James can’t get enough of your wonderful fan covers! If you’d like to be featured in a future edition of this newsletter, please send us a link to your video!
Click now for John Lemme and friend’s performance of JT’s “Shower The People”, a song from James’s 1976 release, In The Pocket.
And now, click to see Phillip Wiginton perform JT’s “Carolina In My Mind”, originally found on James’s self-titled debut album from 1968.
Today’s treat from James’s video vault comes from a 1986 appearance on the BBC series, ‘Wogan’. Click now to watch James and his band perform Buddy Holly’s classic “Everyday” (which James recorded on his 1986 album, That’s Why I’m Here).
James’s Grammy for American Standard (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – 2020) arrived safe and sound this week!
Recorded in James’s home studio, TheBarn, and produced by James, Dave O’Donnell and John Pizzarelli, American Standard features James re-imagining some of the 20th century’s most beloved songs and making them his own.
If you haven’t heard the album yet, American Standard is available now.
Click now to watch restored footage of James performing “Whenever You’re Ready” (from James’s 2002 album October Road) on the BBC series ‘Parkinson’.
You never know what James will find in his video vault next, so be sure to subscribe to James’s Official YouTube channel to see new content as soon as it rolls out!
James can’t get enough of your wonderful fan covers! If you’d like to be featured in a future edition of this newsletter, please send us a link to your video!
Click to see George Martin perform James’s “Secret O’ Life”, a song from the 1977 album, JT.
Click to enjoy Don Reilly’s cover of “Fire And Rain”, James’s classic tune from the album Sweet Baby James.
James along with his 20-year old son, Henry, were delighted were delighted to sing the National Anthem before the “WooSox” (Worcester, MA ‘Red Sox’) opening game at Worcester’s brand new Polar Park on Tuesday. Click now to see a gallery of photos from a great afternoon at the ballpark!
Photo by Ellyn Kusmin
Click now for the third and final installment of There We Were: The Making of Before This World, the documentary companion to James’s 2015 album, Before This World. In this chapter James talks about common themes in his songwriting, we get a closer look at “Angel’s Of Fenway” (James’s nod to his beloved Red Sox), and Kim Taylor offers her personal insight into James’s creative process.
Here are this week’s wonderful JT fan covers! If you’d like to be featured in a future edition of this newsletter, please send us a link to your video!
Click to see The Ones (Astrid, Irene and Lieke) perform “Baby Boom Baby”, a song from James’s 1988 album, Never Die Young.
Here now is Bob Hirhson’s JT-inspired version of Carole King’s “You’ve Got A Friend”, which James recorded on 1971’s Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon. (Hello to Alison!)
James’s friend and longtime vocalist, Arnold McCuller, has just released a new single!
“Chances Are” is a cover of the song made popular by Johnny Mathis in 1957, the first in a planned series of Johnny Mathis covers to come from Arnold in 2021. Visit ArnoldMcCuller.com for more and to stream or purchase the song now.
Happy Mother’s Day!
