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JMDL Digest       Thursday, February 27 2014       Volume 2014 : Number 308



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  Giving James Taylor his due, njc               [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com]

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:57:44 -0500
From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com
Subject: Giving James Taylor his due, njc

I found my oldest jt concert tonight.  It was filmed before a hometown crowd (Boston, WGBH, "James Taylor In Concert", 69 minutes, 1988/1991, ISBN 1-56406-098-5).  Back then, the audience was packed with hot college girls. Anyway...

It is just a lowly stereo VHS tape but, man, that was a pretty cool era. Watching it now, I noticed that Lee Sklar was slapping his bass.  I think he picked it up from funk players, right? It meant nothing to me at the time but I can pick out more of the Motown influence. 

If I recognize the faces correctly, he was touring with Arnold McCuller and Valerie Carter, even then.

I just looked up the credits for "Gorilla" on allmusic.com. Holy cow, all of the people on that record were big names.  

Jim L'Hommedieu

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