James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (BBC In Concert, Nov 16, 1970)

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In this restored footage of "James Taylor In Concert," James performs his song "Sweet Baby James“ on the popular BBC series "In Concert" on November 16, 1970.
"In Concert" was produced by the ‪@BBC‬ in the early '70s and featured performances from legendary acts of the time. In November 1970, James was 22 years old and his second studio album "Sweet Baby James" had been released earlier that same year.
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LYRICS
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for summer, his pastures to change
And as the moon rises, he sits by his fire
Thinkin' about women and glasses of beer
Reclosing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft, but it's clear
As if maybe someone could hear
Goodnight, you moonlight ladies
Rockabye, sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams?
And rockabye, sweet baby James
Now, the first of December was covered with snow
So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frostin'
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go
There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
Song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me
So goodnight, you moonlight ladies
Rockabye, sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams?
And rockabye, sweet baby James
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@dangerus27 11 месяцев назад

This the song I sang every night to my baby boy at bedtime........Long before he could really speak, he could and would sing along with me.....Still brings me to tears.

@CatPatrol19D60 8 месяцев назад

I used to play/sing "Daddy's Baby" for the little girl who was to be my stepdaughter. She turned 43 October 29, 2023. I miss her.

@breakingitdownwithbrowne 8 месяцев назад

Since I was a boy ive wanted a son named James to sing this song to before bed every night. I pray every day for the pleasure

@horsehide3039 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, that brought a sweet picture to my mind

@BGK2223 7 месяцев назад

Me, too, with my boys!

@lucyk7653 3 месяца назад

My dad sang this to me at bed time too 🥰

@robertrichardson513 5 месяцев назад

I used to sing this song with all five of my daughters, when they were young. Years later, my first born surprised me by picking it for our father-daughter dance at her wedding. It was a great party.

@nancycali317 Месяц назад

I danced to it with my Dad at my wedding, too. He passed yesterday after a 5 year battle with dementia, which is what brought me to this video today. RIP, Daddy.

@bup3493 Год назад

My dad used to sing this song to me every night until I was 12 years old, it brings a tear to my eyes every time I listen to it. I just wish I could be little again…

@fenderfox5080 Год назад

I always thought this song was about me lol, as a kid not knowing much about music it was my own lullaby😂, another video I'm excited about. ❤

@strangescience3414 8 месяцев назад

❤ No its for my baby girl😄only 😤

@Eric-zk2hu Год назад

Fascinating, James Taylor still sounds great after all these years but to hear him in his prime in a good recording just him and the acoustic guitar, wow.

@cosmicgirl1116 Год назад

This concert took place on my 15th birthday. My beloved youngest brother Bruce just passed away on March 11th, 2023. Same date as my former husband, March 11th, 2018. It was three days before Bruce's birthday (March 14th). I posted this song in loving memory for him. Thank you James Taylor and God bless you! 🙏😇💙

@mollyhall2954 Год назад

Condolences. Music has helped with every loss in my own long life, too. I didn't see James Taylor until a few years ago, and he has only improved with age. Bless you.

@cosmicgirl1116 Год назад

@@mollyhall2954 I've been listening to James Taylor's smooth voice for 50 years. He is soothing the pain. Thanks my dear and bless you too! ❤️

@cathylemay2215 Год назад

Oh wow...I would have been 8...but we have the same birthday.

@followyourbliss973 Год назад

Bruce and I have the same birthday!

@petergriffiths2914 9 месяцев назад

He was the there for me at the most painful moment in my life. I played this album to death. Thanks James.x

@fenderfox5080 Год назад

Man this is such gold, the way you play the guitar with the bass root notes is just astonishing to me. I've been playing guitar for 24 years, finger picking is one of the things I've always tried so hard at but can never seem to get down as well as you can lol. You are by far the best singer songwriter in history in my opinion, i think all other guitar players would agree. Your music will never grow old my friend❤

@WISTERIAHALLOFFICIAL Год назад

Well said, underrated guitar player

@darkdolores1 5 месяцев назад

I had forgotten the unique quality of his voice: piercingly pure and melodic with perfect diction. You can always hear every word. Wonderful.

