portrait of this blog's author - by Stephen Blackman 2008

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES TAYLOR [74] - You’ve Got A Friend (with Carole King 1971) | Route Publishers

 



James Taylor and Carole King ‘You’ve Got A Friend’ live 1971


Happy birthday to James Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts on this day in 1948. Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is call.


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 In this HARDtalk interview from 2008, he talks to Stephen Sackur about why he writes, his struggles with drugs since his teenage years and why live performances are more important now than ever.


2 comments:

Dell said...

Thanks for sharing - one of the original troubadours, still on the (country) Road.

Andy Swapp said...

Great great artist Dell. Love his entire output and indeed seems to still be touring!

Thanks as ever for dropping by