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Taylor wrote "Highway Song" in 1970 and he began playing it in live concerts during 1970, well before the release on Mudslide Slim and the New Horizon. [1] [2]Rolling Stone critic Ben Gerson contrasts "Highway Song" with another song on Mudslide Slim and the Blue Horizon, "Mud Slide Slim," by noting that "Highway Song" provides "a more philosophical, realistic analysis" by acknowledging that ...
Alex Taylor With Friends and Neighbors is the 1971 debut album by Alex Taylor, brother of James, Livingston and Kate Taylor. The album was recorded in Macon, Georgia at Capricorn Studios. The standout tracks are brother James' "Highway Song", "It's All Over Now", along with David Brown [3] & Gregg Allman's "Southbound".
Highway Song may refer to: " Highway Song (James Taylor song) " from James Taylor 's 1971 album Mudslide Slim and the Blue Horizon " Highway Song ", a song by the hard rock band Blackfoot , from their album, Strikes
The song earned Grammy Awards both for Taylor (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male) and King (Song of the Year). Mud Slide Slim managed to generate another Top 40 hit, "Long Ago and Far Away", which reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other songs became standards in concert, particularly "You Can Close Your Eyes".
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.
Prior to signing with Apple, Taylor released the single "Night Owl" with the group The Flying Machine. An album of their recordings, James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine was released in 1971 and reached No. 74 on the US pop charts. Taylor released his second studio album Sweet Baby James on Warner Bros. Records in 1970.
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in November 1976 by Warner Bros. records.It remains Taylor's best-selling album, with over 11 million units being sold in the United States, making it among the best-selling albums of the 1970's.
All songs were written by James Taylor, except where noted. "Something in the Way She Moves" – 2:27 "Sweet Baby James" – 2:53 "Fire and Rain" – 3:25 "Country Road" – 3:30 Single version, previously unreleased on any James Taylor album. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) – 4:30 "You Can Close Your Eyes" – 2:32 "Long Ago and Far Away ...