@karaDee2363 3 месяца назад

Since I was born and raised in Massachusetts, I feel like James is a treasure and honored to have him live in my great state ❤

@davelow7586 Год назад

An undying classic. Will stay with us until the end of time. ❤

@valentino3191 Год назад

My Father named me James after this song and James Taylor who was his favorite musician. He was a musician also and used to play and sing it to me when I was really little. Love you Pop, may you rest in peace. 🙏 💜

@DJPTEXAS 2 месяца назад

🙏

@neilpiper9889 11 месяцев назад

The BBC had wonderful sound recordists

@jumschess 10 месяцев назад

My dad used to play and sing this song on guitar when I was younger. My name is James so this song and those moments hold a special moment in my heart

@horsehide3039 8 месяцев назад

Good on ya, James

@dougpeters1625 3 месяца назад

is James even capable of singing a wrong note? He's so pure its uncanny

@lisagz2655 Год назад

I can't wait until June to see you at Summerfest. I will be bringing my Sweet Baby James who is my great nephew and 10 years old as my date. He has heard about you for years and I bought your book Sweet Baby James for him as a special treasure. We are PUMPED and ready to spend the evening with you and Sheryl Crow.🙂💜

@peacethrutruth2843 Год назад

I was graduating from High School in 1970. My roommate in college had your album(s) and we would listen to them on her automatic record player. Great to hear you in concert at BBC in 1970!

@oppyrich Год назад

I graduated in 1970, too!

@peacethrutruth2843 Год назад

@@oppyrich Awesome!!

@susancoffey9632 Год назад

It was awesome how James had wide admiration. Cool kids, awkward kids, nice kids, tough kids, girls, boys. You got it sweet baby James!

@brianna3785 Год назад

My dad always sung this to me to get me to sleep as a baby. It still works haha, this song is a special one

@robw8173 5 месяцев назад

What a voice 🎶

@calliekitty1588 Год назад

Love JT. He is the best! Have seen him many times. Actually met him in person twice. Such a nice man.

@michaelreeve9979 Год назад

Love this song ... and James' voice

@andrewmueller1550 3 месяца назад

They will never make music like this anymore.

@MCW1955 Год назад

I too had hair like that in the 70’s. And now James and myself look about the same.

@bxb590 7 месяцев назад

Don't we all?

@ruthdixon7807 9 месяцев назад

the most perfectly sensitive singer-songwriter album of it's time.

@ronaldonunes9316 Год назад

James sempre James!! É um prazer ouvi lo..😎😍👏👏👏🇧🇷

@betheenjohnson2573 Год назад

Love this song and James Taylor❤

@timmyteaching 6 месяцев назад

Spent a good deal of time on the Vineyard in the past. Saw Livingston several times in concert in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs and ate at the other brother's restaurant up on Gay Head, but alas no James. Oh, well. love James and the whole clan.

@paulrevelli Год назад

Man, now THAT is an acoustic guitar sound to die for! He's the only one that gets it too.

@javiermoraguncay6102 Год назад

Solo necesitó su guitarra y voz. Grande señor James Taylor.

@billbrimmer1739 Год назад

A superlative rendition of his classic.

@timhoheisel8939 Год назад

Well, this is sublime.

@julianalorena8846 Год назад

Devolve meu coração James! Não consigo aceitar que nunca assistirei um show😢

@inkajessy8640 Год назад

Love this song since my high school days!! Always brings back good memories to me💐

@lynnrinaldo6795 3 месяца назад

I love you sweet baby James.🤗😇

@ricksmith6298 Год назад

I actually drove from Stockbridge to Boston singing this.

@bluenoser1567 Год назад

I feel like a teenager as I listen to this and remember how amazing the times were when Peace in the world was the goal and innocence was so widespread unlike today with the hate and division. Thanks for the great memory's

@denisehedden5108 Год назад

🥀Beautiful song I've always loved his song's and sence of humor. Unique vocals are strong but soothing that's a true artist no doubt 🥀☝️🥀✌

@lornestein7248 Год назад

Just imagine performing this same song for 53+ years. To push aside your own interests in performing other material, just to satisfy your fans known song request preferences. Could not have been easy for JT.

@yeslets6049 Год назад

He takes me with me as he tells his story. Wonderful thing to experience.

@bernardobonino4656 6 месяцев назад

My Big brother came to be a guitar player because of You James, thank You! You are the one!

@eeperton 23 часа назад

Every time I hear this song, it's like I'm hearing it for the first time back when I went on a road trip with my dad in the snowy mountains. There is nothing like listening to James Taylor.

