♫ Sweet Baby James ♫

Filosofa's Word

The other night when I played another James Taylor song, David mentioned this one, Sweet Baby James, as being one of his favourites and I promised to play it, since I’m still in James Taylor mode for the moment.  I learned some interesting things while researching this song, such as that Taylor Swift was named after James Taylor!  But more interesting is the background of the song.  This is one of his most popular songs, although it did not chart anywhere, and has been played at almost every James Taylor concert since its release in 1970!  According to SongFacts …

James Taylor is not singing about himself in this song, but about the child who was named in his honor. Taylor wrote the song in 1969, when he drove on his way to Richmond, Virginia to see his older brother, the late Alex Taylor. James had recently returned to America…

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साथ / Association

Kaushal Kishore

दुःख तरीका नहीं है,
साथ का जश्न मनाने का,
चाहे वह जितना भी छोटा हो,
लेकिन आनन्दित होना जरूर है…

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

Grief is no way
to celebrate association,
no matter how short,
but it is a way to rejoice…

–Kaushal Kishore

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