Learning More About a Five-Time Grammy Winner

James Vernon Taylor has always had a great deal of affection for the Carolina’s as heard in his song lyrics, North Carolina in particular, but did you know he was actually born in Boston in 1948? The family moved to Chapel Hill, NC when James was three, where growing up James enjoyed the upper class stylings of the south and the early days of folk music. James has won five Grammys and has sold over 100 million albums.

Although James is considered an acoustic guitar virtuoso, his first musical instrument (pushed by his well to do parents) was the Cello. James moved away from the cello in his early years to learn the guitar; hey chicks don’t dig the cello the dig the guitar!

James was inducted into both the Song Writers and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame in 2000. He’s also in the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, and has an honorary doctorate from Williams University in Massachusetts. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment was being honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

James is out on tour with Bonnie Raitt – check out the latest stops…

July 17th, Chicago, IL
July 29th, San Francisco, CA
July 31st, Frisco, TX
August 1st, Houston, TX
August 3rd, New Orleans, LA
August 5th, Memphis, TN
August 6th, Louisville, KY

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