on Garfunkel's "Watermark" album.
-
- - "It's In His Kiss" --Duet with sister Kate Taylor on her 1978 album, "Kate
- Taylor."
- See section 9.1 below.
-
- - "Crying In the Rain" -- Duet with Art Garfunkel on his 1994 album,
- "Up 'til Now." JT also plays on the song "It's All In the Game."
-
- - "Gonna Work Out Fine" -- Duet with Linda Ronstadt on her album "Get Closer."
- JT performed it during his 1981 Atlanta radio broadcast. JT
- also appears on the song "Straighten Up and Fly Right" from her album
- "For Sentimental Reasons."
-
- - "Bartender's Blues" -- Sang backup for George Jones' 1977 cover of JT's
- own song.
-
- - "Devoted To You" -- duet with Carly Simon on her 1978 "Boys In the Trees"
- album.
-
- - "Only a Dream In Rio" -- Milton Nascimento (Brazilian artist) -- JT sings
- backup on his 1994 album "Angelus."
-
- - Young, Neil -- JT sings backup for three songs on the 1992 album, "Harvest
- Moon." The songs are: "From Hank to Hendrix," "War of Man," and "One
- of These Days." He also plays and sings backup on two songs from
- the "Harvest" album, along with playing banjo on "Old Man" from
- that album.
-
- - "Wind On the Water" -- JT sings on the title track of David Crosby and
- Graham Nash's album of the same name. JT also plays guitar on the
- song "Carry Me." (MCA 31251)
-
- - "Chippin' Away" -- Sang backup for Crosby Stills and Nash on their 1990
- single.
-
- - "Sad Eyes" -- JT sings backup on this song from Graham Nash's "Innocent
- Eyes" album.
-
- - "Oh Yes I Can" -- JT sings backup David Crosby's album of the same name.
-
- - "New Star Shining" -- duet with Ricky Scaggs on his album, "Love's Gonna
- Get Ya." JT also appears in the video.
-
- - "He Will Break Your Heart" -- JT sings a duet with brother Alex on Alex's
- 1989 album "Voodoo In Me."
-
- - "L'Air De La Louisiane" -- Sang backup with Timothy Schmit on Jimmy
- Buffett's "Hot Water" album. Also sang backup with Hugh and Alex on
- Buffett's "Volcano" album (they called themselves "The Embarrassing
- Stains").
-
- - "Power" -- Sang it with John Hall and Carly Simon on Hall's 1979 album,
- "Power."
-
- - "Got To Find Love" -- Sang backup on David Lasley's 1982 album "Missin'
- Twenty Grand."
-
- - LaBounty, Bill -- Sang backup on LaBounty's self-titled 1982 album.
- Songs are "Didn't Want to Say Goodbye" and "Never Gonna Look Back."
-
- - "Since I Don't Have You" -- Sang with Don McLean. Can be found on
- McLean's 1992 album, "Classics."
-
-
- 4.3.3 Other Compositions
-
- - Wrote "Millworker," "Brother Trucker," and the music for "Un Mejor
- Dia Vendra" for the Broadway musical "Working" in 1978.
- "Millworker" and "Brother Trucker" were later recorded on JT's
- album, "Flag."
-
- - "Slow and Steady" recorded by Kate Taylor on her 1978 album "Kate Taylor"
-
- - "Vacation" on Livingston Taylor's 1993 album "Our Turn To Dance" was
- co-written by Liv and JT.
-
- - "Benjamin" on David Sanborn's 1977 album "Promise Me the Moon." (Warner
- Bros. BS 3051). Instrumental named for JT's son.
-
- - "Cornbread & Buttermilk," a very early JT-Livingston collaboration used
- by Liv in his mid-70s shows.
-
- - "Spy," the title track from Carly Simon's album, was written by JT.
-
- - "Happy Birthday Sweet Darling" on Kate Taylor's self-titled album.
-
-
- 4.4 Videos
-
- 4.4.1 Concert Videos
-
- "James Taylor in Concert" -- 1979 - Warner Bros.
- First JT video. Recorded Summer of 1979 at Blossom Music Festival during JT's
- "Flag" tour. Hard to find, but may still be available in video rental
- stores.
- Songs:
- Blossom
- Millworker
- Carolina in my Mind
- Handyman
- Brother Trucker
- Secret 'O Life
- Your Smiling Face
- Up on the Roof
- Steamroller Blues
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely
- Long Ago & Far Away
- I Will Not Lie
- Walking Man
- Mexico
- Honey Don't Leave LA
- Sweet Baby James
- How Sweet It Is
- Summertime Blues
- Fire and Rain
-
-
- "Ohne Filter Musik Pur" ("Purely Music") -- 1986
- Pioneer Laser Disc
- Not available on VHS
- Recording of 1986 appearance on German television program.
- Approx. 50 min.
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- Sweet Baby James
- Wandering
- That's Why I'm Here
- Only A Dream in Rio
- Handyman
- Your Smiling Face
- Traffic Jam
- Sea Cruise
- Everyday
- Only One
- Fire and Rain
- How Sweet It Is
-
-
- "James Taylor In Concert" -- 1988
- Recorded March 1988 at the Boston Colonial Theater in Boston, MA.
- Complete set list broadcast by PBS, but video cuts several songs.
- Sony
- VHS, 69 minutes
- Songs (from PBS broadcast):
- Something in the Way She Moves
- Fire and Rain
- Song For You Far Away
- Your Smiling Face
- Only One
- Shower the People
- How Sweet It Is
- Up On the Roof
- Everyday
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Angry Blues
- The Twist
- Never Die Young
- Steamroller
- Carolina In My Mind
- Sweet Baby James
-
-
- "Squibnocket" -- 1993
- Pre-1992 tour covering through "New Moon Shine." Version called "Going
- Home" shown on the Disney Channel in April 1992.
- VHS, 65 minutes, stereo
- Songs:
- Secret Of Life
- Wandering
- Traffic Jam
- (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' Bout That
- You've Got A Friend
- Fire and Rain
- Sun On the Moon
- Frozen Man
- Shed a Little Light
- Copperline
- Sweet Baby James
- Country Road
- Mexico
- Your Smiling Face
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- (and several interviews)
-
-
-
- 4.4.2 Single-Song Music Videos
-
- - Her Town Too
- - Everyday
- - Only One
- - Only A Dream In Rio
- - Never Die Young
- - Baby Boom Baby
- - Copperline
- - Gotta Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That
- - Shed a Little Light
-
-
-
- 4.4.3 Appearances In Other Videos
-
- - "No Nukes" - JT performs "Mockingbird" with Carly Simon, "Your Smiling
- Face," "Stand And Fight," and "Taking It To the Streets." Studio
- version of "Stand And Fight" plays during closing credits.
- Also, "The Muse Concert" CBS/FOX 7065.
-
- - "In Our Own Hands" - Footage of 1980 nuclear disarmament concert in New
- York's Central Park. JT sings "You've Got A Friend."
- See section 3.0.
-
- - "Moscow Rock Festival" - JT performs "How Sweet It Is" and "You've Got A
- Friend."
