James Taylor started playing music when he was just a little kid. When he was fifteen, he got a guitar and that's when he really got into it. He is known for his songs You've got a friend and Fire and Rain. He is a songwriter as well as a singer. As you can tell, he was very busy! He started his career singing by himself, but then he started up a band a soon became a member of The Flying Machine.
James Taylor was born into a wealthy family in Boston. He played Folk, Jazz, and Pop. In 1965, Taylor checked himself into a mental hospital, where he began writing lyrics. His lyrics were mainly about tales of inner torment. His music changed overtime from Pop to Country to Jazz and finally to Folk. His band, which had two guitarists, Taylor and Joni Mitchell, a bass player, Lee Sklar, a drummer, Russ Kunkel, pianist, Carole King, and of course their band manager, Asher. Their first album was called Sweet Baby James.
James Taylor was on the cover of TIME magazine in 1971. After that, he hailed his accent to mature and restraint pop music. He was put into the POP MUSIC HALL OF FAME!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Biography
Posted by Sam Vaux at 7:26 AM
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4 comments:
I think you should spell check.Also great boigraphy! Good job Samantha.
Good job
You talked about alot of important events that happened in his life. you mite want to talk about how he was inspired to become a artist. (if he became inspired)
It doesn't seam clear if he had any other band members.
It is a good start.
Your bio was really great it taught me alot! You should check your grammar but other than that then you dont need to change anything(:
I think your classmates have some legitimate concerns. check out their comments.
Did you address all of the criteria on the outline I gave you?
His lyrics were mainly about tales of inner torment
What is inner torment?
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