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Hope @nashcounty is all right. Waited to see if he'd post this.
Truly an iconoc song writer. So much more can be written about him. I have my own circumstantial relationship to his CH years and those places he mentions.. And for the song, well, for this board there can only be one.
James Taylor (born March 12, 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who defined the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s. Bob Dylan brought confessional poetry to folk rock, but Taylor became the epitome of the troubadour whose life was the subject of his songs.
Among the experiences that shaped Taylor, who grew up in an upper-middle-class North Carolina family, were voluntary stays in mental institutions—once as a teenager and later to overcome heroin addiction. Having played in bands with his brother Alex and friend Danny Kortchmar, Taylor traveled to England, where he released his largely unnoticed debut album in 1968 on the Beatles’ Apple label.
Taylor’s next album, Sweet Baby James (1970), and its melancholy hit “Fire and Rain” began Taylor’s reign as a chronicler of the life passages of middle-class baby boomers (for instance, later, his failed marriage to singer-songwriter Carly Simon). Conveyed by his gentle tenor, his contemplative songs—rooted in complex chord changes and influenced by Appalachian folk music, Hank Williams, and early soul vocalists—were set against his deft accompaniment on acoustic guitar and the rock-oriented backing of a regular group of studio musicians that included Kortchmar. Ironically, among his biggest hits were cover versions of rhythm-and-blues songs such as Otis Blackwell’s “Handy Man.” In 1976 Taylor released Greatest Hits, which went on to sell more than 10 million copies. With more than 16 studio albums of varying commercial success behind him, Taylor remained a prolific writer and performer at the beginning of the 21st century. His enduring appeal was evident in 2015, when Before This World became his first album to top the Billboard 200 chart.
Taylor was the recipient of numerous honours, including several Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, and in 2015 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2016.
Truly an iconoc song writer. So much more can be written about him. I have my own circumstantial relationship to his CH years and those places he mentions.. And for the song, well, for this board there can only be one.
James Taylor (born March 12, 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who defined the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s. Bob Dylan brought confessional poetry to folk rock, but Taylor became the epitome of the troubadour whose life was the subject of his songs.
Among the experiences that shaped Taylor, who grew up in an upper-middle-class North Carolina family, were voluntary stays in mental institutions—once as a teenager and later to overcome heroin addiction. Having played in bands with his brother Alex and friend Danny Kortchmar, Taylor traveled to England, where he released his largely unnoticed debut album in 1968 on the Beatles’ Apple label.
Taylor’s next album, Sweet Baby James (1970), and its melancholy hit “Fire and Rain” began Taylor’s reign as a chronicler of the life passages of middle-class baby boomers (for instance, later, his failed marriage to singer-songwriter Carly Simon). Conveyed by his gentle tenor, his contemplative songs—rooted in complex chord changes and influenced by Appalachian folk music, Hank Williams, and early soul vocalists—were set against his deft accompaniment on acoustic guitar and the rock-oriented backing of a regular group of studio musicians that included Kortchmar. Ironically, among his biggest hits were cover versions of rhythm-and-blues songs such as Otis Blackwell’s “Handy Man.” In 1976 Taylor released Greatest Hits, which went on to sell more than 10 million copies. With more than 16 studio albums of varying commercial success behind him, Taylor remained a prolific writer and performer at the beginning of the 21st century. His enduring appeal was evident in 2015, when Before This World became his first album to top the Billboard 200 chart.
Taylor was the recipient of numerous honours, including several Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, and in 2015 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2016.
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This was the most played song of the 20th century.
Could have been considerable worse.
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But, but, but that Wall of Sound.
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a song by Phil Spector, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, first recorded in 1964 by the American vocal duo the Righteous Brothers. This version, produced by Spector, is cited by some music critics as the ultimate expression and illustration of his Wall of Sound recording technique.[2] The record was a critical and commercial success on its release, reaching number one in early February 1965 in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The single ranked No. 5 in Billboard's year-end Top 100 of 1965 Hot 100 hits – based on combined airplay and sales, and not including three charted weeks in December 1964 – and has entered the UK Top...
As for the Brothers
Few breakups in the history of music were as dramatic as The Everly Brothers‘. Tensions erupted during a live performance at California’s Knott’s Berry Farm in 1973. Don Everly was left astonished and alone in front of a confused audience when Phil Everly, overcome with rage, shattered his guitar and walked off stage. The demise of a partnership that had influenced rock and roll harmony was solidified at that moment.
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is a song by Phil Spector, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, first recorded in 1964 by the American vocal duo the Righteous Brothers. This version, produced by Spector, is cited by some music critics as the ultimate expression and illustration of his Wall of Sound recording technique.[2] The record was a critical and commercial success on its release, reaching number one in early February 1965 in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The single ranked No. 5 in Billboard's year-end Top 100 of 1965 Hot 100 hits – based on combined airplay and sales, and not including three charted weeks in December 1964 – and has entered the UK Top...
As for the Brothers
Few breakups in the history of music were as dramatic as The Everly Brothers‘. Tensions erupted during a live performance at California’s Knott’s Berry Farm in 1973. Don Everly was left astonished and alone in front of a confused audience when Phil Everly, overcome with rage, shattered his guitar and walked off stage. The demise of a partnership that had influenced rock and roll harmony was solidified at that moment.
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Casey Jones (born March 14, 1864, southeastern Missouri, U.S.—died April 30, 1900, near Vaughan, Miss.) was an American railroad engineer whose death as celebrated in the ballad “Casey Jones” made him a folk hero.
When Jones was in his teens, his family moved across the Mississippi River to Cayce, Ky., the town name (pronounced the same as Casey) providing his nickname. An engineer with a penchant for speed and virtuoso use of the whistle, he was making up time when his fireman warned him of a train ahead. After telling the fireman to jump, Casey died in the collision, one hand on the brake, the other on the whistle. An engine wiper, Wallace Saunders, wrote the first ballad about him. Another version was published by Lawrence Siebert and Eddie Newton in 1909 and became a popular hit in vaudeville. Other versions appear in railroad, construction, hobo, radical, and World War I song collections, and there are versions in French, German, and Afrikaans. Later versions transferred Casey to Western railroads, and some made him into a roistering ladies’ man, to his widow’s distress.
There's this
And this
When Jones was in his teens, his family moved across the Mississippi River to Cayce, Ky., the town name (pronounced the same as Casey) providing his nickname. An engineer with a penchant for speed and virtuoso use of the whistle, he was making up time when his fireman warned him of a train ahead. After telling the fireman to jump, Casey died in the collision, one hand on the brake, the other on the whistle. An engine wiper, Wallace Saunders, wrote the first ballad about him. Another version was published by Lawrence Siebert and Eddie Newton in 1909 and became a popular hit in vaudeville. Other versions appear in railroad, construction, hobo, radical, and World War I song collections, and there are versions in French, German, and Afrikaans. Later versions transferred Casey to Western railroads, and some made him into a roistering ladies’ man, to his widow’s distress.
There's this
And this
