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 to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912777680
• ISBN13: 9780912777689
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"