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“There We Were: The Recording of James Taylor’s 'Before This World' is the documentary companion to James Taylor’s 2015 album, “Before This World.” James’s 18th studio album was his first album of new songs in 15 years and reached #1 on the Billboard charts plus a grammy nomination for “Best Pop Vocal Album.” The documentary features behind-the-scenes footage from various recording locations including James‘s home studio, TheBarn. Also included are interviews with James (who explains his own song-writing process), James’s wife, Kim, who talks about James’s creative process plus interviews with longtime members of his band. @theofficialsting and cellist, @yoyoma, who performed on the album also make guest appearances. James takes the viewer on the road with the band since much of "Before This World" was recorded while on tour around the U.S. Interviews with Kim Taylor (giving further insight into James's songwriting/creative process) and with longtime members of his band. Recording footage from James's home studio, TheBarn includes a young Henry Taylor recording "Angels of Fenway" with Dad as well as with cellist, Yo-Yo Ma who appears on several songs including the love song to Kim, "You and I Again." Track list album “Before This World“ (2015): "Today Today Today" "You and I Again" (with Yo-Yo Ma) "Angels of Fenway" "Stretch of the Highway" "Montana" "Watchin' Over Me" "SnowTime" "Before This World/Jolly Springtime" (with Sting, Yo-Yo Ma) "Far Afghanistan" "Wild Mountain Thyme" All songs by James Taylor except "Wild Mountain Thyme" by Francis McPeake. #B4ThisWorld #JT #ConcordRecords #JamesTaylor ALBUM 🎵 Before this World: https://www.youtube.com/BeforeThisWorld NEW ALBUM 🎵 https://found.ee/JTAmericanStandard NEW EP 🎵 Over The Rainbow: The American Standard EP: https://found.ee/JTAmericanStandardEP 🌟 FOLLOW JAMES ON SOCIAL 🌟 https://www.facebook.com/JamesTaylor/ https://www.instagram.com/jamestaylor_com/ https://twitter.com/jamestaylor_com 🌐 VISIT THE WEBSITE 🌐 https://www.jamestaylor.com/ ✉️ JOIN THE MAILING LIST ✉️ https://www.jamestaylor.com/mailinglist/ 🎸 FREE GUITAR LESSONS BY JAMES 🎸 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4C7B31793C012820
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. As a six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. Taylor's 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 11 million copies in the US alone, making it...
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