How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.[2] He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.[3]
Read More HERE
In October of 1970, my friends and I had tickets ($3) to some benefit concert at the Pacific Coliseum for some fledgling organization called Greenpeace who were raising funds to protest nuclear testing at Amchitka. It was headlined by Joni Mitchell with Phil Ochs and Chilliwack as openers. When a friend told me that James Taylor had been added to the show, I said “Who’s James Taylor?”. To be fair to me, his first big hit “Fire and Rain” had just been released and he wasn’t yet the big name he is today. Amazing concert by all four performers.
About 10 years ago, they issued a CD of the concert, and I was reminded that the concert took place in the middle of the FLQ crisis when Phil Ochs says “Not every day you get to play in a police state” referencing the War Measures Act.
Memories.