-
- - "Sing Yourself Silly" -- Sesame Street Home Video - 1990
- JT performs "Jelly Man Kelly." See section 4.3.1.
-
- - "The Seventeenth Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival" - 1994
- Distributor: Pacific Arts
- Producer: Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Inc. 1-800-624-2422
- VHS, 90 mins.
- Reference #: PAV 857
-
- JT performs "Shower the People," "Sweet Baby James," and "Old Blue."
- Other artists appearing include:
-
- Strength in Numbers, Sam Bush, Shawn Colvin, Mary-Chapin Carpenter,
- Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Mark O'Connor, David Wilcox, Jerry
- Douglas, Jonathan Edwards, Edgar Meyer, Peter Rowan, The Subdudes,
- Tom O'Brien, Harvey Reid, and The Left Hand String Band.
-
-
-
- 4.5 Miscellaneous Work
-
- - Musical Director for 1985 Film "Smooth Talk" with Laura Dern and Treat
- Williams. JT's friends George Massenburg and Russ Kunkel also worked
- on the film.
- - Produced "Boneyard" album for James Sheldon and Blue Streak. Also did
- vocal for the songe "Little Things" on that album.
-
-
- 4.6 Bootlegs
-
- Note: Many of JT's shows have been recorded and passed among collectors.
- The following bootlegs are only those released commercially (usually with
- questionable legality).
-
- "In Perfect Harmony" -- Recording of 10/29/70 BBC radio performance
- with Joni Mitchell. Also more recently on CD from the Living Legend
- label under the name "You Can Close Your Eyes" or "Close Your Eyes.
- See section 5.5.
- Songs:
- (commentary by both Joni and JT throughout)
- That Song About the Midway (Joni)
- The Gallery (Joni)
- Rainy Day Man (JT)
- Steamroller Blues (JT)
- The Priest Song (Joni)
- Carey (Joni)
- Carolina (JT)
- California (Joni)
- For Free (Joni)
- The Circle Game (lead by Joni)
- You Can Close Your Eyes (Duet)
-
-
- "Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again" -- 1971 - Rubber Dubber Records
- Reference #: ?
- Only available on vinyl (rare)
- Recorded live at the Anaheim, CA Convention Center on March 21, 1971.
- Similar recordings were distributed as "Live at the Anaheim Convention
- Center" and "Taylor Made." See below.
- Songs:
- Album 1:
- Sweet Baby James
- I Feel Fine (Something In the Way She Moves?)
- Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox
- Sunny Skies
- Chili Dog
- Riding On a Railroad
- Conversation (JT speaking to audience)
- Places In My Past
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- Soldiers
- Going To Carolina In My Mind
- Long Ago and Far Away
-
- Album 2:
- Country Road
- Fire and Rain
- Sixteen Candles
- Love Has Brought Me Around
- Woh, Don't You Know
- Steamroller Blues
- Come On Brother, Get On Up and Help Me Find the Screw
- The Promised Land
- Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again
-
-
- "Taylor Made"
- A second double-album bootleg of the same 1971 performance used for "Isn't
- It Nice To Be Home Again." Also includes four songs from a JT television
- appearance in the early '70s ("Fire and Rain," "Country Road," "Oh Susannah,"
- (duet with Johnny Cash) and "Sweet Baby James.")
-
-
- "Dad Lives His Work" -- released June, 1994 by Great Dane (Italy)
- Single CD containing excerpts of 1981 national radio broadcast from Atlanta.
- Original show was approximately 2 hours. CD is 77 minutes. See section 5.5.
-
- Songs:
- How Sweet It Is
- Stand and Fight
- Up On the Roof
- Fire and Rain
- Steamroller
- Daddy's All Gone
- Her Town Too
- Mexico
- Country Road
- Money Machine
- You've Got a Friend
-
-
- "Got Some Friends" -- Royal Sound Music (Germany) - 1994 - RSM 064
- Single CD recording of excerpts from summer 1994 show at Great Woods,
- Massachusetts. 78 minutes.
-
- Songs:
- Lo and Behold
- Mexico
- Promised Land
- Gotta Stop Thinkin' Bout That
- Rainy Day Man
- Frozen Man
- Your Smiling Face
- Copperline
- Carolina In My Mind
- Wandering
- Memphis
- Not Fade Away
- Never Die Young
- Up On the Roof
- You've Got a Friend
- Steamroller Blues
- How Sweet It Is
- Sweet Baby James
-
-
- "Roses For Carole" -- Main Street (Italy) - MST104
- Recording of JT's 1970 show at the Berkeley Community Theatre.
- Songs include:
- For Free
- Carolina In My Mind
- Okie From Muskogee
- Sweet Baby James
- I Love My Babe (Circle Round the Sun)
- Greensleeves
- Blossom
- Up On the Roof (Lead by Carole King)
- Night Owl
- That Restless Feeling (Something's Wrong)
- Where the Golden Rainbows End (Long Ago and Far Away)
- Riding On a Railroad
- Highway Song
- Fire and Rain
- You Can Close Your Eyes
-
-
- "You've Got a Friend" -- M Records Ltd. (Germany) - 1992 - CJESD1
- Remix of old material with a drum machine. Strange.
- Songs:
- Something In The Way She Moves
- Carolina In My Mind
- Fire and Rain
- Sweet Baby James
- Country Road
- You've Got a Friend
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Walking Man
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Mexico
- Shower The People
- Letter In the Mail
- Everyday
- Steamroller (Live)
-
-
- "Not Fade Away" -- 1995 - Japanese double-CD bootleg of 3/15/95 Tokyo show.
- Songs:
- DISC ONE: Sweet Baby James, Secret O' Life, Mexico, The Promised Land,
- Copperline, Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight, (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin'
- Bout That, Never Die Young, Frozen Man, Handy Man, Smiling Face, Shower
- the People, Country Road, Riding On a Railroad, Something In the Way She
- Moves
-
- DISC TWO: Carolina In My Mind, Not Fade Away, Up On the Roof, You've Got a
- Friend, How Sweet It Is, Fire & Rain, Steamroller, You Can Close Your Eyes,
- (and the following are "bonus tracks" from 3/14/95) Not Fade Away, Up On
- the Roof, You've Got a Friend, Only One
-
-
- "Homeless Children's Medical Benefit Concert" - Yellow Cat - Appearances
- by JT plus Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, et al. JT sings "Looking For Love
- On Broadway" and "Carolina In My Mind."
-
-
- 5.0 A P P E A R A N C E S
-
- 5.1 Saturday Night Live (NBC network - U.S.)
-
- Mid-October, 1976 - Sang "Shower the People" and "Sweet Baby James."
- Host: Lily Tomlin
-
- 1979 - Sang "Johnnie Comes Back" and "Up On the Roof"
- Also played small role in a skit as a ship's crewmember.
- Host: Eric Idle
-
- 100th episode special (1980?) - Sang with Paul Simon on "Sunny Skies,"
- "Take Me To the Mardi Gras" (a Simon song), and "Cathy's Clown" (made
- popular by the Everly Brothers).