@richardlynch5632 Год назад

😎👍❤🖖 Love Brother

@donutarmageddon7975 2 месяца назад

My son was born in 1983 & this was his "baby song", the lullaby I chose to calm him & sing him to sleep. It worked a charm. I'd loved it since first hearing, still a child myself (ok, a big one), but the meaning shifted & deepened. Now I can't hear it without tearing up. So many other great ones, too. JT is a National Treasure.

@jlaird3 2 месяца назад

My auntie told me how she used to sing this song to put me to sleep when I was a baby too

@고소미-n9s 8 месяцев назад

1983년 도쿄에 유학할때 브라질 유학생 브라울리오로 부터 테잎을 빌려 이 노래를 듣고 반했습니다. 비자 갱신을 위해 서울에 오고 나서 앨리스와 결혼해서 미국으로 떠난 그는 지금 어디서 무얼하고 있을까. 이 노래를 들으며 회상해 봅니다. 18세 내 청춘을😊

@roxannekabotsky2997 Год назад

It's a classic. Sure miss some of the 70s.

@thevictoryoverhimself7298 11 месяцев назад

The first 18 months lol.

@alanjohnston2743 Год назад

Fantastic 😊😊

@AvtarSingh-kf9tk Год назад

James is awesome singer song writer. This is my all time favorite song + Paul Simon's America. I saw James live in down town Auckland NZ in the 80's. Love from Malaysia

@nbenefiel Год назад

I named my son after this song in 1990. The family thinks he was named after his uncle, but he wasn’t.

@justpassinthru2775 24 дня назад

I bought the Sweet Baby James album way back in 1970...on the strength of the single 'Fire and Rain'. Straightaway this title track totally blew me away back then and continues to do so, ever since, 54 years later. There's just something utterly captivating and very moving about it. For me it's in the same league as Cat Stevens' 'The Wind' that came out at a similar time in history. ....and Paul Simon's 'Leaves that are green'.

@taehyunaa Год назад

Isso é tão bom 😊🎶

@cindyduran4236 Год назад

Just make me so happy listen to James! Excellent!😊

@rev.ericlinder8264 11 месяцев назад

Another classic from 1970... I was a month and 5 days old during this performance. Hadn't heard it till much later. 1970 had a ton of classic albumns... Beatles let it be... The Grateful dead had workingmans dead..and American Beauty..and Cat Steven's had an album out too.. but I love this classic by James Taylor.

@barryandreev8333 26 дней назад

ABC also had a concert series on Friday nights, early 1970s, after the 11:00 local news, same?

@jeddyhi Месяц назад

Written for his newborn nephew, James, named after him. He came up with it while driving through Carolina to meet his infant nephew for the first time.

@nyronut 11 месяцев назад

so soothing

@NickRoman 18 дней назад

Tulip brought me here. I wonder how many people will know what that means.

@oswaldocotiabarreto6516 Год назад

Que música linda!!!

@fulopsandor4194 2 месяца назад

Like it if you read about the song in Joe Dispenza's book and that's why you're here!😅😊

@chainedmindsasylum 8 месяцев назад

Absolute treasure!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🌈💐🌹🌼🥀🌷🌸🌻💐🌺🏵️🌹🥀💐

@kirstenmcghie8458 3 месяца назад

I was 38 weeks pregnant and still didnt have a name picked out for my baby, I was listening to this beautiful song that my Dad used to play for me on the guitar, he'd play it only to me, although I had 3 brothers, I decided that this baby would be my sweet baby James, and he was, and is, I have sung this song to him at bedtime for the last 10 years

@CristobalGrungeUC Месяц назад

Now reading The Last Patient (The analyst 3) where this song is mentioned

@richardbmcgee4938 Год назад

Just the way I remember hearing it in the 70s. Solid, all the way through.

@ryanjriveraph Год назад

I hope you can also upload " You've got a friend" from this session if included❤

@SterlingRe Год назад

The Beatles heard him sing something in the way she moves and loved it. The rest is history.

@ReneeKadlubek 15 дней назад

Suite. What's next for Renee PhD, JD?

@musikgoroofficial8042 Год назад

The best that i always repeat time to time...Good to hear

@starpartyguy5605 Год назад

I listen to James Taylor and look at my beagle named Hunter curled up in his bed. And all is right with the world.

