Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines: The Life and Music of James Taylor

by Mark Ribowsky

Book Overview

In 1970 a scraggly, antiheroic man from North Carolina by way of Massachusetts began presenting a comforting yet biting new sound. Within a year, when young ears sought the latest in rock, there was "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," and a new Southern California-fed branch of pop music. James Taylor was its reluctant leader.

Remarkably, Taylor has survived: his 2015 release, Before This World, edged out Taylor Swift and went...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613733763
• ISBN13: 9781613733769
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"