-
- January 23, 1988 - Sang "Never Die Young," "Sweet Potato Pie," and "That
- Lonesome Road." Host: Robin Williams
-
- December 14, 1991 - Sang "(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' Bout That," "Shed a
- Little Light," and "Sweet Baby James." Host: Steve Martin
-
- November 13, 1993 - Sang "Memphis" (written by Chuck Berry, 1959), "Slap
- Leather, and "Secret 'O Life."
- Also played himself in a skit satirizing a Frank Sinatra duet
- compilation that had recently been released.
- Host: Rosie O'Donnell
-
-
- 5.2 "The Tonight Show" -- NBC Network (U.S.)
-
- Oct. or Nov. 1985 - Host: Gary Shandling
- JT sang "Only A Dream In Rio" and "Everyday." No interview.
-
- February 2, 1988 - Host: Johnny Carson
- JT sang "Never Die Young" and "Sweet Potato Pie." Interview.
-
- October 2, 1991 - Host: Jay Leno
- JT sang "Copperline" and "Shed A Little Light." Interview.
-
- Late 1991 or early 1992 - Host: Johnny Carson
- JT sang "(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' Bout That" and "Frozen Man."
- Interview.
-
- August 9, 1993 - Host: Jay Leno
- JT sang "Country Road" and "Secret O' Life." Interview.
-
- May 16, 1994 - Host: Jay Leno (show broadcast from New York)
- JT sang "Sweet Baby James" and "Almost Like Being In Love" (from
- the musical "Brigadoon" by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe).
- Brief interview.
-
-
- 5.3 "Sesame Street" (PBS Network - U.S.)
-
- Several appearances on the daily children's television program.
-
- On one occasion he sang "Up On A Roof" while on the roof of a building.
- Has also performed "You've Got a Friend" and "Your Smiling Face."
-
-
- 5.4 Concerts on TV
-
- "James Taylor Sings James Taylor" -- 1970 U.K. television appearance.
- Songs:
- With a Little Help From My Friends (3/4 time)
- Rainy Day Man
- Steamroller
- Greensleeves (guitar solo)
- Back On the Higway
- Snuff commercial (2 versions)
- Sunny Skies
- Carolina In My Mind
-
-
- "In Concert" - 1971 - BBC series - 40 minutes
- JT appeared with Carole King, Danny Kortchmar, Lee Sklar, and Russ Kunkel.
- Performed songs from "Sweet Baby James" and "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue
- Horizon."
-
-
- "Loudon & Co." -- 1994 air date of a 1993 show in Scotland - BBC
- Recorded at "The Old Fruit Market" in Glasgow, Scotland.
- JT performs for approximately 30 minutes.
- Songs:
- Sweet Baby James
- Country Road
- Fire and Rain
- You Can Close Your Eyes (with Iris Dement)
- You've Got a Friend
-
-
- "Evening at Pops" -- July 16, 1993 - PBS
- With the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams
- Songs:
- Secret 'O Life
- Carolina in My Mind
- The Water is Wide
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Copperline
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Steamroller Blues
-
-
- "Squibnocket" -- April 1992 - Disney Channel
- Distributed on video tape as "Squibnocket." See section 4.4.1
-
-
- "The Road" - CBS - 1995
- Songs:
- Sun On the Moon
- Country Road
- Frozen Man
-
-
- 5.5 Radio
-
- 1970 - Performed with Joni Mitchell on BBC radio show. See section 4.5.
- Show was recorded at Royal Albert hall on October 29.
-
- May 12, 1980 - Performed at nuclear disarmament rally in Central Park,
- New York City. Broadcast nationally. See section 3.0.
-
- 1981 - Performed for a live national radio broadcast from the Fox Theater in
- Atlanta. See section 4.6.
-
- 1993? - Interviewed and performed two songs on the Howard Stern show.
-
-
- 5.6 Major Live Performances
-
- 1979 - MUSE/No Nukes concerts - 5 shows from Sept. 19-23.
- "The Muse Concert" is available on video. See section 4.4.3.
- Highlights of the shows at New York's Madison Square Garden were
- released on a triple album (vinyl) and documentary film, both
- titled "No Nukes." The show was organized by Musicians United for
- Safe Energy, which was a founded by JT, Carly Simon, John Hall and
- Bonnie Raitt.
-
- 1984 - Rock in Rio concert
- Recorded for "Live in Rio" album. See sections 8.2.
-
- 1985 - Moscow Rock Festival
- Excerpts shown on Showtime cable network (U.S.)
-
- 1995 - Rainforest Action Network benefit, Carnegie Hall, NYC 4/12/95.
- JT performs "Sweet Baby James", duets with Bruce Springsteen on
- "The River", provides backup vocals to Sting's "Fields of Gold",
- duets with Sting on Jobim's "Obsession" and performs "It's A
- Wonderful Day" with Sting and Elton John. Don Grolnick is listed
- as the show's "Music Dorector", and JT's band provides backup for all
- the musicians, a list that includes Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jon Bon
- Jovi, Jesse Norman and others.
-
-
- 5.7 "The Simpsons" - animated weekly series on Fox Network (U.S.)
-
- 2/24/94 - JT appeared as himself in an episode centering on Homer Simpson
- being chosen by NASA for a space mission. JT was called in to calm the
- frantic crew by singing a couple songs for them over the radio. He
- started with "You've Got A Friend" and later sang part of "Fire And
- Rain," at one point changing the lyrics to avoid saying "flying
- machines in pieces on the ground" since the rocket was expected to
- burn up on re-entry. Hilarious inside jokes were made in reference to
- JT's home on Martha's Vineyard and his friendship with Art Garfunkel.
- JT suggested a way to save the astronauts which resulted in
- Homer being sucked out of the spaceship. JT's response when the NASA
- head honchos turned on him angrily was "Gotta go." And he did.
-
- Look for sampled recordings of JT's appearance on both the Web home
- page and the FTP site.
-
-
- 5.8 "Late Night With David Letterman"
-
- 11/86 - JT performs "Only a Dream In Rio."
- 11/91 - JT performs "Copperline" backed by Mark O'Connor on violin.
-
-
- 5.9 "CBS This Morning"
- 10/93 - JT performed "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" and was interviewed.
-
-
- 6.0 B I B L I O G R A P H Y
-
- 6.1 Biographies
-
- None known.
-
-
- 6.2 Major Articles/Interviews
-
- _Acoustic Guitar_
- Jul-Aug/92 - Page 40-45 - "Shed a Little Light" plus
- transcription of "Copperline."
- _Frets_
- 12/87 - Page 46-53 - Cover story plus transcription of "Song For
- You Far Away."
-
- _Guitar Extra_
- Spring, 1992 - Page 52 - "James Taylor, Back To The Well"
-
- _Guitar Player_
- 5/84 - Page 90 - "The instrumental side of James Taylor"
-
- _Life_
- 10/85 - Page 17 - "Pop's rainy day man is singing a sunnier tune"
-
- _Musician_
- 4/88 - Page 70 - "James Taylor Won't Die Young - Old Wounds, New
- Bandages ... James Taylor On the Mend."
