Tragic Details About James Taylor
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- If you are taking a road trip across country roads, still water lakes, and evergreen mountains it’s a must to be playing the soothing songs of James Taylor. The legendary singer and songwriter was a master lyricist and guitarist. He also happens to be one of the best-selling musicians of all time; Taylor gave the world some of the most soothing tunes like “Fire and Rain,” “You’ve Got A Friend,” and “Carolina On My Mind.” But for all his success in the music industry and songwriting prowess, Taylor also faced his fair share of tragedy, which was a stark contrast from the contents of his songs. Here are the tragic details.
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Major health issues | 0:00
The stories behind "Fire and Rain" | 1:34
Drug addiction | 2:29
Troubled marriage | 4:23
Older brother's passing | 5:22
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Which James Taylor song is your favorite?
Highway Song
Fire and Rain
You got a friend
Fire and Rain
Rock a bye sweet baby james.or is it Jane.
James Taylor was so handsome in the seventies and his songs are soul wrenching. I am a 60's child and grew up with his music. Love his music and Carly Simon's as well.
James Taylor is not tragic, he found ways to rise up in his life amidst all the plights. Admirable to see where he's risen up from the ashes like a "Phoenix" to flying free. We all have perils to overcome, it's just how much we want to persevere.
I agree. He is one of the luckiest guys on the planet. He was born so very pretty. He has a great mind and fabulous talent. He has many close friends. He has four children whom he loves. He is happily married. He is fabulously wealthy. Tragic? I think not.
@@judysanders4365 Very true. I never knew my mother and sister have have CHOSEN to rise above that tragedy despite "professional" psychologist trying to get to by that I have so-called "disorder" and needs be on medication.
James Taylor is the best. He fought for his life
I Love James Taylor forever!!!!
What ever his life has been before I think he writes beautiful song's.
He definitely has a heart.
I have met JT many times and he is one of the nicest people you can ever meet!
He has so many outstanding songs. Saw him live in Tucson, Az. Such an amazing concert, in the 90s. Ty James Taylor, for all your talent and hard work. You're my hero. ⚘
God Bless U & Your Family James!! My brothers name is James also & hes a big huge fan of yours!! We live in cookeville tn!!
James Taylor, his music was a friend.
And thankfully, he still makes music and is still here
Thank you Grunge for sharing the tragic details of the early part of James Taylor’s life. I had always wondered about the reference to “Suzanne” in his song “Fire and Rain”......and now I know. James Taylor DEFINITELY had periods of real tragedy in his life. I have always loved his music and his voice. Thank you for acknowledging James Taylor’s suffering and pain. Makes me realise that celebrities are not immune to the trials of life.
He has been through so much pain.
And poor Carly, been through it too
I always loved James Taylor.I am familiar about his past and I’m so happy he’s still with us❤️💕💖🙏🙏😍😘
My mom is a big fan of him and everytime he did a concert in Rome my mom went with another fan to see it in Rome.
I remember she leaved me with my aunt and i loved that
My old man was friends with his brother Livingston in college- and through him, met James a time or two. He always told of the time he spent the evening at a get together with Livingston, brother James, his then wife Carly Simon, and their friend Carol King, who cooked spaghetti for everyone. (I would tell that story all the time too- hell, I am telling it now on his behalf. 😝)
Anyway, he always said James was very nice. And would take any young lady he happened to be dating to James Taylor shows and take them back stage.
So, while my pop introduced me to a world of incredible music, James Taylor holds something of a special place. And I always think of my dad when I hear him.
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Peace & Love, everyone!
Stay safe out there!
Joel Bizzell That’s really cool ! I’m 61 and I grew up listening to James and Carly. I’ve often been told ( in my younger days) that I use to look like Carly I said if I only had her voice. Anyway that’s pretty awesome!😆
@@cindyfitzgerald4500 She does have a hell of a voice. And she's still a fox. 😁
...only looks comparison I ever got was to Allen Ginsberg...in his latter days.
Just wish I wrote like him. 🤣
@@joelbizzell1386
I'm 60 and my mom used to always say that james and his sister were both in mental health hospitals, and that the parents always claimed that they had no idea why their kids were messed up...my mom said that the parents MUST have had something to do with BOTH their kids being so disturbed. I don't have any idea whether this is true or not...
Once my dad met someone famous. End of story.
I was told I look like a young Allen Greenspan. Lol
Cool story. Did he say how Carols Spaghetti tasted?
He looks wonderful considering all he's endured. God Bless him.
