Long Ago and Far Away: James Taylor: His Life and Music

by Timothy White

Book Overview

From The Beatles' patronage of his 1968 debut album to his Grammy awards for Hourglass, James Taylor has remained a universally acclaimed songwriter of effortless eloquence and power. In this major... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844498646
• ISBN13: 9781844498642
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

james taylor

although the first few chapters about family history are lengthy and tough: this is thé reference book about james taylor; family facts are the red threads throughout the book; many detailed facts; unfortunately still not enough interviews with james himself, but that probably always will be a problem;

Great insight on JT and family

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Areas of great interest to me were his family history as well as the memories of his childhoood and young adulthood, his parent's relationship,and his many friendships with people I had no idea he was friends with, etc. I also enjoyed the section where he shared personal insights and info about various songs and what they meant to him. Great book.

Interesting and well written

An interesting and well written book. It starts with several chapters of family history, which I found slow going at first, but then came to see the author's point regarding family history and it's influence on the music. The style of the writing seems to be a mix of impersonal description and fairly intimate information, which came across at times as dry. Nevertheless, interesting and worth a read.