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JT in the news!
Mar 17, 2021Congratulations again to James, Dave O’Donnell and John Pizzarelli for their Grammy win for Best Pop Traditional Vocal Album! Check out what AmericanSongWriter.com had to say about American Standard.Bravo, James!
Mar 15, 2021American Standard took home the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at last night’s Grammy Awards. The win makes James just the third artist in Grammy history to have won both the Pop Vocal Album (for 1997’s Hourglass) and Traditional Pop Vocal categories — quite a feat!
Click below to see James’s impromptu acceptance speech, filmed on a ski lift just after he heard the news!
American Standard is available now on Fantasy Records.#JTJamesTaylorChallenge
Mar 12, 2021Wow! James has been so excited to see the response to his latest album covers challenge: #JTJamesTaylorChallenge. Keep ’em coming! James says it’s the best birthday present there is!
Below is just a sampling. If you’d like to get in on the fun, please send us your video!
Gianfranco Novarino
“Something’s Wrong”
Dan Lyon
“Rainy Day Man”
Robert Mulrooney
“Sunshine Sunshine”Greg Luzitano
“Something In The Way She Moves”
Rick Simon & Friends
“Carolina In My Mind”
Peter Lister
“Something’s Wrong”Happy Birthday, James!
Mar 12, 2021
“Montana Blues”… with friends!
Mar 12, 2021You might remember this song video of “Montana Blues” posted by James last Spring. One year later, James’s pals, Jimmy Johnson (bass) and Chad Wackerman (drums) sent over this version which pleased Ting the pug very much. Click below to watch their remote collaboration now!
Fretboard Journal interview
Mar 12, 2021James is featured in issue #47 of Fretboard Journal, the quarterly publication which celebrates all things guitar! An excerpt from the complete Brian K. Saunders interview can be read online at FretboardJournal.com.“Steamroller Blues” (Live at VetsAid 2018)
Mar 5, 2021Click now for a red hot performance of “Streamroller Blues”, filmed at VetsAid 2018 and featuring Joe Walsh on guitar.
Held at the Tacoma Dome, VetsAid 2018 raised more than $800,000 to support our nation’s veterans and their families. For more information, please visit VetsAid.org.#JTYouveGotAFriendChallenge
Mar 5, 2021Here’s one more entry for the #JTYouveGotAFriendChallenge, sent to us by Ed Mullins and featuring harmony by his son Eric. Click now to watch!
If you have a #JTFanCover to share (and don’t forget the new #JTJamesTaylorChallenge), please send us the link here.
Stick to it, y’all!!
Mar 4, 2021James gets his vaccine from a frontline worker while Kim cheers him on.
#JTJamesTaylorChallenge!
Mar 1, 2021James announces his next JT covers challenge! The next featured album is his 1968 debut album, James Taylor.
You’ll find the James Taylor track list here. Please dig deep into these choices and do not be shy about your performance! James doesn’t care how talented you are — this is about community, and he loves to see your effort, enthusiasm and collaborations with friends and family (we all do!).
If you have a #JTJamesTaylorChallenge video to share, please send us the link here!