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James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
Another pivotal experience in Mitchell's life that drove the emergence of the album was her relationship with James Taylor. [9] She had begun an intense relationship with Taylor by the summer of 1970, visiting him on the set of the movie Two-Lane Blacktop, the aura of which is referred to in "This Flight Tonight". [10]
Authors including Thompson and Sheila Weller have suggested that the song was written to Taylor's one-time girlfriend Joni Mitchell. [1] [9] [10] Taylor has confirmed this theory, stating during at least one stage performance that it was written for Mitchell. The song was written while Taylor and Mitchell were staying in a hotel in Tucumcari ...
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Emma Brodie's "Songs in Ursa Major" fictionalizes the rise of Joni Mitchell, resisting the lure of cliché to craft fiction that stands on its own. Review: The Joni Mitchell-James Taylor saga ...
Some of the songs were inspired by Mitchell's 1970–1971 relationship with James Taylor. By March 1971, his fame exploded, causing friction. She was reportedly devastated when he broke off the relationship. [4] By November 1971, he had taken up with Carly Simon, whom he married a year later.
Brandi Carlile, Graham Nash, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, Leon Bridges, Pentatonix, Black Pumas, Jon Batiste, Maggie Rogers and Mickey Guyton will honor Joni Mitchell as performers at the ...
[25] [26] American singer-songwriter James Taylor covered the song for his 2006 studio album, entitled James Taylor at Christmas. He had first heard the song when Joni Mitchell played it for him at her house in 1970. [27] In 2006, American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux recorded it as a duet with k. d. lang for her album Half the Perfect World.