Livingston Taylor - In The Shadow of James Taylor (6 of 10)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- An exclusive series of Living Legends Music interviews with Livingston Taylor. Part 6 of 10. Recorded on January 12th, 2008 in Vero Beach, FL.
Livingston Taylor's official website: www.livtaylor.com
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I totally believe that he's perfectly happy with his career and profession. I saw him in concert in Utah in the 90s and he was wonderful. I think he enjoys the intimacy of a smaller audience and the fact that he able to mingle among his fans without the awkwardness of uber fame.
Cool interview. It can't be easy being the brother of a living legend but Livingston is very talented in his own right. I've seen him a bunch of times live and had the chance to meet him once or twice. Great music, great guy.
Livingston was a memorable opening act for Linda Ronstadt at an Aug. 11, 1978 concert at Centennial Hall on the campus of the U. of Toledo. My wife and I remember that his performance of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" had the packed house hushed by its jazzy beauty.
James has come to a venue in my town almost every summer since 1974. Such a funny and gracious man. All heart. (Pine Knob, Clarkston, Michigan.
An extremely articulate man!
i could listen to Livingston speak for hours! I just love this guy!!!!!
As great as listening to him speak is, listening to him sing is x10!
When you are being observed, you cannot observe.. Genius
Livingston Taylor is a fantastic guy ...and a fabulous genuine teacher and speaker ...a true love of music and performance ...a wonderful human being
He is another genius in the family.
Livingston Taylor living in the shadow of James? Livingston is the nicest most down to earth musician you could ever have the chance to meet. He is not living in anyone's shadow.
I love his honesty.
Liv's a treasure in his own right. A great musician and raconteur
I'd love to hang out with Livingston for a few days.
Lovely gratitude! Thank you Livingston!
"I love my anonymity."
"God damn, I love to write!"
♥️
What a smart, insightful man
Big fan of Livingston Taylor. He sounds happy, and like a person who knows EXACTLY what he wants, and knows how to get it, and maintain it. James Taylor is one of my all time favorite artists, and I am fortunate to have grown up with both of these wonderful artists.
Well said brother! James is unbelievable! I heard you play guitar and sing with him. You have great talent as well. Nice to meet you.
This guy is awesome. I felt the same way about fame back when my sister was trying to "make it big". The industry was built to chew people up and spit them out. Only a select few survive fame with their sanity intact.
Great to see, bond still there..! Good for them!!!😍🙏🏽👍🏽blessings
This came across as a beautiful expression of brotherly love. I rate his songs, and James's too.
Liv is not only a fine writer and player - he's one of those poets who can really teach and we'd all do well to listen in once in awhile.
A fascinating man!
Thoughtful, interesting. High energy and passion shouldn't be confused with insanity, and the man is a performer. I don't agree with all he says, but it takes a grounded, empathic person to feel happiness for a loved one's joy and sadness for another's pain. He's done well for growing up in an alcoholic family.
one of the most sane guys I know
I lived just outside of Aspen, CO, for a year, and met many, many extremely successful people. I only met one couple in all that time that seemed at all happy, even sane. It left me eternally grateful that I wasn't one of them.
This guy writes some great songs....and does a very entertaining show. I saw him, about 30 years ago, at Blues Alley in Georgetown.
Livingston...we love listening to you ,my daughter Clare thinks your awesome ..and she is only 11 years old
NOT AT ALL who I thought he would be. Extremely impressed. I figured he would be a limp, sad man living in light of his famous brother. This guy seems like the successful one.
I love Liv, I go see him more than I do James. I hope to see him in Blowing Rock, NC this Spring. He is a great man just to sit and talk to. Get to the show early and he'll be happy to spend a few minutes with a fan.
Used to run with Liv in Weston. Great guy.
What a beautiful man.
I saw Livingston one night in east Tn at a club called down home. I wasn't in the club but heading home from a second shift job.as I came to a red light their was a guy standing on the corner smoking a ciggarette. I thought, I know this guy from somewhere, so I circled back and the man was gone.. then I looked up at the lights to see who was playing and I said why HELL fire that's why I thought I knew him! He looked just like James standing there. I hear he hangs around Jonesboro tn during storytelling,, but I never saw him their..
His "Liv" album is my favorite of all time. I can listen to it over and over and over.
i totally understand that he doesn't envy his brothers fame. not everybody has the same ambitions. he seems content and he certainly knows how to tell a good story
I used to gather with friends from Evanston to come to see you at Amazing Grace and we loved you as we still do! Thank you for this video. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Hope life is good!