-
- _New York Times_
- 4/8/81 - Page C24 - "Taylor: After the Turmoil and Wanderlust"
- 2/3/88 - Section C - "The Pop Life"
-
- _New York Times Magazine_
- 2/21/71 - Page 28 - "James Taylor, a New Troubadour."
-
- _Newsweek_
- 11/4/85 - Page 79 - "Grown-up James, adult Joni" (JT and Joni Mitchell)
-
- _Orange Country Register_
- 1994 - "James Taylor identifies with grunge icon"
- JT acknowledges many similarities between his career and
- Kurt Cobain's.
-
- _Parade_
- 7/12/81 - Page 6 - "A Star For Today's Children"
-
- _People_
- 10/6/80 - Page 104 - "No nukers Carly Simon and James Taylor have a
- new cause: stopping fission at home"
- 8/24/81 - Page 26 - "The five singing Taylors find smooth sailing in
- their first family concert"
-
- _Rolling Stone_
- 2/18/71 - Page 36 - "The First Family of the New Rock"
- 9/6/79 - Page 38 - "James Taylor (The Rolling Stone Interview)"
- 7/10/80 - Page 16 - JT's benefit concerts for the Anderson campaign
- 6/11/81 - Page 28 - "James Taylor (Grins and Bears It)"
- 12/10/81 - Page 23 - "Fathers and Lovers" (cover story on Carly Simon)
-
- _Saturday Review_
- 9/12/70 - Page 83 - "James Taylor: Sunshine and ..."
-
- _Stereo Review_
- 1/78 - Page 62-67 - "A Talk With James Taylor"
-
- _Time Magazine_
- 3/1/71 - Page 45 - "James Taylor: One Man's Family of Rock"
- 10/23/85 - Page 64 - JT's second marriage
-
-
-
- 6.3 Sheet Music and Music Books (courtesy of Ken Kwartler)
-
- "James Taylor" -- 1971 - Amsco Music Publishing Co.
- It contains the entirety of the 1st two albums ("James Taylor" and "Sweet
- Baby James") in piano/vocal format, and (unusually for its day)
- contained a separate section for guitarists featuring some performance notes
- and guitar tablature (a means of writing music for guitar that has becpme
- very popular only in the last 4-5 yrs.) The tablature parts were written by
- Happy Traum, himself a recording folk musician, and now head of Homespun Tapes
- in Woodstock, which offers music instruction tapes by well known musicians,
- including one by Livingston. The book also contained the original Apple
- release, an interview with James, a letter he wrote about himself, and a
- reprinted review of a 1970 Carnegie Hall concert. It is easily recognizable by
- its black & white cover photo of a rather severe looking JT. This book was de
- rigeur for folk guitarists in the 70s. A great many copies were once in
- print, which means it may be easier to locate at used book shops for those
- interested.
-
- "James Taylor Anthology" - 1973 - Included all of 1st book (above) plus "One
- Man Dog." White cover with light blue sketch of JT. "Mud Slide Slim" was
- omitted.
-
- "James Taylor Complete" - 1980 - Remarkably, despite JT's popularity among
- guitarists, most of his music remained unpublished until this volume
- emerged in 1980. It included "Mud Slide Slim," "Walking Man," "Gorilla,"
- "In the Pocket," "JT," and "Flag," but not the other albums.
-
- Separate music books were published for the "JT," "Flag," "Dad Loves His
- Work," "That's Why I'm Here," "Never Die Young," and "New Moon Shine"
- albums. A recent book covered the "Live" album as well, but the only new
- material is "New Hymn." At least 3 different JT books for guitar have been
- published, each containing only a few songs, none particularly noteworthy.
- Finally, a large 2-volume "James Taylor Complete" also appeared circa 1990.
-
-
-
- 7.0 S O N G O R I G I N S
-
- 7.1 "Fire and Rain"
-
- From William Palmer (wpalmer@oasys.dt.navy.mil):
-
- Something I heard about this line goes like this: JT had a girlfriend
- that he was really focusing on. Some friends decided that she was a
- bad influence on him, and convinced her to go away for awhile. They
- bought her a plane ticket, she got on the plane, and en route, it crashed
- and she was killed in the accident. She was the 'sweet dream', and the
- plane was the 'flying machine'.
-
- From Jonathan Abramowitz (jabramowitz@msuvx1.memst.edu):
-
- The real story behind "Fire and Rain", as I understand it, is that some
- friends of James' were going to surprise james by bringing his
- girlfriend, Suzanne, to one of his concerts- unbeknownst to James.
- According to the story, Suzanne's plane crashed ("sweet dreams and
- flying machines in pieces on the ground") on her way to see the concert
- and Suzanne dies (Suzanne the plans they made put an end to you").
-
- From Carrie Schwanke (ces@gwis.circ.gwu.edu):
-
- "Fire and Rain" was written about a friend of JT's, Suzanne. They met
- when they were in Austin Riggs for heroin addition. They became very
- close *friends*. After JT was released, they spoke on the phone alot,
- helping each other out ("hours of time on the telephone line"). Suzanne
- was supposed to be released, but committed suicide very close to her
- release date.
-
- The line "Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground" refers
- to JT's past--and the breakup of his first band (Flying Machine).
-
- From Ellen M. Roberts (eu176@cleveland.freenet.edu):
-
- Actually, the song is sort of a mini-trilogy dealing with three
- bad times in his life.
- Verse I -- in 1968 -- making his first record. A friend of his
- died -- her name was Suzanne and he got to know her when she was
- at Austin Riggs with him. She had some surgery and didn't come
- through it. (Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you).
- He also refers to her in the refrain: I've seen lonely times
- when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I'd
- see you again. At the time of Suzanne's death, his friends didn't
- tell him because they felt he was too strung out to handle the
- news.
- Verse II -- refers to the NYC drug scene
- Verse III - refers to leaving NY to escape heroin.
- The flying machines in pieces on the ground refers to his original
- group breaking up after being together only a bit more than one
- year.
-
- From Ken Kwartler (kmklegal@corp.sgi.com)
- Quoting Flying Machine drummer Joel Bishop:
-
- James wrote it after the album was pretty well done. There was this
- friend of my brother's - we both really liked her, and she had killed
- herself six months before. No one had told James - they were afraid I
- guess. One night late we got drunk, and I told him because I'd wanted to.
- In a week and a half, he had that song written.
-
- Quoting JT in a 2/18/71 Rolling Stone article:
-
- The first verse was a reaction to a friend of mine killing herself. . . The
- second verse of it is about my kicking junk just before I left England.
- And the third verse is about my going into a hospital in Western
- Massachusetts. It's just a hard-time song, a blues without having the
- blues form.
-
-
- 7.2 "Sweet Baby James"
-
- The song is most likely about JT's brother Alex's son, James, though people
- often associate the title with JT himself.
-
-
- 7.3 "Mona"
-
- From Ethan Harvey (sunking@inca.gate.net):
-
- He told the story at a concert I went to years ago, but I don't remember
- all of it. He did own a pig named Mona, but he didn't shoot her. I think
- he left rat poison out to kill the rats on his farm. Instead, Mona got to
- the poison, and that was the end of Mona. But the shooting made for a better
- song, I guess.
