{"id":21136,"date":"2016-07-20T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/?p=21136"},"modified":"2016-07-20T09:28:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:28:18","slug":"james-taylors-4th-of-july-concert-at-tanglewood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/james-taylors-4th-of-july-concert-at-tanglewood\/","title":{"rendered":"James Taylor’s 4th of July 2016 – photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 4, 2016 Tanglewood concert review by Dave Read<\/a><\/h4>\n

Over the years, whenever James Taylor introduced a new song onto his tried and true setlist, he would mollify his adoring audience by telling them that it sounds just like all the rest. This year he sounded vexed, letting his stage persona go right to the edge: “I know you didn’t come here for no goddam new songs.” <\/p>\n

Whether he was merely freshening a stale old joke, or is feeling pinched by audience expectations, it still was every bit as good a concert as we’ve attended in the Tanglewood series going back two decades.<\/p>\n\n

The one variation in the series was his 2002 appearance<\/a> with John Williams<\/strong> and the Boston Pops<\/strong> when, after reciting Aaron Copland’s<\/strong> Lincoln Portrait<\/em> to open the program, he returned with an ad hoc quartet of guitarist John Pizzarelli, Larry Goldings<\/strong> on keyboards, drummer Gregg Bissonette<\/strong>, and Jimmie Johnson<\/strong> on bass, with the Pops in an accompanying role. It was a very entertaining set and it left us thinking he was looking down the road toward shows with an emphasis on singing within a looser, jazzier setting. <\/p>\n

Tanglewood’s popular artist series<\/h2>\n

James Taylor’s July 4, 2016 setlist<\/h3>\n

Something in the Way She Moves
\nEveryday
\nWalking Man
\nDon’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
\nToday Today Today
\nCountry Road
\nOn the 4th of July
\nCopperline
\nCarolina in My Mind
\n(I’ve Got To) Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout That
\nFire and Rain
\nShower the People
\nThe Frozen Man
\nThe Promised Land
\nYou’ve Got a Friend
\nAngels of Fenway
\nUp on the Roof
\nSweet Baby James
\nSteamroller
\nMexico
\nYour Smiling Face
\nEncore:
\nIn the Midnight Hour
\nHow Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
\nYou Can Close Your Eyes<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Coming four days before the BSO’s opening night, this show was the tenth on an outstanding roster of popular artists that began June 17 with Dolly Parton<\/strong> and included Earth, Wind, and Fire<\/strong>, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne<\/strong>, the penultimate broadcast ever of A Prairie Home Companion, with Garrison Keillor<\/strong>, and Bob Dylan<\/strong>. This show was similar to the one Bob Dylan<\/a> put on 2 nights earlier in a few respects: each fronts an awesome band, each covers songs written by others, and each crafts a setlist that leaves his fans gasping for breath! <\/p>\n