This week we’re sharing another excerpt from James’s 2008 appearance on the BBC program Later… with Jools Holland. Click now to watch as James performs “Sweet Baby James”, accompanied by Larry Goldings on piano.
Speaking of “Sweet Baby James”, did you know that James turned his classic tune into a charming pop-up book, complete with beautiful illustrations, back in 2018? It’s only available at JamesTaylor.com, so visit the Store and snag your copy now, before it rides off into the sunset!
Heads up: The JamesTaylor.com presale for JT’s previously announced June 19 show at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL, starts tomorrow, April 17, at 10am Central time. Please see the Schedule page for full details and the link to the presale.
What the world desperately needs now is cooperation, global cooperation on a list of pressing issues, from climate change to pandemic response, from humanitarian crises to sharing of the earth’s resources . That one individual, with his own army and his own nuclear arsenal should decide, unilaterally and without provocation, to mount an attack on his neighbor, ignoring another nation’s sovereignty and threatening the peace and progress of the entire world is beyond outrage. That one man’s whim and will should result in such uncalled for chaos and suffering, such a threat to all of our hopes for the future, is something we can simply no longer afford. Did we miss something? Did Ukraine attack or somehow threaten Russia? What possible justification can there be? What other explanation than the obvious: a bully who takes what he wants by force? We must be united in our universal rejection of this travesty. The world must insist that this abomination cannot stand. Civilization itself is at stake. Putin’s war is the categorical and polar opposite of what the world needs now…
~James Taylor
