James Taylor: Carolina in my Mind

James Taylor and I go way back. My mother always loved his music, and therefore I was exposed to it most likely from the within the womb and then on.

James Taylor is an American singer-songwriter, characterized by his use of sensitive and gentle lyrics and guitar. The time period, the early 1970's, was flooded with artists similar to him--John Denver, Carly Simon and Jackson Browne, to name a few. However, his music is different than each of these listed because of his perspective.