-
-
- 7.4 "Suite for 20G"
-
- From Ken Kwartler (kmklegal@corp.sgi.com):
-
- JT & the gang had purportedly written and recorded all the other songs for
- Sweet Baby James, but needed one more. JT strung together a few different
- pieces he was working on into one song, and named it Suite for 20G, as once
- they recorded it and gave the record company the finished project, they got
- a $20G advance.
-
-
- 7.5 "Mexico"
-
- From Carrie Schwanke (ces@gwis.circ.gwu.edu):
-
- JT's song "Mexico" refers to a trip he took with his family
- to this country. JT came down with the craps and a fever and didn't leave
- his hotel room for the entire trip, hence, the line: "I've never really
- been so I don't really know."
-
-
- 7.6 "Steamroller"
-
- Here, in JT's own words, is the explanation for Steamroller. This is
- transcribed from the 1970 JT/Joni Mitchell BBC radio show bootleg:
-
- We played this eight-month long gig at a place called the Night Owl Cafe
- down in Greenwich Village in New York. It used to be a McDougal and Third,
- but it might have moved since then. I don't know.
-
- Anyhow, at that time there were a lot of so-called blues groups in New York
- City, you know? And they were making a lot of noise with electric guitars
- and amplifiers that their parents had bought them for Christmas and
- birthdays and stuff. Their idea of soul was volume. They'd just crank it
- up, you know? And they were singing all these heavy songs like "I'm a Man"
- or "I'm a Jackhammer" or "I'm a Steamship", whatever..."I'm the Queen
- Mary" [laughter] ... "I'm a Ton of Bricks."
-
- And we weren't to be left out of all this so I wrote this next song, which
- is the heaviest blues tune I know, ladies and gentlemen....called "I'm a
- Steamroller." [more laughter as JT goes on the play a hilarious solo
- version of the song]
-
- 7.7 Quick Takes:
-
- From Ken Kwartler (kmklegal@corp.sgi.com):
-
- "First Day of May" - Rooted in his father's annual quote "hooray, hooray,
- first day of May, summer f___ing begins today" (JT - Mountain View, CA
- concert in 1990)
-
- "Railroad" - About his frustrations with loss of creative control while
- acting for the film Two Lane Blacktop (JT - introducing the song on the
- "Bitter End Years" LP)
-
- "Only a Dream In Rio" - About his trip to Rio for the above mentioned music
- festival, and his reaction thereto
-
- "That's Why I'm Here" - Second verse deals with John Belushi's drug overdose.
-
- "Let it All Fall Down" - Written about Nixon and Watergate, and even
- released as a single only a few days before the "smoking gun" revelation
- and Nixon's resignation.
-
- 7.8 "B.S.U.R."
-
- From Thorbjorn Nilsson (nilsson@ursus.se)
- Quoting JT in the 6/11/81 Rolling Stone article:
-
- The song B.S.U.R. on Flag was inspired by the cartoons of William Steig,
- who has a book out called CDB! about how to take letters and numbers and
- turn them into sentences, like IMAUMBN (I am a human being) or URNNML
- (You are an animal). Well, my sister and I used to play that game.
-
-
- 8.0 T I D B I T S (Gossip, stories, etc.)
-
- 8.1 The Rock in Rio concerts in January 1985
-
- From Andre Valente (andre@lri.jur.uva.nl):
-
- I was present in JT's concerts and almost all days from the festival
- (10 days total) because I lived in Rio by that time.
-
- - It started with JT alone in the guitar for a few songs, then with
- the addition of two wonderful back-vocals (one male one female, both
- black). This was the part I liked most. I prefer the slow songs (Long
- Ago and Far Away, You Can Close Your Eyes, etc.) generally, and their
- performance for so many people created an incredible effect: can you
- imagine 200.000 people in a rock festival almost completely silent,
- sitting on the ground? It was this magic mood that made the experience
- incredible, and the origin of the magic was JT's music.
-
- - The other instruments entered slowly, up to the moment where the group
- was complete. Then followed "You've Got a Friend", "Fire and Rain",
- "Mexico", etc. All the big hits, everything I wanted to hear. I think
- he finished with "Up on a Roof", but I am not certain.
-
- The fact that the audience was so big (the biggest from the 10 days of
- the festival) was due to a large extent to JT. He was (is) very famous
- in Brazil, especially for the generation that lived the 70s.
-
-
- 8.2 Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"
-
- People often suggest that the song is about JT, but according to Carly
- herself, it was about Warren Beatty. Other theories survive, though.
-
-
- From JD Delorme (jdd9642@ritvax.isc.rit.edu):
-
- The rumor going 'round when I was but a lad was that "You're
- So Vain" was about Mick Jaggar - whom she dated for awhile - and who heard
- it and knew it was for him. Then he begged to be allowed to do background
- vocals - a little twisted humor - sort of the ultimate irony for the whole
- idea that "you probably thing this song is about you". Of course - it may
- well have been more urban folklore, too.
-
- From Charles R. Center (CENTERCR%DFL@pcmail.usafa.af.mil):
-
- Saw an interview once, and she said it was about Beatty, and acknowledged
- that alot of people mistakenly attributed it to JT.
-
-
- 8.3 JT/Carly Simon breakup
-
- From Carrie Schwanke (ces@gwis.circ.gwu.edu):
-
- The reason Carly and James broke up was because James was spending alot of
- time on the road, totally concentrating on his music (and we really don't
- mind). Carly now had 2 kids by JT, and gave him a bit of an ultimatum:
- Quit spending so much time on your music and more time with your kids or
- I'll divorce you.
- James' answer lies in the title of his next album: "Dad Loves His Work."
-
-
- 8.4 JT's Guitars and Pickups
-
- From Sergio Ramirez (bsergio@cs.utexas.edu) citing a Spring 1992
- _Guitar Extra_ article:
-
- For two years previous to the interview he had been playing guitars made
- by a guy in St. Paul, called James Olson. He used those guitars in "New
- Moon Shine." He played a Yamaha for a while, but lately he had been
- playing the Olsons only. He owned three Olsons, one of each of the sizes
- Olson made: a "parlor-size," a dreadnought, and a cutaway.
-
- He was using a Lloyd Bags pickup under the bridge, and when playing live
- he used a Pendulum audio preamp. This was a 4-band equalizer with a
- variable notch filter that helped him take out "some of the 'oinky,' sort
- of unpleasant metallic sound that you get out of a piezoelectric
- transducer."
-
- He used to use a dreadnought guitar, and loved its profound sound, but he
- found that with a piano and bass player he was taking too much room, so
- he went for a smaller, more concise guitar with a narrower and prettier
- range; this way the guitar can make a statement without getting tangled
- up in bass and piano. But when he drops the low E to a D, he goes back
- to the dreadnought.
-
-
- 8.5 Randy Newman's Rock Opera
-
- From Ken Kwartler (kmklegal@corp.sgi.com):
-
- The "rock opera" mentioned in an earlier message is a Randy Newman project.