@leeclarke8993 Год назад

You’ve insured me during the tough times. ThankYou so much.

@markthompson4804 2 месяца назад

Classic James Taylor He is an American Treasure!!

@alessandrobrenna9111 Год назад

My parents get engaged and kissed for the first time at James' Taylor concert in Italy. Thank you James.

@onefoot7 Год назад

I'm assuming this was before you were born

@terrancearnold8530 Год назад

The Best Song James ever wrote Played and sung. Period.

@Billsingsong Год назад

Best music era

@mikewood8561 Год назад

He is so underrated. He is a musical genius and has been since he was young. His own style of picking, it's brilliant. Even today he's still singing and playing and sounds as good if not better than this. People should really look at him Plat and listen. They'll never be another who can play like this and create such beautiful songs.

@averycardosia2486 Год назад

Definitely not underrated. He’s James Taylor!

@maricogan2903 Месяц назад

1970 was my senior year in high school. My family lived on Andrew’s Air Force Base just outside of Washington DC. What an exciting time that was. In 1971. I was a student at St. George’s community college and musicians toured college campuses . I met Livingston Taylor and spent some time with him. Unfortunately, that was the 1970s and I don’t remember a lot of it… What can I say?

@diegorodriguez4226 8 месяцев назад

Que dices!!! Es el mejor

@terset9912 7 месяцев назад

yes, , as a radio dj once announced, just before playing one of JT's songs : " the man who put Frank Sinatra out of business", lol....I love this period...the Beatles had just broken up, but we still had all of this great music to enrich our lives ! Than you James !

@michaelmarks8954 5 месяцев назад

Brings me back to sitting in our line shack waiting for our birds to return from supporting the ground troops. 71~72 Binh Thuy, RVN.🇺🇸

@Killahboot Год назад

The absolute magic is in the second verse.... "" Now, the first of December was covered with snow So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston- Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting With ten miles behind me..... And ten thousand more to go.................. "

@joaocarlossomma1334 Месяц назад

I was born in this day

@hmackie6823 5 месяцев назад

I am no where near the singer

@jdrew0 10 месяцев назад

Amazing voice and talent

@cheriebaines8398 Год назад

Upon hearing this song I was inspired to write a lullaby to my granddaughter, Rosie. "Goodnight Sweet Baby Rose” sung to the tune of “Sweet Baby James” by James Taylor written by Rosie’s Grandma Cherie on September 11, 2015 Good night our moonbeam lady, Sweet dreams to dear Baby Rose, Your day is complete and now you must sleep, Goodnight our Sweet Baby Rose! Here come the angels to guide you, To Lullaby Land you now go, In the morning you’ll wake, and again our hearts take, But for now goodnight Baby Rose! Through midnight you’ll dream of your loved ones, Those who live for your smile, But for now goodnight sweet Rosie, Please go to sleep for awhile! Away you will soar to the heavens, On Soft breezes o’er clouds you will fly, To visit the stars and the moon in your dreams, Good night with this soft lullaby! You are so dear in your sweet crib, The sight brings tears to my eye, I sing to you now a grandmother’s song, While dreams steal you away where you lie. So goodnight our moonbeam lady, Sweet dreams to dear Baby Rose, Close your sapphire blues and Sweet dreams to you, Goodnight to Rosalind Eve! Sweet dreams dear Baby Rose!

@CatPatrol19D60 8 месяцев назад

I remember in a concert at Lincoln Center, NYC, I believe 1972 or 1973, James Taylor performed "Making Whoopee" to celebrate his marriage to Carly Simon. I and a lady friend really enjoyed his rendition. I wish you/he would place it on RU-vid. It would sure gladden this old heart with memories or better times behind.

@colemant6845 5 месяцев назад

The Purist Ballad singer of all time. The Purist Voice of all time. NONE (Globally) have come behind Him that can compare.

@Jimsathome Год назад

Superb

@erinkelly1234 Год назад

great song

@rxw5520 11 месяцев назад

I hope he goes on tour unaccompanied like this once more. He’s got a lot of band mates I’m sure he thinks about, but I think it’s the purest way to do these songs. He played a couple songs unaccompanied on his 2004 tour with the Dixie chicks (before they came on stage) and it was easily my favorite of the four times I’ve seen him.

@nbenefiel 5 месяцев назад

My husband thinks my son was names after his brother, but he was really named after this song.