James Taylor tribute on PBS

Last night; anyone else catch it? Some amazing renditions of his songs, although I would have much rather heard Emmylou Harris cover "Millworker" than Bruce Springsteen (and I'm a Springsteen fan from way back).

JT hisself ended it with "Fire and Rain." And in my world, anytime you can hear JT sing "Fire and Rain," on the radio, in person, on an LP, CD or casette, or on TV, it's a good thing. One of the classic songs in American music.

 

I have it on Tivo -- mostly for Bruce. Will try to catch it this weekend.

 

Sorry I missed it. One of the best concerts I've ever been to was seeing JT at the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill in 1992.

 

If you know when it will be on again, please let me know. He's waaaay up on my list of must-listens.

 

Two of my favourite JT songs are his '70s remakes of a couple of '60s classics: "Handy Man" and "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You." Both are so different from the originals that you can enjoy them without forgetting how great the originals were in the first place.

 

You can add in "Up On The Roof" and "Every Day."
And you should hear him cover George Jones on "She Thinks I Still Care." Killer.

 

if anyone knows when this will air again, a head's up would be much appreciated. ??? ??? ???

 

At one of my many SID stops, James Taylor started a new tour with his first show in the arena I was working in. As part of the tour, they showed up three days early and practiced the concert over and over again.

The first time I heard the music, I called the operations office and asked that they not play the tape that loud, only to be informed that it wasn't a tape. It was live.

It was a great three days. Not much work got done, but the music was outstanding.

 

Can't remember the name, but he did a song on the Cars soundtrack -- written by Randy Newman -- that was pretty darned good.

Add Steamroller and Sweet Baby James to the list of classics.

 

It was a great show last night, even though I only saw a little bit of it.

The PBS station was in heavy pledge mode and you can get the DVD for $75 or both the DVD and CD for $150.

 

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