One of the most prolific and successful musician-songwriters in the history of music, James Taylor has landed a permanent, tender home in the hearts of his worldwide audience, and James Taylor concert tickets are precious commodities. With a baritone as rich as butter and as warm as aged whiskey, and intensely personal, lyrical songwriting skills, Taylor first brought refreshing life to the music scene when he ventured into it in the early '70s, and his talent continues to shine today. Now 63, he is still touring with the vigor and dedication he showed as a young guitar-playing folksinger. Fresh on the heels of his sold-out Troubadour Reunion concert tour with old friend and fellow singer/songwriter Carole King, Taylor is currently touring the United States in Spring and Summer 2011 as James Taylor & His Legendary Band, and he will follow with several shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Although many shows are sold out, some James Taylor concert tickets are still available.
Despite his enormous success as an artist, with numerous gold and triple-platinum recordings and multiple Grammy awards, Taylor has endured dark times of personal uncertainty and struggles with addictions. He has a deeply complex personality that he tends to mask with a simple, Everyman persona, but the depth of his emotional well is clearly measurable in his music. In his earlier performing years, he battled stage fright, often become physically ill before live performances and leaving his eyeglasses backstage so he would not have to see the faces in his audience. Taylor favors playing in more intimate venues like smaller concert halls and amphitheaters, but his enormous popularity has resulted in occasional arena and larger venue performances. James Taylor concert tickets always sell well, and he has been wise enough, and generous enough, to often book two to four nights in a row in some places to satisfy his huge fan base.
In 2000, Taylor was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His home state of North Carolina created a permanent exhibition in his honor at the Chapel Hill Museum in 2003. In 2006, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences chose him for its MusiCares Person of the Year. In March 2011, President Barack Obama presented Taylor with the distinguished National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest, most honorable awards for artistic excellence, outstanding achievements, and support of the arts. Taylor performed several free concerts at cities throughout North Carolina in support of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008, and although the concerts were free, fans still had to obtain James Taylor concert tickets to attend. The distribution lines for the free James Taylor concert tickets were long and the ticket supplies were quickly exhausted.
James Taylor has always been active in environmental and liberal causes and a generous charity supporter, with one of his favorites being the Natural Resources Defense Council. Many of the current tour’s James Taylor concert tickets are being sold under the Tickets-for-Charity program, with several Partner Charities participating. When fans purchase James Taylor concert tickets, they can choose from the list of participating charities to receive a portion of the ticket sale. The concerts will be, as usual for James Taylor, fulfilling, enjoyable musical events, much to the delight of his loyal and appreciative followers.
One of the most prolific and successful musician-songwriters in the history of music, James Taylor has landed a permanent, tender home in the hearts of his worldwide audience, and James Taylor concert tickets are precious commodities. With a baritone as rich as butter and as warm as aged whiskey, and intensely personal, lyrical songwriting skills, Taylor first brought refreshing life to the music scene when he ventured into it in the early '70s, and his talent continues to shine today. Now 63, he is still touring with the vigor and dedication he showed as a young guitar-playing folksinger. Fresh on the heels of his sold-out Troubadour Reunion concert tour with old friend and fellow singer/songwriter Carole King, Taylor is currently touring the United States in Spring and Summer 2011 as James Taylor & His Legendary Band, and he will follow with several shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Although many shows are sold out, some James Taylor concert tickets are still available.