Heroin addiction is such a dark ladder, so few ever get off it. Well done James, one of the few! My own mother died from a heroin overdose at age 45, and several of her friends too went the same way. to say I hate it, is a gross understatement!! I love the song "you've got a friend" makes me think of Jesus.
My best friend died of a drug overdose My mum was chronic alcoholic miserable life us kids had due to the alcohol her memory is gone She didnt care about us kids Yet its one of us looking after her me Drugs and alcohol i steer away from You stay safe angel Jenny 💕🌟🌟🌹
God bless you Jenny :) I too stay away from drugs and alchohol! Life is too precious.
I highly recommend his memoir "Break Shot: My First 21 Years". It covers his roller coaster personal life well. the Audible edition is read by James himself.
Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines in pieces on the ground....Thanks...
As of this time, James Taylor is alive and well. He and his wife just recently donated $1 million dollars to fight coronavirus, so stop exagerrating he has a tragic life, everyone has experienced shortcomings. He is a great musician and artist. Whats really Tragic is the many people dying today and who will die from COVID-19.
Well said 🌟🌟💕
You sound like a bitter person.
@@rosemcfetridge9207 Lol...not at all, the title in the video seems misleading as the words "tragic details" implies a different connotation.
I love his songs 😍😍
Rose McFetridge, Why did you have to go there?! No one, here, with their comments, sounds bitter, except for, You. The article was misleading, nothing bitter about acknowledging that. “Love All, Trust a Few, And, Do Wrong To None.” Shakespeare ✌🏼♥️🎶
I've seen fire and I've seen rain but nobody can combine the two better in their personal lives better than James Taylor.
I listen to music when I'm sad or getting that feeling of being depressed music takes it away or playing video games as listening to music
Life has up n downs God gave James Taylor to put it into Music....
Don' t forget that playing in Rock in Rio in 1985 hás ressurected his career.
I love his music and am learning some of his songs. He chose to do drugs and paid the consequences. I chose not to do drugs. He rose up and changed his life. That is what matters. His music is what matters to me.
@James Taylor om.sounds good to me.
BIG UP RESPECT , A SURVIVOR !!!!
James, you are an amazing talent and your music is all I have cared about... til now, recovery is a communal event
Videos about “tragic lives” use those words to get views. No ethical thought. This story could have been titled, “James Taylor: triumph over suffering.”
Very interesting I like James Taylor
The only ‘tragic’ thing is how you have to put ‘tragic’ into every single title you post.
Tragic click baiting.
Multi Strickland...absolutely spot on! Ridiculously tragic....
Multi Strickland preach it brother!
Be more compassionate and your life will change for the better.
It is often the trait of highly creative people that they feel thing so deeply it's almost painful....Itxthecentire vibes around us ..the looks the hidden meanings behind the faces, the hurt we feel others feel so much and the intense heights of joys we can feel at time to just be alive...It is how it happens I suppose for our minds to be the way they are.
@Grunge
I did not know any of what James Taylor went through until this moment, Thank you for telling his story, I loved every song this man ever sang, So to hear what was behind the inspiration of many of his songs makes it even more special Thank You all' Amen....
I was 12 in October of '65, but we all have our bad times and our good, I can certainly understand!
So sad love his music,, it will live forever RIP sweet songster.......
Wow. Great info. I'm from the 60's and learned something clever from James here. Addiction steels time and we are meant to be always learning. So by doing drugs we hit the feel good button over and over and can never learn anything the entire time. I can agree for hard drugs but not shrooms and pot. As an adult anyway. As a young developing mind that's another topic.
You're lying to yourself about shrooms and pot so you can keep hitting that button, it's called justification and rationalizing.
I love all of his song!!
Well.. if John Belushi died the way John Belushi died of a drug overdose his whole point of being on Earth was to inspire other people to quit drugs... Too bad Robin Williams' demons still got him years later, but James, glad you're still with us.. and you too are an inspiration for that 👍😊
Yeah they were here for a moment helped us went somewhere higher James Tayler is a genius Oh by the way my granddaughter is named Tayler just saying
@Steven Glansberg true when he was younger he had clinical depressions may that was part of it..if you ever had severe depressions it's terrifying . I was so Young ended up in hospital . He talked a lot about that.
His home town is Chapel Hill NC. A few years ago a bridge was named for him.
Drugs break the mind and destroy the soul.
@@thomaspick4123 Definitely a fan of his music for sure.
I love James Taylor ❤️ sad story.
