Sweet dreams and flying machines : the life and music of James Taylor / Mark Ribowsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ribowsky, Mark, author.

Series:

A Cappella Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taylor, James, 1948-.

Taylor, James.

Composers--United States--Biography.

Composers.

Singers--United States--Biography.

Singers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1970 a scraggly, antiheroic man from North Carolina by way of Massachusetts began presenting a comforting yet biting new sound. Within a year, when young ears sought the latest in rock, there was "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," and a new Southern California-fed branch of pop music. James Taylor was its reluctant leader. Remarkably, Taylor has survived: his 2015 release, Before This World, edged out Taylor Swift and went to No. 1 on the charts. Today he is in better physical (and probably mental) condition than during the whirlwind era when he influenced music so heavily, the decade when magazines and newspapers printed feverish stories about his gawky hunkiness, his love affair with Joni Mitchell, his glittery marriage to Carly Simon, his endlessly carried-out heroin habit, and sometimes even his music. Despite it all, Taylor has become the nearest thing to rock royalty in America. Based on fresh interviews with musicians, producers, record company people, and music journalists, as well as previously published interviews, reviews, and profiles, Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines is the definitive biography of an elusive superstar.

Contents:

Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Troubadour; 1: How Sweet It Is; 2: "If You're Taylor and a Male . . ."; 3: Carolina in My Mind; 4: The Need for Connection; 5: A Victim of Hippiephrenia; 6: Something's Wrong; 7: Apple Scruff; 8: "It's Like Being Dead"; 9: California Scheming; 10: Acts of God; 11: "Where's Joni?"; 12: Granfalloon; 13: "That's My Husband"; 14: "That James Taylor Thing"; 15: "A Functional Addict"; 16: "He Goes Away Forever Every Day"; 17: Mockingbirds; 18: Sparks in the Darkness; 19: Never Mind Feeling Sorry for Yourself; 20: Hourglass

ReferencesIndex; Back Flip; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61373-377-1

OCLC:

949365399