We've seen them at MerleFest and at their COVID drive in concert at the Speedway in Charlotte. I really, really want to see them at Red Rocks someday. Them and DMB.

Laffy Kat

(16,779 posts)

60. You know, I've lived in Colorado since '81 and that was my first time at Red Rocks.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:33 AM

Aug 19

It exceeded my expectations. The group and the ambiance complemented each other perfectly.

hlthe2b

(111,464 posts)

5. Well, I love James Taylor as well, but for me, John Denver.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:04 PM

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debm55

(51,000 posts)

13. I love John Denver. One of my favorites of his was Sunshine on my Shoulders. RIP John.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:53 PM

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Permanut

(7,573 posts)

6. Cass Elliot..

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:08 PM

Aug 18

We lost her too soon.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

14. I agree. Loved her with the group and solo. RIP Cass

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:54 PM

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CTyankee

(67,111 posts)

63. She had the sweetestt voice. Her death was just so tragic!

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 12:58 PM

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debm55

(51,000 posts)

64. Agree. Thank you CTyankee.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 01:00 PM

Aug 19

Grim Chieftain

(638 posts)

7. John Denver

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:20 PM

Aug 18

I absolutely love him. His music always spoke to me, beautiful, heartfelt and gently uplifting. Such a tragedy he left us far too soon.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

15. I loved his music too. The state of WV about an hour drive from me, has as their state song "Take Me Home, Country

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:59 PM

Aug 18

Roads. I believe it is on the license plates also .RIP John.

Grim Chieftain

(638 posts)

18. You won't believe this

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:06 PM

Aug 18

My dad owned a funeral home in WV, and he always chuckled that the license plate on the hearse said "Almost Heaven"..

debm55

(51,000 posts)

22. That's funny. Around , here is western PA. they play a lot of tourist ads for WV, Guess what song they play in the

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:28 PM

Aug 18

background.?

Grim Chieftain

(638 posts)

23. Wonderful part of the country.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:33 PM

Aug 18

You're lucky to live surrounded by so much natural beauty.

Dulcinea

(9,192 posts)

11. Gordon Lightfoot. nt

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 02:50 PM

Aug 18

debm55

(51,000 posts)

16. Agree with you Dulcinea. RIP Gordon.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:01 PM

Aug 18

Ritabert

(1,668 posts)

54. Me too. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" or

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:50 AM

Aug 19

..."If You Could Read My Mind" are my favorites.

Mister Ed

(6,691 posts)

17. Leonard Cohen. n/t

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:02 PM

Aug 18

debm55

(51,000 posts)

20. Thank you very much. Mister Ed

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:12 PM

Aug 18

Coventina

(28,742 posts)

19. Olivia Newton John

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:10 PM

Aug 18

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debm55

(51,000 posts)

21. Thank you , Coventina. I miss the mellow sound of her voice.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:13 PM

Aug 18

ProfessorGAC

(74,600 posts)

24. You Picked A Good One

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:15 PM

Aug 18

I'll add AL Stewart, Cat Stephen's, & Joni.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

50. Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC , Your selection is wonderful.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:36 AM

Aug 19

TommieMommy

(2,387 posts)

25. Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bee Gees, Elton John and John Denver

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:17 PM

Aug 18

debm55

(51,000 posts)

51. Thank you very much, TommieMommy. Great selections.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:38 AM

Aug 19

shelshaw

(659 posts)

26. Neil Diamond

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:18 PM

Aug 18

debm55

(51,000 posts)

47. I love Neil Diamond. His songs are ageless.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:08 AM

Aug 19

JBTaurus83

(685 posts)

27. Tori Amos

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:24 PM

Aug 18

debm55

(51,000 posts)

46. Thank you very much for sharing with us, JBTaurus83.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:07 AM

Aug 19

iscooterliberally

(3,132 posts)

28. James Taylor would be my favorite as well.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:31 PM

Aug 18

I used to play in metal bands back in the 80s. It was pretty funny how many shredder guitarists loved James Taylor as well. I'm going to add Jim Croce to this since no one else has named him yet. I had most of his songs memorized as a kid. I had his greatest hits album in the early seventies.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

45. Thank you very much, iscooterliberally. I agree with Jim Croce.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:06 AM

