James Taylor - One Man Band [CD + DVD]
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Artist: James TaylorBrand: PBS
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Music Label: HEAR MUSIC
Soundtracks:
- Something in the Way She Moves
- Never Die Young
- The Frozen Man
- Mean Old Man
- School Song
- Country Road
- Slap Leather
- My Traveling Star
- You've Got a Friend
- Steamroller Blues
- Secret O' Life
- Line 'Em Up
- Chili Dog
- Shower the People
- Sweet Baby James
- Carolina in My Mind
- Fire and Rain
- Copperline
- You Can Close Your Eyes
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Free Music Review: A Relaxing Evening Proves an Unobtrusive Showcase for a True Troubadour
Hit: 5 Stars
I have to admit my interest in James Taylor's latest offering was piqued by Sheila Weller's recently published book, Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation. Taylor was a pivotal figure in the lives of all three women - he platonically befriended King (and turned her epochal song, "You've Got a Friend" into a Grammy Award-winning hit), had a romantic relationship with Mitchell and eventually married Simon for eleven turbulent, drug-filled years. Recorded in July 2007 at the Berkshires' intimate Colonial Theater, the almost sixty-year-old musician looks and especially sounds great with still a glint in his eye when he talks rather economically about those times. Naturally, he sings King's gentle anthem paying tribute to her generosity in giving the song to him and refers to Mitchell jokingly with the b-word. Sadly, there is no mention of Simon, the mother of his two grown children both managing their own musical careers. Regardless, the CD-DVD combo set is a genuine treat for all us longtime Taylor fans.
Stripping the arrangements down to his own fretwork and piano accompaniment by Larry Goldings, Taylor is such a comforting performer that it's easy to take his prodigious musical talent for granted. As a more avuncular, Garrison Keillor-type presence forty years after his recording debut, he still has the crystal-clear voice that enthralled us all those years ago. The CD is a straightforward recording of his concert performance, while the DVD adds a beautiful travelogue introduction of the Berkshires and Taylor's relaxing stage banter between songs. It's no accident that his two-hour set opens with "Something in the Way She Moves", the song that first motivated Apple Records to sign him in 1968 as the first-non-Beatles act on the label. Later in his set, he also sings the equally classic "Carolina in My Mind" from his debut album. Throughout the evening, Taylor jumps back and forth fluidly through his extensive discography, as the title track from 1998's Never Die Young remains a lovely paean to the wonderment of childhood and how essential it is not to lose touch with it.
1991's New Moon Shine provides two of his more idiosyncratic songs - "Frozen Man", a sea chantey-like song about an unlikely subject, a century-old, cryogenically preserved man found in the Arctic; and the plain-strange "Slap Leather", which has an elaborate drum machine accompany Taylor singing through a megaphone. The same album is the source of the evocative "Copperline" filled with vivid images from his North Carolina youth. "Mean Old Man" sounds like a Tin Pan Alley tune with Goldings showcased with his swinging piano accompaniment. Goldings also solos on the tranquil instrumental track, "School Song". There is a generous sampling from his breakthrough 1970 album, Sweet Baby James - "Country Road", the bluesy "Steamroller Blues", his still-moving signature song "Fire and Rain" and the title track, a "cowboy lullaby" written for his nephew's birth.
The Tanglewood Festival Chorus joins in on the lush "My Traveling Star" from 2002's October Road and the love-thy neighbor anthem, "Shower the People", from 1976's In the Pocket. One of my favorites is also included, the openly winsome "Secret o' Life" from 1977's JT. Of all things, Richard Nixon's 1974 resignation is the inspiration for his gently sauntering "Line `Em Up" from 1997's Hourglass, and instead of his classic "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" from 1972's One Man Dog, he chose to include the quirky "Chili Dog", a tribute to the still-thriving Pink's Hot Dog Stand in LA. The closing track is the appropriately elegiac "You Can Close Your Eyes" from 1971's Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. What once again becomes clear from this performance is the impeccable craftsmanship of Taylor's music and the open heart of his lyrics. While a lot of favorites are inevitably missing, this is a worthy summation of a true artist embarking unbelievably on his fifth decade.
One Man Band [CD + DVD] Poster
James Taylor's "One Man Band," a new CD/DVD set of live recordings and the stories behind the songs. The set list is drawn from Taylor's recent concerts at the Colonial Theatre in the Berkshires and features new performances from some of the iconic singer/songwriter's most beloved recordings including "Something in the Way," "Carolina in my Mind," and "Fire and Rain," interspersed with Taylor's insightful and humorous anecdotes on the inspiration for the songs.For the DVD portion of "One Man Band," Taylor called on veteran television events producer and director Don Mischer ("Kennedy Center Honors," and "Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show with Prince") and executive producer and acclaimed filmmaker Sydney Pollack ("Out of Africa," "Sketches of Frank Gehry") and their extensive talents to properly capture the feel of the live concerts. "One Man Band" tells the story of Taylor's songs through exclusive interviews and rare multi-media footage, including home movies and photographs from Taylor's personal archives. The result is an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind portrait of an artist, his renowned repertoire and the personal stories behind the songs.
Over the course of his career, James Taylor has sold over 40 million albums, and won over 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards as well as five GRAMMY® Awards. Taylor's first "Greatest Hits" album earned him the RIAA's elite Diamond Award, given for sales in excess of 10 million units in the United States. In 2000, Taylor was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame. In February 2006, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences named Taylor its MUSICARES Person of the Year.
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