The evening’s program was recorded live at The Colonial Theatre in Massachusetts.

“Something in the Way She Moves” (watch now)
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“The Frozen Man”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“Mean Old Man”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“Country Road”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“Slap Leather”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“My Traveling Star”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“You’ve Got A Friend”
Music and lyrics by Carole King

“Steamroller Blues”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“Secret O’ Life”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“Carolina in My Mind”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“Copperline”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

“You Can Close Your Eyes”
Music and lyrics by James Taylor

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Television Credits

JAMES TAYLOR: ONE MAN BAND

Keyboards
Larry Goldings

Produced and Directed by
Don Mischer

Written by
James Taylor

Executive Producers
Sydney Pollack
Michael Gorfaine
Sam Feldman

Coordinating Producers
Juliane Hare
Ellyn Kusmin

Line Producers
Charlie Haykel
Eric Cook

Music Producers
Dave O’Donnell
James Taylor

Lighting Designer
Robert Dickinson

Editor
Mike Polito

Associate Director
Gregg Gelfand

Stage Manager
Arthur Lewis

Tour Production Manager
Ralph Perkins

Tour Audio Engineer
David L. Morgan

Tour Stage Manager
Anthony R. Bader

Tour Monitor Mixer
Andy Sottile

Tour Lighting Director
Tom Wagstaff

Tour Scenic Designer
Michael Schweikardt

Music Engineers
Dave O’Donnell
Eddie Jackson

Tour Lighting Designer
Chris Dallos

Tour Lighting Consultant
Mac Mosier

Producer, Videos
Susan Dangel

Video Content Consultant
Jonathan Beswick

Tour Support
Meagan Strader

Guitar Technician/Rigger
Jonathan Prince

Piano Technician
Mark Konrad

Tour Video Technicians
Nelson Funk
John Hicks

Production Assistant
Nelliana Kuh

Art Director
Seth Easter

Production Supervisor
Augie Max Vargas

Production Manager
Aaron Cooke

Production Coordinator
Luke Mathews

Assistant to Don Mischer
Jason Uhrmacher

Clip Clearance
Julie Arie

Post Production Supervisor
Stacy Gale

Production Associates
Sharmaine Burke
Nate Catucci
Alison Craig
Michael Esposito
Christina Kim
Tom Kotarba
Caleb Vesey

Production Mixer
Ed Greene

Technical Supervisor
Bob Muller

Technical Director
Jon Pretnar

Staging Supervisor
Tony Hauser

Business Management
Stanley Lim
Joanne Garzilli

Members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Conductor
John Oliver

Paulo Cesar Carminati
Anna S. Choi
Abbe Dalton Clark
Stefanie J. Gallegos
Katharine Heaton
Timothy Lanagan
Gale Livingston
Kieran Murray
Michael Prichard
Brian R. Robinson
Laura C. Sanscartier
Arend Sluis
Don P. Sturdy
Caroline Taylor
Christina Lillian Wallace
Kurt Walker
Terry L. Ward

Chorus Manager
Felicia A. Burrey

Assistant Chorus Manager
Meryl Atlas

Remote Facilities
NEP Denali

Editing Facilities
Chainsaw

Additional Post Production Sound
Post Logic

Footage and Photos Courtesy of
Best Shot Footage
Blue Sky Footage
Dan Beach
Dr. Tas Van Ommen
Elizabeth Witham
Ford Motor Company
Metropolitan Toronto Library
Natalie Sweet
Owen Beattie
Peter Asher
The National Archives
Troubadour
Warner Bros. Entertainment
WGBH

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Concord Records

Nearly 40 years after the release of his first single, beloved singer-songwriter James Taylor continues to captivate legions of fans with his characteristic, folk-inspired sound. The recipient of five Grammy® awards, and both a Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Taylor has enjoyed an illustrious career and is widely acknowledged as both a premier musician and a premier storyteller. In July 2007, Taylor teamed up with veteran television producer Don Mischer and Oscar®-winning director Sydney Pollack (OUT OF AFRICA) to produce ONE MAN BAND, a concert performance of Taylor’s greatest hits, interspersed with personal anecdotes, often touching and sometimes witty reflections, and never-before-seen home movies and photographs from Taylor’s personal archives. Recorded at the magnificently restored Colonial Theatre in the heart of the Berkshires, the concert features classic James Taylor favorites such as “Carolina in My Mind,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Shower the People,” and “Fire and Rain.”

From Timothy White’s biography, JAMES TAYLOR LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY: HIS LIFE AND HIS MUSIC, Taylor reflects on his feelings about his music-making after the tremendous success of his albums SWEET BABY JAMES (1970) and MUD SLIDE SLIM AND THE BLUE HORIZON (1971).

“I’d been very sheltered by the fact my music had once been very rogue and maverick to make. It was an alienated thing to run off and make music! When suddenly that became, from my family’s point of view, so central and a point of pride, it achieved for me the very opposite of what I had gone into it for. I was threatened by the degree of success I’d gotten and was really confused about it. … Now it [music] was part of a band, a contract, a manager, a growing concern, and the alienated music soul you’d always been was now simultaneously the most responsible figure in this new realm!”

Watch Taylor perform “Something in the Way She Moves,” which was included on his 1968 self-titled debut album, and see which of his other popular tunes are featured in the concert in the song list. Vote for your favorite Taylor song in the poll.

Many local PBS stations may be offering the ONE MAN BAND CD/DVD set as a Pledge gift. To order this item, pledge now.

Visit the Web companion of the concert special honoring the singer’s musical legacy, A TRIBUTE TO JAMES TAYLOR.

Related Web Sites

• James Taylor
• The Colonial Theatre
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Inductees: James Taylor