- Newman is doing an "original" re-interpretation of "Faust". The music and
- lyrics are all Newman's, but others are playing the different vocal roles.
- JT, Bonnie Raitt, and Don Henley are among those supposedly participating.
- JT is reportedly cast as God.
-
- Update: "Faust" opened Sept. 24, 1995 at the La Jolla, California
- playhouse. JT is not a member of the cast, but was involved in the album to
- be released separately.
-
-
- 8.6 JT's Nicknames
-
- From Ellen M. Roberts (eu176@cleveland.freenet.edu):
-
- A partial list of JT's nicknames over the years:
-
- "Moose" - during his days at Milton Academy.
- "String Bean" - during the "Flying Machine" years.
- "Sweet Baby James" - still popular thanks to the song.
- "JT" - for obvious reasons.
-
-
- 8.7 Summer '94 Tour Set List
-
- From Ken Kwartler (kmklegal@corp.sgi.com):
-
- Saw the show on Saturday in Berkeley. JT just keeps getting better and
- more humorous as a performer. He gave a great and lengthy show. Here's
- the set list: [differed slightly from show to show -- JDR]
-
- Lo and Behold
- Mexico
- Promised Land (Chuck Berry)
- Handyman
- Fool To Care
- Got To Stop Thinking Bout That
- Rainy Day Man (the Flag version)
- Frozen Man
- Sun on the Moon
- Your Smiling Face
- Shower the People
- Country Road
- Copperline
- Carolina (solo acoustic)
- Wandering
- Memphis (C. Berry)
- Every Day (Buddy Holly)
- Not Fade Away (B. Holly)
- (can't read my own notes!)
- Never Die Young
- Johnnie Comes Back
- Up on the Roof (Carole King)
- You've Got A Friend (C. King)
- Steamroller Blues
- How Sweet It Is
- Fire & Rain
- Summertime Blues
- Shed A Little Light
- Sweet Baby James
-
-
- 8.8 '94-'95 Symphonic Tour Set List
-
- From Daniel Barron (76307.52@CompuServe.COM):
-
- James Taylor and the Pittsburgh Pops with Marvin Hamlisch
- Sony/Blockbuster Entertainment Center, Camden, NJ
- July 12, 1995
-
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight / Getting to Know You (Hammerstein)
- That's Why I'm Here / The Water is Wide / Your Smiling Face
- Someday (Kern) / Only a Dream In Rio / Shed a Little Light
- Fire and Rain
-
- Intermission
-
- Secret O' Life / Mexico / So Long Old Gal / Promised Land
- Slap Leather / Fascinating Rhythm (Gershwin) / Carolina In My Mind
- Millworker / Wasn't That a Mighty Storm (Anonymous) / Not Fade Away
- Frozen Man / Up On the Roof / Steamroller Blues / Looking Through
- the Eyes of Love (Hamlisch)
-
- Encores:
-
- How Sweet It Is / You Can Close Your Eyes / Sweet Baby James
-
-
- 8.9 The Flying Machine Album
-
- From the liner notes of one of the many versions of this album:
-
- We first knew Kootch and Joel it was the winter of 66. They were in a
- group called the "King Bees" and we were all working on a rock film that
- for good reason never escaped. During that time Kootch kept telling us
- about his friend James and that they were planning to start a new group
- after the film was completed. The group, (Kootch, James, Joel and
- another friend) came up to our office at 1650 broadway and played us some
- songs that James had written. Somewhere between the "Nightowl" (that's
- the place in the village where they were working) and 1650 we made plans
- to make some records. There were the usual hassles in getting things
- going but we finally got into the studio and did some work. "Nightowl",
- was released as a single and made some noise. Next thing we knew James
- was going off somewhere to get himself together. After a while the Apple
- album was released and then another but this is where it all started.
- -- Al Gorgoni, Chip Taylor
-
-
- 9.0 R E L A T E D A R T I S T S
-
- 9.1 JT's Family
-
- 9.1.1 Alex
-
- 1971 - "With Friends and Neighbors"
- 1972 - "Dinnertime" - Capricorn -- CP 0101
- ? - "Dancing With the Devil" -- Wild Dog Blues - 9007
- 1989 - "Voodoo In Me" - King Snake Records (available on CD)
-
- 9.1.2 Livingston:
- - Faculty member at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
- - Web site at http://www.midcoast.com/~liv/
-
- 1970 - "Livingston Taylor" - Capricorn/Atco - SD 33-334
- 1971 - "Liv" - Capricorn - SD 863
- 1973 - "Over the Rainbow" - Capricorn - CP 0114
- 1978 - "3-Way Mirror - Sony - 57312 (also released on CD by Sony in Japan)
- Note: Contains original version of "Going 'Round One More
- Time," which JT later recorded on "That's Why I'm Here."
- 1979 - "Echoes" (compilation of first 3 albums) - Capricorn - CPN 0220
- 1981 - "Man's Best Friend" - Epic - JE 36153 (also released on CD by Sony
- in Japan)
- 1988 - "Life Is Good" - Atco/Critique - 90941
- 1991 - "Our Turn to Dance" - Vanguard Records - 79469
- 1993 - "Good Friends" - Chesky Records - 9037
- 1994 - "Unsolicited Material" - Whisling Dog Music
- Note: Liv sells his albums by mail order for US$15 (includes
- U.S. postage). Mail him at:
- Livingston Taylor
- P.O. Box 114
- Newton Lower Falls, MA 02162
-
- 9.1.3 Kate
-
- 1971 - "Sister Kate" - Atco/Atlantic
- 1978 - "Kate Taylor" - Columbia - JC 35089 (also released on CD by Sony in
- Japan)
- 1979 - "It's In There and It's Got To Come Out" - Columbia (vinyl) - also
- available on CD from Japan
- Title track on the "In Harmony" album. See section 4.3.1.
-
- 9.1.4 Hugh:
- - Owns an inn on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts called The Outermost Inn.
- Album:
- 1990 - "It's Up To You" - Village Green (featuring all the Taylor
- siblings with JT singing of five of the tracks)
-
- 9.1.5 Ben (son with Carly Simon):
-
- - Appeared in Levi's jeans Commercials circa 1994
- 1994 - "Time Works On All the Wild Young Men" on mom Carly's album
- "Letters Never Sent."
- 1995 - "I Will" (Beatles hit) on the "Bye Bye Love" movie soundtrack.
- Co-produced by dad JT.
