Fire And Rain: The James Taylor Story The James Taylor Story

by Halperin, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780806523484
• ISBN10: 0806523484
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Citadel

Summary

Many musicians sing about heartache, despair, and confusion, but few have experienced those feelings more intensely than James Taylor, who rose from a childhood of privilege as the son of an affluent medical school dean to become a modern day troubadour and pop superstar. When he was seventeen years old, his demons lead him to a Massachusetts mental institution where he confronted them the only way he knew how, by writing his first songs. After thirty years in the music business, he remains a beloved and admired performer, earning three nominations at the 2002 Grammy Awards and moving millions of people with his heartrending performance of "Fire and Rain" at the Concert for New York in 2001.

Fire and Rain chronicles the remarkable life of James Taylor, from his privileged childhood in Boston to his tumultuous marriage to pop star Carly Simon and the premature alcoholism-related death of his brother, Alex. Award-winning journalist Ian Halperin reveals the troubled man behind the public persona, including fascinating stories such as:
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Joel Risberg
Author to Reader	xiii
A Big Night in Vegas	3	(7)
Sweet Baby James	10	(17)
Rebel Without a Cause	27	(5)
Knockin' 'Round the Zoo	32	(13)
Good Ol' Folks in the Village	45	(11)
Back Home	56	(3)
The British Invasion	59	(17)
Heroin and Alcohol	76	(7)
Back in the U.S.A.	83	(4)
Persistence Pays Off	87	(14)
Taylor's ``Time'' Has Come	101	(11)
Joni Mitchell, the Woman He Loved Too Much	112	(11)
``You've Got a Friend''	123	(9)
The Birth of a Rock Family	132	(8)
Enter Carly Simon	140	(17)
Walking Man Stumbles	157	(6)
The Geffen Factor	163	(8)
Carnegie Hall, a Night of Magic	171	(7)
The Big Match: Columbia Versus Warner	178	(8)
Two Great Hits: Little Ben and ``Your Smiling Face''	186	(6)
More Family Feuds	192	(4)
Sally and Ben Cope With Famous Parents	196	(8)
Carly Turns to Travolta	204	(15)
Taylor's Smiling Face	219	(8)
Taylor Gives Back	227	(4)
Understanding Nirvana	231	(7)
JT TV	238	(7)
Taylor and Simon Reunite	245	(3)
1996: A Tagic Year	248	(5)
Hourglass	253	(6)
Another Loss, Another Friend	259	(4)
One More Time Again	263	(2)
James Taylor Discography	265	(2)
Index	267