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Joni Mitchell’s Archives

Oct 8, 2021

On November 12, Joni Mitchell will release Archives Vol 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), a collection of demos, outtakes and live recordings. The set includes Joni’s October 29, 1970 show at the Paris Theatre in London featuring James on guitar and vocals. Click now to hear the first official release from that show — James and Joni duetting on JT’s “You Can Close Your Eyes”, which he’d written a few months earlier and then appeared on his 1971 album Mud Slide Slim and The Blue Horizon.

For more details and to pre-order Archives Vol 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), please visit JoniMitchell.com.

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#JTBackOnTour!..before you head to the show…

Oct 7, 2021

James and Jackson’s US tour will begin again next Saturday, October 16 in New Orleans, the first of 28 shows this fall!

Please check with your local venue for specific COVID-19 entry requirements, and please also double-check your concert start time. Security lines have been long at most venues so a reminder to leave yourself extra time for entry!

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BBC Disco – 1970

Oct 1, 2021

This week James is sharing another vintage performance from the 1970 BBC program ‘Disco 2’. Click now to see restored footage of James singing his classic “Something In The Way She Moves”, originally found on his 1968 self-titled debut album.

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#JTBackOnTour

Sep 24, 2021

Click below to see a gallery of photos by fans Kate Fahey and Gretchen Larsen from James and Jackson’s Hershey, PA show on August 19!

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Two-Lane Blacktop screentest

Sep 22, 2021

Did you know? James’s one and only feature film role was in the 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop, which was added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry in 2012. Click now to see James’s screentest for the role of The Driver, posted thanks to the Criterion Collection.

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“Slap Leather”

Sep 17, 2021

Click now to see the rollicking One Man Band performance of “Slap Leather” (from the 1991 album New Moon Shine) featuring a megaphone, James’s custom-built drum machine and some funky organ licks from Larry Goldings. The drum machine was most recently used during James’s 2019 residency at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

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Rolling Stone‘s Top 500 Songs

Sep 17, 2021

JT’s “Fire and Rain” has landed at #146 on Rolling Stone‘s just-published list of the 500 Best Songs of All Time! Visit RollingStone.com now to read the list, and watch for it in the October issue of the magazine, on newsstands soon!

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Berkshire Busk! Summer 2021 #JTBuskerChallenge

Sep 16, 2021

Thanks to all of the talented performers who submitted video of their performances at the first annual Berkshire Busk! festival, held in Great Barrington, MA this past summer. Click below to see Janice Hardgrove and Jon B Wooden’s rendition of JT’s “You Can Close Your Eyes” and then check out some of our favorites below!

Barry Kay
“Golden Moments”

Daymen C. Toussaint
“Bartender’s Blues”

The Matchstick Architects
“Fire And Rain”

JoAnne Spies
“You’ve Got A Friend”

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