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  James Taylor
James Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts.
James Taylor first learned the cello as a child, then switched to the guitar in 1960.
Taylor also performed at the No Nukes[?] concert in Madison Square Gardens, then appeared on the album and film from the concert.
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 James Taylor - MSN Encarta
James Taylor, born in 1948, American popular music artist, whose sweet melodies, introspective lyrics, and warm voice helped define the musical category known as singer-songwriter.
Taylor enjoyed his greatest popular success in the first half of the 1970s but has maintained a strong career over the ensuing decades.
Taylor was born into an upper-class family in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up primarily in North Carolina.
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 James Taylor
The resulting album called simply "James Taylor", was released in the U.K. in December 1968 and in the U.S. in February 1969.
Their first album, "Sweet Baby James" was released in February, 1970 and featured the single "Fire and Rain," a song that reflected on James' experiences in mental institutions.
Taylor was also displaying confidence and sparkling onstage wit, having a superb rapport with his audiences, where once his shyness was excruciating.
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 CMT.com : James Taylor : Biography
As a result, Taylor was signed to Apple and recorded his debut solo album, James Taylor, released in the U.K. in December 1968 and in the U.S. in February 1969.
Taylor was next heard from in January 1974, when he sang a duet with his wife of "Mockingbird," a cover of the 1963 hit by Inez and Charlie Foxx, on her Hot Cakes album.
Taylor was also inducted into both the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2000 and at the end of the year, Columbia issued Greatest Hits, Vol.
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 James Taylor Tickets chicagogigs.com James Taylor Upcoming Schedule James Taylor Information Feature James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor was born on March 12, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Taylor signed to Columbia Records and released JT in 1977, winning another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for "Handy Man." He briefly working on Broadway and later took a two-year break, reappearing in 1979 with “Flag.” The album was a success, though there were no hit singles from it.
Taylor's two albums of original material from the 1990s were notably successful: his thirteenth album, New Moon Shine, went platinum in 1991, and he won the coveted Grammy for Best Pop Album in 1998 for Hourglass.
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 James Taylor Summary
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs.
The woman underwent in-vitro fertilization to conceive, and the Taylors are the biological parents.
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 James Taylor
James Taylor was one of the most successful of the early 70's singer-songwriters, using mostly acoustic production (soft rock with folk overtones) and singing direct, personal love songs.
Taylor never tried to be an innovator like Mitchell, a virtuoso like Steve Stills, or a stylistic chameleon like Paul Simon, but he was damn good at what he did do.
Taylor had split with Mitchell and promptly married Carly Simon, and her appearance here is the first of many on the records that followed.
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 Rolling Stone : James Taylor: Flag : Music Reviews
Taylor obsessively goes all the way with this idea, reiterating in track after track that such freedom never really existed because life itself is a cruel imprisonment.
Taylor's new songs are exquisitely crafted, and their pain is so brilliantly understated that you can't dismiss the bleakness as mere self-pity, any more than you can dismiss Ingmar Bergman's darker musings as simple morbidity.
Flag is the aural equivalent of an Andrew Wyeth painting: austere, meticulous, its palette the color of cracked, dried mud.
www.rollingstone.com /artists/jamestaylor/albums/album/233224/review/6067391/flag   (920 words)

  
 James Taylor Tickets - James Taylor Concert Tickets - James Taylor Tour Dates & Schedule
Taylor’s creative talents – as were those of his brothers and sister – were nurtured early on, and perhaps that, combined with the rush of the competition that often strikes creative types, is what gave Taylor the confidence he needed to pursue a music career.
His next album, “Sweet Baby James,” hit store shelves in 1970 under the Warner Brothers label and included the hit singles “Fire and Rain” and “Country Road.” By year’s end Taylor’s career was on fire; he’d even appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and James Taylor concert tickets were a much sought after commodity.
Taylor’s 1997 album, “Hourglass,” garnered him a Grammy for the Best Pop Album, and three years later he would receive the distinct honor of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.
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 James Taylor Tickets - James Taylor Concert Tickets - James Taylor Ticket Broker
James Taylor grew up playing music with his family and dropped out of high school when he was sixteen to start a band with his brother.
Using the formula of a cover song for a single, introspective and soft singing albums, and a rigorous touring schedule James Taylor was one of the biggest names in the seventies.
Through the eighties and nineties, James Taylor rarely put out an album, never had a successful single, but still sold almost as many records as concert tickets as he continued to constantly tour the world as he does today.
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 James Taylor Article
James Taylor, "the archetypal 'sensitive' singer/songwriter of the Seventies" according to Rolling Stone, created a style of acoustic pop that has been often imitated but never reproduced.
By the time Taylor released himself from the hospital, Asher had negotiated a contract with Warner Brothers for him, as well as a live solo debut at the Troubadour in L.A. Taylor emerged from that performance triumphantly, but soon suffered a guitarist's worst nightmare when he broke both hands in a motorcycle accident.
Taylor reached # 3 with the album and with a single called "Fire and Rain," probably one of his most famous songs to date.
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 JAMES TAYLOR
James has always been a hell of a blues shouter, and he let's it rip on this track.
No less an observer than Sting said not long ago of James, "He's a complete natural and a complete original immune to fashion." James himself, simply says "the top of the charts is fine, but it's an odd goal if you're a musician." Nevertheless, James Taylor is no stranger to the top of the charts.
The same is true of James Taylor, who continually inspires new generations of fans with his concerts and albums.
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 James Taylor
James Taylor was one of the most successful of the early 70s singer-songwriters, using mostly acoustic production (soft rock with folk overtones) and singing direct, personal love songs.
Taylor never tried to be an innovator like Mitchell, a virtuoso like Steve Stills, or a stylistic chameleon like Paul Simon, but he was damn good at what he did do.
Taylor had split with Mitchell and promptly married Carly Simon, and her appearance here is the first of many on the records that followed.
www.warr.org /taylor.html   (2173 words)

