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There’s a lot to learn from hits like Sweet Baby James

His voice has been described as a warm fireplace, a pair of your favorite slippers and an amaretto bubble bath -says Jaime Babbitt

He could have easily been a tragic figure, but James Taylor found his voice and his place in the world -says Jaime Babbitt.

Nothing can prepare a young singer for those epochal moments when they realize that they just heard an artist that will change their life and its trajectory.

These moments hit out of the blue and hit hard; it feels like the climate right before a tornado warning: an eerie quiet descends, and time feels like it’s standing still for just a moment.

I imagine many of you who have experienced this may know exactly where you were, the song, the day, perhaps even what you were wearing.

When Did You First Hear That Voice?

James Taylor was the second artist/vocalist I felt this way about. I was in fifth grade. (The Jackson Five, with Michael singing ‘ABC’ came first.)

When “You’ve Got a Friend” came over the radio waves inside my parents’ 1964 Chevy Imp

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