James Taylor and Carole King, BBC2 last night.

[Darnhill Claret]

A whole evening of the magic of these two iconic musicians.

I first saw James top the bill at The Lincoln Folk Festival in the summer of 1971.
I hitched from Bruche, Warrington, with my short back and sides, to a field full of long haired hippies but that day, we were as one.
For fans of that genre of music, Ralph McTell opened, and in no particular order, followed by Dion, Tim Hardin, Steeleye Span, Tom Paxton, Sandy Denny, Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, The Byrds and of course James.
Despite the fact that he was completely off his face, he gave an amazing performance.

Now it's early morning and I've listened to James and Carole, throughout the night and the two of them and their music are timeless. Well timeless to me.

These two, Melanie, Joni, Judy, Carly and Linda R and Dr Hook were and still are my musical icons. A fantastic night. Thanks to BBC2.

[Hipper]

James Taylor comes from quite a musical family. His brother Livingston sounds like him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2kPDjW ... yL&index=4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor

[claretblue]

A whole evening of the magic of these two iconic musicians

*****

[Lambo]

Absolutely agree Darnhill, that type of music and those artists you’ve mentioned help me chill when the Clarets stress me out….some brilliant musicians there and Carole King, arguably one of the greatest songwriters of all time

[IanMcL]

I had a very late night watching Carole King and slices of James Taylor, too. She wrote just about every song there is!

[longsidetrumpet]

Carole’s Home Again concert that was on last night is simply amazing, only seen bits of it before on YouTube. Her playing and singing was faultless, such a voice that was hidden away for most of the 60s when she was writing, and that band she had… wow. Some of THE big session musicians that were around in 1973

[Buxtonclaret]

Remember going into a local record shop & buying Tapestry around Christmas, '72 for a girl i was head over heels for.
She blew me out before I could wrap it up & give it her.
So I got the cat women to keep!
To this day, its still one the the best albums in my collection.

[Billyblah]

Darnall,
Tremendous line up at that Lincoln folk fest. A tad jealous that you saw Sandy Denny. She was slightly before my time. Someone who died young (in 1978) but left a rich recorded legacy.

[Darnhill Claret]

Yes, I'm sure that those of us, of a certain age and above, reminisce about times of great and lasting enjoyment, life changing moments, occasional regrets and perhaps a few sliding doors moments.

This memory is always an extremely happy one. From 1968 to 1988 life was pretty smooth sailing, whilst either side of that time, less so, more challenging shall we say. For the last 14 years, my life has regained a good level of equilibrium and I'm ready now, for my old age. No more fighting it.
I think Shakespeare was onto something, with his 7 ages of man.
I'm now finally stepping into my 7th and final stage.

[Clarets4me]

Remember going into a local record shop & buying Tapestry around Christmas, '72 for a girl i was head over heels for.
She blew me out before I could wrap it up & give it her.
So I got the cat women to keep!
To this day, its still one the the best albums in my collection.

A quite brilliant album, one of the few I kept when I sold my Album collection to fund a Florida holiday nearly 30 years ago ..

Among the others are 1st pressings of " Stranger in Town ", Bob Seger, " The Pretender ", Jackson Browne, " Darkness on the Edge of Town ", Bruce Springsteen and an original 1955 Sun Records 78 of " Mystery Train ", by Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill ...

[Darnhill Claret]

Yes, memories again. Albums by all those I mentioned previously, plus Jackson Browne, Al Stewart, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Arlo Guthrie and Don McClean, Beach Boys and Mamas And The Papas.
I also had Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection at the same time and The Who's Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy, but at that time, all my early influences were American.

[pureclaret]

A whole evening of the magic of these two iconic musicians.

I first saw James top the bill at The Lincoln Folk Festival in the summer of 1971.
I hitched from Bruche, Warrington, with my short back and sides, to a field full of long haired hippies but that day, we were as one.
For fans of that genre of music, Ralph McTell opened, and in no particular order, followed by Dion, Tim Hardin, Steeleye Span, Tom Paxton, Sandy Denny, Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, The Byrds and of course James.
Despite the fact that he was completely off his face, he gave an amazing performance.

Now it's early morning and I've listened to James and Carole, throughout the night and the two of them and their music are timeless. Well timeless to me.

These two, Melanie, Joni, Judy, Carly and Linda R and Dr Hook were and still are my musical icons. A fantastic night. Thanks to BBC2.

were you training to be a Police officer?

[ClaretLoup]

I attended the Bardney folk festival. Darnhill, you missed the Incredible String Band, as well as Buffy St Marie off the roster. For me and my mates she was the stand out act along with the Byrds whose line up contained the late and very great picker Clarence White.

Buffy St Marie was a native Indian folk singer with an amazing voice however it turned out that she was of European descent which has caused a lot of controversy as she picked up a lot of awards available only to native Indians.

[Darnhill Claret]

ClaretLoup, of course the Incredible String Band certainly lived up to their name and Buffy St Marie also shone. I might have missed a couple off. If my memory serves me well, it was an early start and James Taylor came on at midnight, give or take. Thanks for adding those two names, as it further adds to the depth of quality.

purclaret, you got the clues, good detective work.
Joined straight from school in 68 as a cadet.
My highlight was following Tony Jacklin and Bob Charles in the final round at Lytham.
Another memory was watching an evening of Alex Higgins at Northgate Police Station as he took on all comers. The better players went first with a 49 point start (7 blacks). Towards the end of the evening it had stretched to 100 points, but a few lads managed to beat the future world champ as the vodkas took effect. When his resistance ended, he got a lift back home. It was before the day's of regular takeaways. Alex just eat pies all night, to help soak up the vodka I assume.
Left in 73 when there was a large exodus of officers due to low pay.

[bpgburn]

...She blew me out before I could wrap it up & give it her.

Quite a night you had there Buxton, she deserved the Album after that..