Zac Brown covers “Sweet Baby James”

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!

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#JTFanCover – “Traffic Jam”

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!

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In support of Tony Bennett

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.

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“Line ‘Em Up”

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.

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#JTAmericanStandardChallenge – “The Nearness Of You”

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!

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Being American with Deval Patrick

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.

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Me & My Guitar(s) – Part 3!

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!

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Our smiling face(s)…

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BBC’s “Great American Songbook”

Limited time! The BBC’s 2020 James Taylor’s Great American Songbook, two-part radio show has been condensed into a two hour special that is available for just a few more weeks. Visit bbc.co.uk now to listen!

UK fans: American Standard is now available in an expanded edition (with three bonus tracks), exclusively from Amazon UK. Order your copy today!

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Jerusalem

“Religious services at Milton (Academy) introduced me to the Protestant hymnal: “Once to Every Man and Nation,” “Jerusalem,” “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” I would experiment with where in the song to put my voice. I learned them on the guitar and they taught me all I know.”

from Break Shot by James Taylor

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