Starting this Sunday, December 20 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, the complete, newly remastered BBC 1970 ‘James Taylor In Concert’ will stream for just 48 hours on James’s official YouTube channel!
Click now to see a teaser for the show and be sure to tune in on Sunday to see the full concert!
“Highway Song” is from the classic 1970 BBC special ‘James Taylor In Concert’ — the only song played on piano!
Click now to watch… and be sure to watch the full BBC concert stream this Sunday!
Click now to see Toronto fan Brian Hibbert perform Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer’s “Moon River”, which James recorded on his Grammy-nominated album, American Standard.
If you would like to enter the #JTAmericanStandardChallenge, please send us a link here!
Click now to see the latest release from JT’s video vault, “You Can Close Your Eyes” from the 1970 BBC program, “James Taylor In Concert”.
A rare live JT performance (from VetsAid 2018) of an early classic, “Native Son”, will be featured during “VetsAid 2020: Home for the Holidays”. The event will be live streamed tomorrow, December 12, at 6pm ET. Presented by Gold Star family member “Joe Walsh and friends”, the event will raise funds to support a variety of veterans-based charities to help vets and their families physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. VetsAid 2020 will feature archival performances and live appearances by an incredible list of performers.
For more details and to get your tickets for tomorrow’s night’s show, please visit VetsAid.org.
Mount up, move on
May you find the way back home
Down and down we go
Down into bright October
Brothers in arms no more
Now that the war is over
Have you waded in and been to hell
Will you lie upon the sofa
see to the decoration of your shell
Now that the war is over
Mount up, move on
Damn the darkness, speed the dawn
They lost, we won
Try to find your way back home
Native son
“Native Son” (1991) by James Taylor
The first #JTAmericanStandardChallenge entry comes to us from Houston-based fan Walter Suhr. Click now to hear Walter’s take on Rodger and Hammerstein’s “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught”. If you’d like to be part of the #JTAmericanStandardChallenge, just film yourself performing any of the classic songs James recorded on American Standard and the EP: Over The Rainbow. Send us a link here!
The editors at Audible have selected Break Shot, James’s Audible Original memoir, as a “Top Ten of 2020” audio release across all Audible categories!
From the Editors:
“Break Shot” is a portrait of a once-in-a-lifetime artist as a young man, told in Taylor’s timeless and singular voice; an elder statesman of pop music looks back at how he found his way.
Visit Audible.com to read the full list, and click here to listen to Break Shot now!
This week we feature Matt Jackson’s JT-inspired cover of Marvin Gaye’s classic “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)”. James’s version appears on his 1975 album, Gorilla. Click now to watch!
In honor of James’s Grammy-nominated album (Best Traditional Pop Vocal), James is launching the American Standard covers challenge!
It’s easy to take part — just film your cover of one of the favorites found on the American Standard or Over The Rainbow and send them to James here. You may be featured in an upcoming newsletter or on any of James’s socials platforms (be sure to include your social media links or tags!)
James’s good friend and longtime Front of House Engineer, Dave Morgan, is featured in a recent episode of the podcast, How We Got Loud.
Click here to listen to Dave and host Chris Leonard discuss Dave’s long and storied career and his love for live music!