James’s “Sister Kate” has just re-launched her website with a fresh new design by her daughter (and James’s niece!), documentarian Liz Witham.
Click to visit the site now and be sure to browse the “Paintings” section to see some of Kate’s amazing watercolors and original works; also click on the “Videos” tab to watch vintage video of James and his four siblings performing “Shower The People” on NBC in 1981!
Thanks to everyone who submitted a video for James’s recent #JTYouveGotAFriendChallenge. James and team continue to enjoy watching these covers celebrating Carole King, and here are just a few of our favorites!
Click now to watch the complete and unedited video tour of James’s favorite guitars. Filmed in 2011 at TheBarn, James calls this series like a “photo album of my life”.
The Zac Brown Band has just released a cover of JT’s “Sweet Baby James” as part of the “Amazon Original” series. Zac explains, “I started listening to James Taylor in elementary school. He’s probably my single biggest influence that I’ve ever had… (James) showed me what you can do with a single guitar to accompany a song. I hope our fans love this as much as we do.”
Click here to stream the Zac Brown Band’s version of “Sweet Baby James” on Amazon Music now!
Click now to see Sophie Proix and Jaco Largent perform James’s “Traffic Jam”, which he first released on the 1977 album, JT. If you’d like your own #JTFanCover to share, please send a link to your video here!
James’s good friend Tony Bennett, bravely announced his Alzheimer’s diagnosis this week. James has been honored to record and perform with Tony many times, including in 2011 at Carnegie Hall. Click below to hear James and Tony’s duet of the classic “Put On A Happy Face” from the 1960 musical, Bye Bye Birdie.
An estimated 50 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. To learn how you can join the fight to help #ENDALZ, please visit alz.org. Sending much love to Susan and Tony from James, his family and this online community.
Here’s another vintage clip from James’s 1997 appearance on the BBC’s Later…with Jools Holland. In this newly unearthed video clip James performs his song “Line ‘Em Up” backed by the show’s houseband, which includes host Jools Holland on piano. The song appears on 1997’s Hourglass.
Click below to watch Missy LaBate perform Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington’s “The Nearness Of You”.
If you’d like to be part of the #JTAmericanStandardChallenge, please send a link to your video here!
James appears as guest on a recent episode of former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s new podcast, Being American
Listen to James’s episode now at BeingAmericanPodcast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Click below to watch the third part of James’s virtual tour of the instruments that have been with him through his career. There are more treasures from James’s video vault coming soon — subscribe to his official YouTube channel today to see what’s next!