James Taylor: Sweet Baby James, Country Road Music, Inc., Warner Brothers, 1970.
James Taylor is a singer and song writer. This effort was his second album. It reached number three on the billboard charts, and the song Fire and Rain also reached number three. It was nominated for album of the year in the grammies. Fire and Rain is a song that goes over and over again in my mind, especially the chorus, "I've seen fire and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days that I though would never end, I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, But I always thought I'd see you again." It is one of my favorite songs. It is very much biographical for James Taylor, describing he friend who passed away by suicide, and then his struggles with addiction. I love that he could open up this way in a song.
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