I heard a song the other day that I thot was being sung by a James Taylor...turns out it was Livingston! Gosh they sound alike!
What a talented family and now Ben following in the Taylor foot steps
Thanks for the tip - he's qualified and we'll add him to the roster - we'll try for an interview when possible as well. Thanks for helping us seek these legends out -
Cheers!
Greg
Well said, Livingston.
Fantastic!
fame and wealth warp reality
I'm like him, I could not tolerate fame.
Some love the spotlight, some don't.
I would suggest you view the rest of the series - btw, for an artist to be included in the LLM catalog a new release within the past five years is required. Liv does over 100 dates a year and has 16 studio CDs released like clockwork throughout his career. The newest (2005) "There You Are Again" is a great listen! He's sharing it - are you listening?
Liv is hardly anonymous. I would think the majority of James' fans know who Liv is and have at least heard him sing. He has also sung with James and appeared on an album or two. James has also covered some of his songs.
I have wondered how Livingston deals with James' success, especially given that he and James are both singer/songwriters. I think, as much I would love my brother, I would have a hard time with it. It's interesting that Livingston starts out stating that he would not want James's fame. But then, later in the video he says this: "As painful as it is sometimes, nothing is better for you than the success of people you know and love. Even when their success is painful for you..because you wanted it too in one form or another...Success of people you know is always good news." I'm guessing he and James have a somewhat complex relationship. I'd love to see them interviewed together.
I'm sure it's a complex better and that there's a fair amount of ambivalence.
Liv doesn't care
❤❤❤❤❤❤ It's refreshing to love "You!"
Yes it is and yes we are.
Brilliant
I always liked his singing better :)
So right!
I think maybe he’s overestimating how many well-adjusted people happy with their lives there are.
Well, this was 2008…
Steve Vai is pretty legendary could you do one of these on him?
Great series, by the way. Watched it on Joe Satchriani good stuff!
Pretty dramatic intro music for this interview.
It seems livingston might be another songwriter like Dennis Linde who has written some great great stuff but appeared rarely out in public.
bravo! è giusto
Yeah, I'm sure he wouldn't have turned fame down!
:D:D:D great man :D
Aw shucks is he for real 🤪
Bwahahahaha🤣🤣🤣
I found my male doppelgänger!😂 I don’t want ppl messing me either!! Esp nowadays!!
You and AmericanDawei seem to be cut from the same cloth. In case you didn't get that, it wasn't a complement.
Dude, have you seen my toothbrush? Where's my toothbrush?
Oh, man...
I have to say the obvious...Dr Livingston I presume?
Oh I Get it Mr. Livingston is certifiable. What corporation is he running? Just saying, & just asking ? 😳😉 um , um, um, were observing you now sir !. Sounds kinda strange. Painful. 😳
Interesting take on his behavior, hard to tell. But I see what you mean as he seems a bit manic and kind of stressed out actually. On Wikipedia there is no info about a wife or partner, usually no info, is code...
He was married for 25 years to Maggie and then married to Gail in 2015.
3 to 5 trailers of equipment?
All I care about is that 1 guitar and that 1 voice
forget the band - not needed to please me.
James had hit songs and Livingston didn’t.
Why do you have such a problem with the his being happy with who he is? Not everyone is dissatisfied with his life. Maybe you're the one who is completely nuts. Liv seems to be very well adjusted. You, on the other hand, do not.
I'm curious to know where you earned your doctorate in human psychology. My guess is that you graduated towards the top, if not the top, of your class. That must be the case since your able to asses someones psychological health just from viewing a short video. Most doctors require at least 6 to 8 hours of in person interviews and testing to uncover the more common psychiatric disorders. From what university did you graduate?
You sure about that?
Not the happiest soul.
James went bald and was stressed out
Hmmmmm. . .
@fingerpickups sums it up for me to! Pure bullshit!
Ok Mister Taylor, time for your meds
This is the sort of person I avoid - as though every word was so difficult to deliver and everything is so very serious. Lighten up, dude. Take the metal rod out of your personality.
He's very interesting, if a tad verbose.
sounds like a resentful sibling
I bought a Livingston Taylor Album...it sucked.........
hes one angry guy
A rich privileged person whining about fame???