This lullaby is one of Taylor’s finest: warm, innocent, and sweet. Most important to our sound are the spot-on lead vocals by frontman Bill Griese. James Taylor / Sweet Baby James (Warner Bros.7599-2718 3-2 ) CD Album. Sweet Baby James Album by James Taylor 11 songs - 2008. "Suite For 20 G" has always been my favorite song from this album....really. Stream songs including "Sweet Baby James (2019 Remaster)", "Lo and Behold (2019 Remaster)" and more. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2020. There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range, His horse and his cattle are his only companions. CAPO 1 C G F Em There is a young cowboy, he … Please try again. "Sweet Baby James" is a song written and recorded by James Taylor that serves as the opening and title track from his 1970 breakthrough album Sweet Baby James. Chords ratings, diagrams and lyrics. Some copies of the album also feature "Hi, James" and "That's All Folks" etched into the inner dead wax on sides 1 and 2, respectively. Unable to add item to List. There's a problem loading this menu right now. [6], Reviewing for Rolling Stone in 1970, Gary von Tersch observed in the music "echoes of the Band, the Byrds, country Dylan and folksified Dion", which Taylor manages to negotiate into a "very listenable record that is all his own". This was actually James second album though I've always considered it his best next to Mud Slide Slim, later albums gradually moved closer to the jazz scene where he is now. James Taylor (2) ‎– Sweet Baby James Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– 1843-2, Warner Bros. Records ‎– 01843-2, Warner Bros. Records ‎– 246 043 It sounds alright, but a bit brite and not as folky as I remembered the LP being, Still, I can enjoy it, bringing back a lot of old times. Rock-a-bye sweet baby James Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose Won't you let me go down in my dreams And rock-a-bye sweet baby James Now the first of December was covered with snow And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston Lord, the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting "Sweet Baby James" follows the cowboy song tradition of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers -- a waltz-time shuffle, with plaintive pedal steel, piano, acoustic guitar, brushed drums, and subtle bass. Maybe not as great an album as his current disc, "Before this World", which I also reviewed for Amazon, but a 'must have' to any James Taylor collection. Nonetheless, it is one of his best-known and most popular tunes. 1 offer from $139.99. My stepmother and I have been James Taylor fans ever since we first heard his music. [2], The album, produced by Peter Asher, was recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, between December 8 and 17, 1969 at a cost of only $7,600 (US$52,986 in 2019 dollars[3]) out of a budget of $20,000. Customers who bought this item also bought. James Taylor / Sweet Baby James (Warner Bros.7599-2718 3-2 ) CD Album. "Fire and Rain" stands as the quintessential early Taylor … Sign in to check out Check out as guest . It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. I love James Taylor! This was just last year and he still sounds good! Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Listen free to James Taylor – Sweet Baby James (Sweet Baby James, Lo and Behold and more). I highly reccommend this album to students and lovers of late 60s early 70s music. Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James Lyrics. I highly recommend it if you like"old" James Taylor. 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