The song Mark Knopfler called a “two minute take on a two ton book”
Inspired by a Thomas Pynchon novel.
James Taylor
The single line that made Carole King write a classic: “I’ve seen lonely times”
Friendship bound by one song.
The musicians who hated working with Neil Young: “Pure toxic masculinity”
Being forced to play as stupid as possible.
James Taylor’s favourite Joni Mitchell song: “It’s delightful, personal and genuine”
Taylor and Mitchell had a special connection.
The story of ‘Randy Newman’s Faust’, which pits him against James Taylor’s God
A bit too much for him.
‘Mud Slide Slim’: the strange moment that led to James Taylor’s sequel to ‘Fire and Rain’
“Oh, Mud Slide, I’m dependent on you.”
