For a long time I believed that Joni had written A Case of You about James. Here's why: After she sings the line "Part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time", there is some quintessential JT fingerpicking that comes out in the mix. I thought, hmm, is Joni "quoting" JT with her guitar? It wasn't until recently that I perused the Blue liner notes and I realized that it's actually James playing. Ah, I'm not too slow. Jenny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Stephen wrote
"I agree wholeheartedly agree with you except I don't see James Taylor in that group. I wonder what Join thinks of his music. I find him so so boring." Well, I can understand how you feel about that, Stephen. And my actions suggest that I agree with you - I stopped buying his albums after the first 4 or so, even though I like some of what he produces (to the extent that I hear it on the radio), and only occasionally listen to his music. I would say this, though, about JT: 1. He is perhaps the outstanding presenter of the lullaby of my generation - at that form, he excels, IMO. 2. He is quite an interesting guitarist. I learned quite a bit from learning how to play a number of the songs from his first few albums (I am an 'amateur' , so you might want to factor that in to your reaction). If you play, have you tried any of his material ? 3. I think his accompaniment on Blue (All I Want, California and A Case of You) was quite tasteful, and added a lot to those songs. 4. I think he made great strides over his career as a performer, and became quite good in concert. As an aside, circa 1973 or so, Paul Simon's brother Eddie (who ran a guitar study school in NY) volunteered to me that his brother did not particularly respect JT's work. It does seem to me that JT did not 'keep changing' to the extent that JM (or Paul Simon, for that matter) did. As for boring - I assume you mean his music, rather than him (or could that have been part of the problem with JM and Carly ?) ;-) Bob S New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo!