I'm just gonna say I love: fire & rain.😂💖💯
carly and james; a beautiful couple.
I remember James Taylor performing on Sesame Street with Oscar the Grouch, a group of children on the rooftop and with a band next to Oscar’s trash can,
I remember “Jelly Man Kelly” with 5 or 6 kids on Sesame Street. Genius!
Now here is a stable genius. His songs are timeless.
"tragic"??? your use of the word "tragic" is tragic.-Knew James for years... Very sweet , unassuming humble guy...
My fave James Taylor song Is Sweet Baby James and ermm all the rest Oh Carolina in my mind and all the rest Well im a Granny im allowed to dither I do love his music Jenny 🌟🌟💕💕
How tragic !
He’s a survivor
JT is a poet without a heart.
I thought I knew almost or most things about James Taylor but I guess I was wrong this really taught me some new things that I never knew and quite interesting
Hard to understand how coming from a medical family didn't prevent him from using substances he couldn't understand. Though maybe addiction was written into his family's genetic code unfortunately.
How awful that substance abuse parted him from his soulmate, Carly Simon. Extremely tragic.
It's so sadly ironic that the friend who introduced me to James Taylor when he played fire and rain to me died from a heroin overdose.i still think of him everytime I play that song,god bless you Robert... still miss you.😔❤️
I love James Taylor
You've Got A Friend crafted by Taylor? I'm a huge fan since Fire and RAin, but You've Got a Friend was written by Carol King.
I saw James and Carly Simon in Nashville in late 2009, early 2010 and they set the stage on fire, floating their dancing feet above the stage. I'm surprised the stage could handle it.
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Suzanne the plans they made put an end to you
❤️
"...and You've Got A Friend." Carol King wrote that. And...goodbye.
my baybee 🥺🥺
I'm from New Jersey. When I was a teenager I went to visit a friend of mine who ended up in a mental hospital in northern Jersey I can't remember the name of the place.They had a bust made out of bronze outside of James Taylor's head. Apparently he had donated it to the place because he had spent a bunch of time there and had said he had wrote part of fire and rain in that particular hospital because he spent time in a few facilities.and this isn't something I just thought up I read this on something hospital administration had underneath of the bust explaining why it was there.
Interesting
A little story about my Mother meeting James Taylor. Many years ago James would come to Australia and spend time on a friend's farm. Sometime in the 1980s(?), on his last day on one such trip, he crashed his car into my Mother's car round a round-a-bout in my home town. Funny thing is my Mother did not know who he was, only that he was some foreign dude who crashed into her and claimed that he was leaving the country that day and it was all so inconvenient for him. My Mum was spooked a little about this guy's story about leaving Australia on the day he pranged into her so she came home, dropped off the shopping and raced to the insurance office to ensure that all was above board and the paperwork and insurance excess, etc, had all been taking care of. As soon as she started to describe the events, the girl behind the counter let out an ear-piercing scream. "Arrrh, arrrh." Followed by, "You're the lady that James Taylor crashed into." My poor mum had still had no idea what this girl was talking about and then mum was suddenly mobbed by more girls rushing from everywhere to see the woman who James Taylor crashed into. Eventually, the girls calmed down and explained to my bewildered Mum who James Taylor was and confirmed that James had done the right thing already with the car rental company and everything was good to go for the family car to be repaired. Mum described James as being a gentleman and very apologetic but something didn't seem quite right about him or his story, but it turned out to be true.
Good story, he's gone the wrong way in the Roundabout probably! What town was it at?
@@antma9028 Geelong in the state of Victoria. My Mum was so freaked out by this event it was years before she told anyone and that only happened when, by chance, fire and rain was played on the radio. As to what really was behind this accident, well, I don't want to speculate unfairly - even after watching the above video... :)
@James Taylor Sure Man.
the title is just so wrong. the background music is so hyper for his story telling. the whole experience watching tgis video is just so odd.. but thanks foe the story.. i grew up in james taylors music. my papa use to sing his songs whrn i was a kid.
Many of his contemporary musicians also did hard drugs, and a lot of them died from them. He's one of the lucky ones.
And you wonder why we don't trust the media.
????????
Jeff Cockill let me guess. You watch Hannity?
Don't know a lot about James, but i know he's seen fire. And rain.
Oh pish, Bubba. He saw alot of partying. Ha!
He lived it UP. Who wouldn't in those times with all that idolization and money .
I wish he and Carly weren't estranged. They were golden. Why can't they just kiss n make up.
