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

© 2007 James Taylor. Under exclusive license to Starcon, LLC D/B/A Hear Music™. All Rights Reserved.

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Director, Program Development
Bill O’Donnell

Executive Producer
David Horn

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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

Producer: Anu Krishnan
Art Director: Sabina Daley
Graphic Art: Ruiyan Xu
Technical Director: Brian Lee
PHP Scripting: Ben Chappel
Production Assistant: Diana Cofresí-Terrero
Copy Editor: Leslie Kriesel
HTML Implementation Assistance: Brian Santalone

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About the Writer

Ed Ward started writing about music in 1965, and has been on the staff of CRAWDADDY!, ROLLING STONE, and CREEM magazines, among others. He was music writer for the Austin (Texas) AMERICAN-STATESMAN from 1979-84, and is co-author (with the late Geoffrey Stokes and Ken Tucker) of ROCK OF AGES: THE ROLLING STONE HISTORY OF ROCK & ROLL. Since 1986, he has been rock historian for NPR’s FRESH AIR with Terry Gross. He currently lives in Berlin, and comments on it at http://www.berlinbites.com.

Television Credits

Executive Producers
John Beug
David Horn

Directed by
Ron de Moraes

Produced by
Mona Niemiec
Mitch Owgang

Supervising Audio Engineer
Elliot Scheiner

Lighting Director
Stan Crocker

Editor
Gary Bradley

Associate Producers
Cara Cosentino
Kathy Rivkin

Production Manager
Matt Uzzle

Associate Director
Laura Lyons

Stage Manager
Peter Margolis

Engineer-in-Charge
Mark Schubin

Technical Director
Keith Winikoff

Mixing for Eric Clapton
Simon Climie
Mick Guzauski

Mix Assistant
Tom Bender

Audio Engineers
Ed Cherney
Kooster McAlister
Greg Ondo

Audio Coordinators
David Hewitt
Karen Brinton

Audio
Bob Aldridge
Jackie Brooks
Stan Dacus
Robert Drews
Marshall Fawcett
Peter Gary
Phil Gitomer
Gary Hampton
Denise Houchin
Greg Lankford
Gaff Michael
Robert McLeod
Freddie Robertson
Matt Scheiner
Paul Special

Video Operators
Billy Steinberg
Matty Randazzo

Video Tape
Alan Buchner
Dave Degelia

Lighting Programmer
Rob Smith

Cameras
Miguel Armstrong
Timm Bland
Barbara Drago
Freddy Frederick
Ed Fussell
Pat Gleason
Manny Gutierrez
Ray Hoover
Lyn Noland
Chad Smith
Ron Smith

Key Utility
Anthony Defonzo

Utilities
Frank Bourassa
Aaron Bradshaw
John Heneghan
Mike Joyce
Pat Miller
Paul Patelmo
Brandy Sanders

Video Maintenance
Tom Curran
Jimmy Goldsmith
Andy Lindberg
Nava Tabkum
Greg Vincent
Ian Vysick

Dolly Grip
Billy Broker

Jib Techs
Manny Gutierrez Jr.
Eric Johnson

STEADI Assistant
Mike Gilbert

Additional Editing by
Laura Young

On-Line Editor
Stephen Hoppe

Production Coordinator
Kirsten J. Taylor

Production Secretary
Adam Fels

Production Assistants
James Anglin
Taylor Barber
Joanna McCue Carson
Scott Cox
Brock Cravy
Mark Fisher
Jennifer Ford
David Glynn
Heather Laraine Harris
Shawn Lafferty
Joanne Morris
Adrian Neely
Ryan Smith
Nathan Threadgill

Documentary Unit
Director of Photography
Martin Atkins

Produced by
James Pluta

Artist Interviews
Larry Yelen

Cameras
Juerg Walther
Greg Smith
Norm Johnston

Camera Tech
Michele de Lorimer

Sound Recordist
Michael Hanes
Chris Neely
Michael Thomason

Production Coordinator
Niki Breazeale

Production Assistants
Lauren Mayer Beug
Lindsay Mayer Beug
Michael Ryan
Will Schmidt

Audio Mixing
Engineer
Neil Dorfsman

Audio Post-Production Mixer
Sue Pelino

Audio Mastering
Darcy Proper

Concert
Producers
Eric Clapton
Peter Jackson
Scooter Weintraub

Music Director
Scooter Weintraub

Production Director
Mick Double

Concert Production
David Stallbaumer

Promoters
Clayton Faught
Rick Babb

For GREAT PERFORMANCES
Director of Program Development
Bill O’Donnell

Executive Producer
Jac Venza

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© 2004 Educational Broadcasting Corporation and Warner Strategic Marketing

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“Layla”
Eric Clapton

“Love in Vain Blues”
Robert Lockwood, Jr.

“Killing Floor”
Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmie Vaughan

“Sweet Home Chicago”
Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmie Vaughan

“Six Strings Down”
Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Jimmie Vaughan

“I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow”
Dan Tyminski with Ron Block

“Steamroller”
James Taylor with Joe Walsh

“Oklahoma Borderline”
Vince Gill with Jerry Douglas

“After Midnight”
J.J. Cale with Eric Clapton

“City Love”
John Mayer

“Rock Me Baby”
Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Jimmie Vaughan

“Funk 49″
Joe Walsh

“The March”
Robert Randolph & the Family Band

“Jingo”
Carlos Santana with Eric Clapton

“Going Down Slow”
Honeyboy Edwards

“If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day”
Eric Clapton with Doyle Bramhall II and Nathan East

“Time Makes Two”
Robert Cray

“La Grange”
ZZ Top

“Tush”
ZZ Top

“Cocaine”
Eric Clapton

Performers

Eric Clapton

Ron Block

Doyle Bramhall II

J.J. Cale

Robert Cray

Jerry Douglas

Nathan East

Honeyboy Edwards

Vince Gill

Buddy Guy

B.B. King

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

John Mayer

Robert Randolph

Carlos Santana

Hubert Sumlin

James Taylor

Dan Tyminski

Jimmie Vaughan

Joe Walsh

ZZ Top

Proceeds from the extraordinary guitarfest went to support the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center founded by Eric Clapton in 1997. The festival also offered guitar clinics, exhibits by leading manufacturers, and displays of guitars from the private collections of Clapton and his friends, which were auctioned by Christie’s in June 2004 and garnered more than $7 million to aid the Crossroads Centre.

Visit the Web companions of two other shows that featured Eric Clapton, CREAM REUNION CONCERT (2005) and CONCERT FOR GEORGE (2003).

Special funding for ERIC CLAPTON’S CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL was provided by SBC.

Related Web Sites

• Eric Clapton
• Crossroads Centre
• Radio Smithsonian: Guitar: Electrified, Amplified and Deified
• The Lemelson Center: The Electric Guitar
• NPR.org: Present at the Creation: The Electric Guitar
• PBS.org: The Blues
• PBS.org: American Roots Music