Concert: James Taylor: PPL Center on July 2, 2015

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. 
 
Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million US copies. Following his 1977 album, JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work (including Hourglass, October Road, and Covers). He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World

He is known for his covers, such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" and "Handy Man", as well as originals such as "Sweet Baby James".



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SET LIST

First Set
1. Wandering
2. Secret o' Life
3. Me and My Guitar
4. Montana
5. Today Today Today
6. Country Road 
7. I Was a Fool to Care 
8. Carolina in My Mind
9. Bartender's Blues
10. Your Smiling Face
11. Fire and Rain
12. Up on the Roof  (Carole King cover) 
13. Shed a Little Light

Second Set
14. Whenever You're Ready 
15. Only a Dream in Rio  
16. I Will Follow  
17. Steamroller 
18. Angels of Fenway
19. Before This World / Jolly Springtime
20. Sweet Baby James 
21. Mexico
22. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)  (Marvin Gaye cover) 

Encore
23. Sun on the Moon
24. Knock on Wood  (Eddie Floyd cover) 
25. You and I Again 










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