@@shellanon4212 Pish is just one of the best words! ;)
@@shellanon4212 I partied a lot as well, without fame or money, i lived it up and was high most days for quite a number of years. I never did understand heroin tho. I always wanted to be up and out of my head, not taking a nap!
@@BubbaZen10
Well, J.T. was a moody man. Maybe he liked exploring the gloom.
I was just being flip. I know drugs cause boundless damage.
@@shellanon4212 I know man! They are fun for a bit before they do that. That post still makes me laugh every time i see it now tho. ;)
A diamond gezzer donating that money,in the UK ok are footballers are on full pay and haven't donated F A to are NHS.Stay safe USA and God bless you all.🇬🇧X
Props to his guitar playing and for carving out his niche and a broad fan base....not my cup of tea though with his sappy sweet delivery.
OMG, If you read his book you would know all these details about the tragic things that happened in his life. You make it sound like there’s something tragic going on now. With the virus going on now, this is not a good time to put the word tragic out there. Thank God I subscribe to James Taylor site and I get wind of everything going on.
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Carole King wrote “You’ve Got a Friend”, not James Taylor.
THAT'S the title you're running with during these times?! I thought you were going to say he was sick!!
Fan for years. How Carly didn't please him.....wait,,,,,
daddy love his work? last for me.
It's a sad reflection on modern society that so many people dont regard drug addiction as tragic. Wow.
Nathanael Corker I don’t think people are saying it’s ok either. Compared to what is going on, it isn’t at the top of the list. Drug addiction unlike a virus only hurts the addicted, not thousands of people. So yes, while tragic, it isn’t the worst tragedy either.
@@njpjpm Baffling logic, but you're entitled to voice your opinion.
Nathanael Corker I’m not sure I expressed what I was trying to say, either. I wasn’t very clear. But thanks anyway
CLIK BAIT!!!
“Tragic Details”???
Popping up on my desktop!!
Speaking of infedelities, what's that rumor involving a young mother's confrontation with a famous singer during teh recording of Nicolette Larson's final album, circa 1994?
A lot of license taken in the information in this post! a kit left out!
when ever i see your smilling face
What is the purpose of this???? We have more to worry about. Give the guy a break!
Yikes. I feel for Carly and the kids.
You got a friend
Peter Kasturas I know Carley Simon did or I think she did but, he did sing it.
@James Taylor Sure but why would you want to talk to me.
This is flawed. I don't think he wrote "You've got a Friend". I believe that was Carol King and Gerry Goffin.
Ai yai yai!
Carole King wrote You've Got a Friend
What is the story behind the divorce of his second wife and what is some of her acting work? I have never heard anything about it. Also, what is the relationship with his older children?
1;28am
Normally I'd give this dislike for making me think he died (he didn't) but I'll give you this one because it is sad but it's nice he's okay.
Write a new song James called "Bury the hatchet".
I didn't realize that back in the 70s, James Taylor looked like a hard rock front man & not a folk singer.
Tragically lost those luscious locks.
Fire and Rain
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Depression is heredity ~
The song,You've Got a Friend, explains dogs and climate change. So simple it's hard to fathom, wake up, and I don't mean go Woke.
Two Lane Blacktop
the thumbnail to the video looks like iDubbbz with long hair
Taylor didn’t craft “You’ve got a Friend”. Carole King wrote that song.
This writer is stupid and more than likely a liberal bleeding heart democrat. I have known that Carol wrote this song this song for him because she was his "friend" since the year it came out.
Kinda like the "news anchor" here in Nashville who last night in referring to the corona virus, said that heat would kill it in a microwave because most bacteria could be killed with heat...... It's a"VIRUS" you dumb ass media person.
His still alive though
And now? How is he doing now?
James and his wife, Kim, just donated a million dollars to the hospital (Massachusetts General Hospital) he was born in and where his father had been the chief resident. I'd say that he's doing pretty good.
I’m glad he’s okay now, thank you for the update!
That's good James Taylor's still alive
A lot of people who suffer from depression turn to alcohol and drugs to feel better. It’s very common.
It's the drugs alone... why does people get addicted; is it because pain or fun? I will never understand anyways because there is still so many good things to do on this earth instead considering these people have fame and moooooney!
You guys mislead me into thinking we had lost a wonderful human being. You shouldn't throw out words like "tragic" in your titles and then go on to exploit genius artists like that....his past is not who he is anyways. It's just not ethically responsible.
There's Something in the Way She Moves
Is that the guy that went to Russia with Lurch Kerry?