-
-
- 9.2 JT Alumni
-
- 9.2.1 Carly Simon
-
- - JT's ex-wife and frequent collaborator
- - Successful recording artist
- - Web site at: http://www.ziva.com/carly/
-
- Albums:
- 1971 - "Anticipation" - Elektra - ELE 75016
- 1971 - "Carly Simon" - Elektra - ELE 74082
- 1972 - "No Secrets" - Elektra - ELE 75049
- 1974 - "Hotcakes" - Elektra - ELE 1002
- 1975 - "Best of Carly Simon" - Elektra - ELE 109
- 1975 - "Playing Possum" - Elektra - ELE 1033
- 1976 - "Another Passenger" - Elektra - ELE 1064
- 1978 - "Boys In the Trees" - Elektra - ELE128
- 1981 - "Torch" - Warner Bros. - 1981 - WAR 3592-2
- 1983 - "Hello Big Man" - Warner Bros. - WAR 23886
- 1985 - "Spoiled Girl" - Warner Bros. - CBS 39970
- 1987 - "Coming Around Again" - Arista - ARI 8443
- 1988 - "Greatest Hits Live" - Arista - ARI 8526
- 1990 - "Have You Seen Me Lately?" - Arista - ARI 8650
- 1990 - "My Romance" - Arista - ARI 8582
- 1992 - "This Is My Life" (soundtrack) - Qwest/Reprise - 26901
- 1994 - "Letters Never Sent" - Arista - ARI 18752
- ? - "Come Upstairs" - Alex (import) - ALE 3520
-
- 9.2.2 Carole King
-
- - Wrote JT's major hit "You've Got A Friend" and many other songs
- - Frequent collaborator and band member
- - JT played guitar of several of her albums
- - Extremely influential artist. Her songs were recorded by many major
- performers.
- - Web site at: http://www.iuma.com/GMO/html/King,_Carole.html
-
- Albums:
- 1970 - "Writer" - CBS - CBS 34944
- 1971 - "Tapestry" - CBS - 34946
- 1971 - "Music" - CBS - CBS 34949
- 1972 - "Rhymes and Reasons" - CBS - CBS 34950
- 1973 - "Fantasy" - CBS - CBS 34962
- 1974 - "Wrap Around Joy" - CBS - 34953
- 1975 - "Really Rosie" - Sony - 34955 (Soundtrack for children's special)
- 1976 - "Thoroughbred" - CBS - CBS 34963
- 1978 - "Greatest Hits" - CBS - 34967
- 1980 - "Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King" - Scarface - 53879
- 1982 - "One To One" - Atlantic - 1982 - SD 19344
- 1984 - "Speeding Time" - ?
- 1989 - "City Streets" - Capitol - CAP 90885
- 1993 - "Colour of Your Dreams" - Scarface - SCA 57197
- 1994 - "In Concert" (live) - Scarface - SCA 53878
- 1994 - "Now That Everything's Been Said" - (with "The City")
- Released on CD in Japan in 1994.
- 1994 - "Natural Woman: The Ode Collection" - Sony - 2 CDs - 48833
- ? - "Plus" - Collectables - COL 5414
-
-
- 9.2.3 Joni Mitchell
-
- - Frequent collaborator and successful artist
- - Romantically involved with JT during the early '70s
- - Web site at: http://www.well.com/user/wallyb/jonihome.html
-
- Albums:
- 1968 - "Joni Mitchell" - Warner Bros. - WAR 6293
- 1969 - "Clouds" -- Warner Bros. - WAR 6341
- 1970 - "Ladies of the Canyon" - Warner Bros. - WAR 6376
- 1971 - "Blue" - Warner Bros. - WAR 2038
- 1972 - "For the Roses" - Elektra - ELE 5057
- 1974 - "Court and Spark" - Elektra - ELE 1001
- Also: Gold disc version by DCC Gold Disc - 1025
- 1974 - "Miles of Aisles" - Elektra - ELE 202
- 1975 - "Hissing of Summer Lawns" - Elektra - ELE 1051
- 1976 - "Hejira" - Elektra - ELE 1087
- 1977 - "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" - Elektra - ELE 701
- 1979 - "Mingus" - Elektra - ELE 505
- 1980 - "Shadows and Light" - Elektra - ELE 704
- 1982 - "Wild Things Run Fast" - Geffen - GEF 22019
- Also: Gold disc version by Ultradisc - 570
- 1985 - "Dog Eat Dog" - Geffen - GEF 24074
- 1988 - "Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm" - Geffen - GEF 24172
- 1991 - "Night Ride Home" - Geffen - GEF 24302 and 24388
- 1994 - "Turbulent Indigo" - Warner Bros. - WAR 45786
-
- 9.2.4 Others
-
- Peter Asher
- - JT's manager and a musician
- - Member of British group "Peter and Gordon."
-
- Rosemary Butler
- - Frequent backup singer
- - Sang with Jackson Browne
- Album:
- "Rose" -- Capitol/EMI - ST12320
-
- Clifford Carter
- - Keyboardist for JT
- Album:
- "Walkin' INto the Sun" - Soul Coast - SC 9359-2
-
- Valerie Carter
- - Frequent backup singer for JT
- - Sings with Jackson Browne
-
- David Crosby and Graham Nash
- - Frequently sang backup for JT
- - Members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (and all the variations)
-
- Don Grolnick
- - Produced JT's last two studio albums
- - Plays piano/keyboard
- Album:
- 1985 - "Hearts and Numbers" - Hip Pocket Records
- ? - "River of Dreams" - Blue Note
-
- Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar
- - Friend since childhood and longtime member of JT's band
- - Member of bands "The Section" and "Jo Mama."
- - Co-wrote and produced much of Don Henley's recent work, also produced
- Billy Joel's "River of Dreams" album.
- Albums:
- "The Section" -- Warner Bros.- BS 2661 (with Kunkel, Sklar, et al.)
- "J Is For Jump" -- with band "Jo Mama."
- "Now That Everything's Been Said" with Carole King and Charles
- Larkey performing as "The City." Released on CD in Japan
- in 1994.
-
- Russ Kunkel
- - Plays percussion
- - Romantically involved with Carly Simon after her breakup with JT.
-
- David Lasley
- - Frequent backup singer
- - Sang with Bonnie Raitt
- - Appeared in original Broadway production of "Hair"
- Albums:
- "Missin' Twenty Grand" - EMI
- "Raindance" - EMI - 1983?
- "Soldiers On the Moon" - Pony Canyon (Japan) / A&M (U.S.) - 1993
-
- George Massenburg
- - Co-produced and mixed JT's latest live album
- - Has also produced other major artists (10,000 Maniacs, Linda
- Ronstadt, et al.)
- - Lurks in alt.music.james-taylor
-
- Paul McCartney
- - Signed JT to the Beatles' Apple Records
- - Played bass on several songs for "James Taylor"
- - Sang with his wife Linda on "Walking Man"
-
- Arnold McCuller
- - Frequent backup singer
- - Sang with Phil Collins
- Album:
- 1994 - "Exception To the Rule" - Coyote Records
-
- Billy Payne
- - Plays keyboards
- - Performed with Little Feat
-
- Linda Ronstadt
- - Occasional collaborator and successful artist
-
- David Sanborn
- - Popular jazz musician
- - Plays sax
-
- Leland Sklar
- - Bass guitar
-
-
- 10.0 P O I N T E R S
-
- 10.1 Where To Find JT's Albums
-
- All of the U.S. albums are still available on tape and CD.
-
- Most of the CDs, including the non-U.S. ones, are for sale online.
