James Taylor - 1970-02-06 - Syracuse, NY (SBD)

James Taylor
1970-02-06
Jabberwocky
Syracuse, NY
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

Early Show
01. Rainy Day Man
02. Diamond Joe
03. Things Go Better with Coke
04. Machine Gun Kelly
05. Anywhere Like Heaven
06. Fire and Rain
07. Circle 'Round the Sun
08. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
09. Carolina on My Mind
10. Sunshine Sunshine
11. Dixie
12. Hallelujah I Love Her So
13. Blossom
14. Sunny Skies
15. Brighten Your Night with My Day

Late Show
01. Pretty Boy Floyd
02. Yesterday
03. Steamroller Blues
04. Country Road
05. Duncan and Brady
06. Hush-a-Bye
07. Something in the Way She Moves
08. Taking It In
09. If I Needed Someone
10. Sweet Baby James
11. People Get Ready
12. Sunshine Sunshine
13. Diamonds in the Rough  

James Taylor - 1970-02-06 - Syracuse, NY (SBD)

In late summer 1969, James Taylor broke his hands and feet in a motorcycle accident on Martha's Vineyard. The injuries, however, did not stop him from writing songs. In fact, the tunes he penned that fall would comprise his breakthrough album, the landmark disc entitled Sweet Bay James. Released in February 1970, Sweet Baby James would rise to #3 on the Billboard charts. So would the single from the disc, Fire and Rain, a song about Taylor's experience in psychiatric institutions and the suicide of his friend, Suzanne Schnerr. Sweet Baby James received a Grammy nomination for Album of The Year, and has been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time, clocking in at #103 on that list. This soundboard recording captures James Taylor in concert in Syracuse on February 6 1970, 46 years ago today, just about the time when Sweet Baby James was released. Download this one, then come back tomorrow for a 2nd show from JT in Syracuse in 1970.