  
 James Taylor on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More
James Taylor began writing music in the mid-1960s as a student at a boarding school outside Boston.
Taylor moved to London in 1968 to attempt to combat heroin addiction, and while there, was introduced to Paul McCartney, who was impressed by his music.
Taylor was signed to the Beatles’ Apple Records label, which released his self-titled debut album in 1968.
www.blender.com /guide/artist.aspx?iD=912   (287 words)

  
 James Taylor Biography
James Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts.
James Taylor first learned the cello as a child, then switched to the guitar in 1960.
Simon was unhappy with Taylor's being out on the road traveling so much, and after he rejected an ultimatum from her that he spend more time with his kids, they divorced in 1983.
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 James Taylor: Book James Taylor for corporate event - Celebrity Direct Inc.
He was rewarded with a series of hit albums and singles (surprisingly, many of the latter were covers of old songs rather than his own compositions), and he managed to survive his initial fame to achieve lasting popularity.
He continued to tour successfully for decades, and, starting with his 1970 breakthrough Sweet Baby James, all but one of his regular album releases for the rest of the century went gold or platinum, while his 1976 Greatest Hits album achieved a diamond certification reflecting sales of more than ten million copies.
In 1951, Dr. Taylor was appointed dean of the medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the family moved from New England to the South.
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 James Taylor Music Guide - WikiMusicGuide, the Music Wiki
James Taylor was born on March 12, 1948 in Belmont, Massachusetts to Dr. Isaac and Gertrude Taylor.
In 1951, James father was appointed dean of the medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
James was also inducted into both the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
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 SoundStage! The James Taylor Collection - May 2000
His first album came out in the '60s (on Apple Records no less), and now in the new millennium his Live at the Beacon Theatre is one of the best concert DVDs you can buy.
That James Taylor has survived for more than 30 years is an accomplishment, but his fans -- which I am -- know how much fine music he's made along the way.
If you're wondering, James Taylor's next collection is due out in the fall of this year, so you won't have to wait for long for a taste of something truly new.
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 James Taylor
"James Taylor" (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Taylor first learned the cello as a child, then switched to the guitar in 1960.
Taylor's two albums of original material from the 1990s were notably successful: his thirteenth album, ''New Moon Shine'', went platinum in 1991, and he won the coveted Grammy for Best Pop Album in 1998 for ''Hourglass (album)Hourglass''.
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 Flag - James Taylor - Similar Albums
This album collects her most popular songs of the first five years of her solo career.
This album was always sort of a joke among Carole King's serious fans, containing 12 songs drawn from six albums, and liner notes that fail even to acknowledge the existence of Writer, her one pre-Tapestry solo LP.
A sprawling, conceptual song cycle, the double album traces the stages of life from the cradle to the grave.
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 Amazon.com: Flag: Music: James Taylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The album has a few good songs going for it, like, company man, johnnie come back, milworker and of course "up on the roof" but as I said there is no connection between these songs making this a somewhat trite listening experience.
James Taylor's flag seems to be one of those albums in an artists career that seems to have created a split within his fan base...
James is taking more compositional risks here but I feel that the album still tracks well and is as enjoyable as any other James Taylor album...
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In 1968, James Taylor released his first album on Apple Records and made history by being the first artist to sign with the Beatles' label.
James Taylor not only set the precedent for solo singer/songwriter/instrumentalists achieving success as recording and touring artists, he has given the role much of its mystique and appeal.
Taylor started writing music as a student in the mid 1960's and moved to New York City to collaborate with childhood friend Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar in the short lived band, The Flying Machine.
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 Flag - Exercise Equipment - ExercisePoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The album has a few good songs going for it, like, company man, johnnie come back, milworker and of course "up on the roof" but as I said there is no connection between these songs making this a somewhat trite listening experience.
James Taylor's flag seems to be one of those albums in an artists career that seems to have created a split within his fan base...
James is taking more compositional risks here but I feel that the album still tracks well and is as enjoyable as any other James Taylor album...
www.exercisepoint.com /PB00004SVK6-Flag.html   (845 words)

  
 James Taylor Biography
The band was signed to Rainy Day Records and released one single Brighten Your Night with My Day /"Night Owl"; the song was not a success.
James Taylor and Carly Simon had two children Ben and Sally.
Simon was unhappy with Taylor's being out on the road traveling so much and after he rejected an ultimatum from her that he spend more time with his kids they divorced in 1983.
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 flag - OneLook Dictionary Search
Flag (Yellow) : A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs.
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 alt.music.james-taylor FAQ
Album goes to number one and is a best-seller for two years.
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.
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.
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 James Taylor
Schwartz says, "Working with James Taylor was a great thrill for me, because I had always been a fan of his music and had been influenced by him."
It also features Taylor's peppy "Brother Trucker" and the music for "Un Mejor Dia." Later, his jazzy "Traffic Jam" was added to the show.
In the biography James Taylor: Long Ago and Far Away (Amazon.com) [new browser window], there's a passage explaining Taylor's thrill at being able, through his intuition, to step into the experience of a mill working woman for "Millwork."
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 James Taylor's "October Road" Album quiz -- free game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
I've been a JT fan since the early 70s when I saw him perform in a small L.A. club with Carole King.
JT mentions several months of the year on this album.
There are two songs on the album that JT did not write.
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