- CD Connection:
- telnet cdconnection.com
- http://www.cdconnection.com
- CDNow:
- telnet cdnow.com
- http://www.cdnow.com
-
- For foreign versions of JT's albums (but still through a U.S.
- distributor):
- telnet cdeurope.com
-
- Vinyl albums are harder to find, of course. Any store that carries
- old vinyl albums is likely to have at least a few JT LPs, but if you
- can't find what you're looking for locally, try Acoustic Sounds
- at 1-800-525-1630 (U.S. only).
-
- Also keep in mind that there are at least two other singers named
- James Taylor along with a James Taylor Quartet. Albums credited to
- James "JT" Taylor or the James Taylor Quartet have nothing to do
- with The JT.
-
-
- 10.2 Fan Mail
-
- Try reaching JT through his manager, Peter Asher:
-
- James Taylor
- c/o Peter Asher Management
- 644 North Doheny Drive
- Los Angeles, CA 90069
-
- (310) 273-9433
- If you ask nicely you can get tour information at this number.
-
- About Fan Mail: Mail sent to JT at the above address does get forwarded
- directly to JT, but he does not reply.
-
- About E-mail: No, JT doesn't have an E-mail address.
-
-
- 10.3 How To Use the World Wide Web
-
- What the Web Is:
-
- First, the World Wide Web (WWW, or the web), isn't based on any particular
- program. There are several popular programs to access web resources,
- though. These programs will allow you to see the text and--if you have the
- right hardware--graphics and sounds provided through the web.
-
- Most web sites like James Taylor Online are made of multiple pages that you
- access using a web browser such as Lynx (for those limited to text-based
- Internet access), Mosaic (the former web standard), or Netscape (the newer,
- most popular web browser).
-
- To view web pages, you'll need to run a browser program and instruct it to
- point at the James Taylor Online address.
-
- Text-Based Web Access:
-
- If you are limited to typing text commands in a UNIX shell (text-only)
- account, your best bet is to access the web through Lynx. To see if it's
- installed on your site, simply type this at your UNIX prompt:
-
- lynx http://www.shore.net/~jrisberg/JT/
-
- This loads the lynx web browser program and points it at James Taylor
- Online. If all goes well, you can then use your arrow keys and enter key to
- select from highlighted choices, which will lead to other information.
-
- If Lynx doesn't seem to be available, try asking your system administrators
- whether another type of browser is installed instead. If all else fails,
- you may be able to download and install Lynx yourself, but it isn't for the
- faint of heart.
-
- SLIP, PPP or Direct (LAN) Connections:
-
- If you connect to your account using SLIP or PPP from a Mac or PC (running
- Trumpet Winsock, for instance), your options are a bit more complicated,
- but also more fun. Or if you connect to the net directly over your office
- or university's Local Area Network, this also applies to you.
-
- In either case, I'd suggest trying Netscape, which is the browser of
- choice for most people these days. If you're familiar with FTP, look for
- Netscape at ftp.netscape.com (it's available for PCs running Windows,
- Macs, or Unix with Xwindows).
-
- If you do already have Mosaic or Netscape, simply enter the James Taylor
- Online address in the "Open URL" or "Open Location" box:
-
- http://www.shore.net/~jrisberg/JT/
-
- The Major Online Services:
-
- Most of the major online services provide web access now. If you have an
- account on Compuserve, America Online, Prodigy, or NetCom, you probably
- already have web access through the software you use to connect to the
- service. Unfortunately, every service is different, so your best bet is to
- call or email the company to ask how to use it.
-
- Once you do find web access through these services, they're generally very
- similar to Mosaic or Netscape in how they work.
-
- Try It Out:
-
- This quick overview probably isn't specific enough to cover all the possible
- configurations people have, but it should help a new user get on the right
- track. Good luck.
-
-
-
- 11.0 A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S:
-
- A special thank you to Ken Kwartler (kmklegal@corp.sgi.com), the
- quintessential JT guru, for sharing his accumulated JT knowledge and for
- countless edits and suggestions.
-
- Many others have also contributed to this FAQ, including:
-
- Norma Pincus (norma@hpcllmr.cup.hp.com)
- Carrie Schwanke (ces@gwis.circ.gwu.edu)
- Jonathan Schilling (jls@summit.novell.com)
- Sergio Ramirez (bsergio@cs.utexas.edu)
- Jan van Kemenade (U001350@vm.uci.kun.nl)
- Michael Lee Raymer (raymermi@cps.msu.edu)
- Sharon Lowenthal (sbl13@columbia.edu) [who also bears the distinction of
- being the only contributor I've met in person]
- Richard Russell (richruss@aol.com)
- Chris VanHaren (vanharen@cam.ov.com)
- Christina (chuckles@astro.ocis.temple.edu)
- Andy Gulick (gulick@oncology.wisc.edu)
- David Poole (stdp@warthog.ru.ac.za)
- Steve Piazza (piazza@nwu.edu)
- Ellen M. Roberts (eu176@cleveland.freenet.edu)
- David Cutts (dcutts@deacon.demon.co.uk)
- Kraig Smith (kraigy@mail.utexas.edu)
- Jeremy Clark (clark@cmo.intdata.com)
- Andrew Gregory Clark (clarkag4@wfu.edu)
- Judy Smith (judysmith@delphi.com)
- Jeffrey Spero (Speroni@aol.com)
- Taylor Roberts (troberts@MIT.EDU)
- Peter Basler (U2166775@csdvax.csd.unsw.EDU.AU)
- Diane Lin (dlin@weber.ucsd.edu)
- Thorbjorn Nilsson (nilsson@ursus.se)
- Joseph McLaughlin (wmclaug@mailbox.syr.edu)
- Phil Taylor (pftaylor@westgate.win-uk.net)
- Jonathan Imber (jimber@wellesley.edu)
- OimZGirl (oimzgirl@aol.com)
- Tony Rees (Tony.Rees@ml.csiro.au)
- Clay Johnson (GPDF80D@mail.prodigy.com)
- Graham Fitzsimons (gfitz@nando.net)
- Mylan Dawson (mountdrago@aol.com)
- Jim Thomann (thomann@mkots4.enet.dec.com)
- Bill Gority (WGority@aol.com)
- David Stec (destec@post.its.mcw.edu)
- Daniel Barron (76307.52@CompuServe.COM)
- Kaz Herbert (k.herbert@forprod.csiro.au)
- Jeanne Marie Mirabella (Mirabell@eden.rutgers.edu)
- Rob Westerberg (rweste51@maine.maine.edu)
- Mark Klempner (mtk2@cornell.edu)
- Marty Kopp (MKopp@aol.com)
- Paul Cronin (pcronin@snsnet.net)
- Owen Williams (101360.2006@compuserve.com)
- Greg Benson (gregb@westworld.com)
-
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- This document is Copyright (c) 1996 by Joel Risberg.
- It may be freely distributed as long as no fee is charged and providing the
- author's name and this notice remain intact. Any other use requires written
- permission from the author.
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- Please email any corrections, additions, or suggestions to the address below:
-
- Joel Risberg (jrisberg@shore.net)
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