The New Yorker Radio Hour   /     From the Archive: James Taylor Will Teach you Guitar

Summary

James Taylor鈥檚 songs are so familiar that they seem to have always existed. Onstage at the New Yorker Festival, in 2010, Taylor peeled back some of his influences鈥攖he Beatles, Bach, show tunes, and Ant么nio Carlos Jobim鈥攁nd played a few of his hits, even giving the staff writer Adam Gopnik a quick lesson.

Subtitle
James Taylor鈥檚 songs are so familiar that they seem to have always existed. Onstage at the New Yorker Festival, in 2010, Taylor peeled back some of his influences鈥攖he Beatles, Bach, show tunes, and Ant么nio Carlos Jobim鈥攁nd played a few of his hit
Duration
00:32:36
Publishing date
2024-12-18 19:40
Link
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour
Contributors
  WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
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James Taylor鈥檚 songs are so familiar that they seem to have always existed. Onstage at the New Yorker Festival, in 2010, Taylor peeled back some of his influences鈥攖he Beatles, Bach, show tunes, and Ant么nio Carlos Jobim鈥攁nd played a few of his hits, even giving the staff writer Adam Gopnik a quick lesson.

This segment originally aired on July 7, 2017.