Aug 19

SamKnause

(14,452 posts)

29. Mark Knopfler.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:47 PM

Aug 18

debm55

(51,000 posts)

44. Thank you, very much SamKnause. The Sulton of Swing. HAHAHA.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:04 AM

Aug 19

Morbius

(676 posts)

30. Check out Eilen Jewell.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 06:20 PM

Aug 18

I don't know if I'd call her soft rock, but I definitely wouldn't call Leonard Cohen soft rock and someone mentioned him. She's amazing, though.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

43. I will Morbius and I thank you for your recommendation.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:58 AM

Aug 19

Native

(7,256 posts)

31. Mine is Taylor too! And my favorite album of his is Hourglass.

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 06:42 PM

Aug 18

debm55

(51,000 posts)

42. Thank you very much, Native.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:57 AM

Aug 19

Trailrider1951

(3,536 posts)

32. In addition to all the other great suggestions, I'd like to name Paul Simon

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 08:28 PM

Aug 18

I've been a fan of his since the Garfunkel days.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

41. Thank you, Trailrider1951, for your great selection.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:56 AM

Aug 19

Polybius

(20,910 posts)

33. Nirvana

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 09:13 PM

Aug 18

As you can probably tell by my avatar.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

40. HAHA, Thank you very much, Polybius.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:55 AM

Aug 19

LogDog75

(879 posts)

34. A couple of names

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Mon Aug 18, 2025, 10:59 PM

Aug 18

The Beatles
The Carpenters
Bobby Goldsboro
The Kingston Trio
The Association

debm55

(51,000 posts)

39. Thank you very much, LogDog75 for your selections.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:54 AM

Aug 19

oasis

(52,946 posts)

35. Billy Joel

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 02:33 AM

Aug 19

debm55

(51,000 posts)

38. Thank you very much, oasis. Yes, very mellow.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:53 AM

Aug 19

OldBaldy1701E

(9,132 posts)

36. The Eagles, pre-Walsh.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 08:52 AM

Aug 19

Not that they were not amazing after he joined, but their stuff was certainly more 'folk-oriented' before he came along.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

37. I agree. Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 09:52 AM

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Eugene

(66,410 posts)

48. The Moody Blues

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:26 AM

Aug 19

debm55

(51,000 posts)

65. So do I, Eugene. Especially. "Nights in White Satin" Thank you very much.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 02:41 PM

Aug 19

catbyte

(37,882 posts)

49. Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:34 AM

Aug 19

I loved Warren Zevon's twisted/subversive songs, lol.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

66. HAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you very much, catyte for your selections.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 02:43 PM

Aug 19

underpants

(193,217 posts)

53. Pretty much any 70's soft rock

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:46 AM

Aug 19

James Taylor played here maybe 15 (?) years ago. Great show. People were calling out songs. One I don’t think I was familiar with and James looked up towards whomever called it out and said, “We’re not playing that. There’s a dusty old soul up there”. We cracked up.

I’d read that during intermission he put on a hat and just sat down on the front of the stage. Not a lot of security needed at a James Taylor concert. With the age of the crowd, intermission means ever jumps up from their seats and heads to the bathrooms. Lots of movement. Since I knew that, my wife and I got to shake his hand.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

57. I have gone to three of his concerts.all with Carol King. Loved it. I agree the audience now is a little older. Thanks

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:56 AM

Aug 19

underpants.

underpants

(193,217 posts)

55. Fun fact: Jane's Taylor was the first non-British artist the Beatles signed to Apple Records

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:51 AM

Aug 19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor_(album)

Taylor recorded the album from July to October 1968 at Trident Studios, at the same time as the Beatles were recording the White Album.

debm55

(51,000 posts)

56. Thank you underpants. I remember that.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:53 AM

Aug 19

no_hypocrisy

(53,178 posts)

58. Two: John Prine and Lacy J. Dalton

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:04 AM

Aug 19

debm55

(51,000 posts)

59. Thank you very much, no_hypoctisy. Great selection.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:10 AM

Aug 19

chouchou

(2,392 posts)

61. Little river band. Especially "It's a long way there"

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 12:13 PM

Aug 19

debm55

(51,000 posts)

62. I remember them.chouchou. I liked their mellow sound.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 12:17 PM

Aug 19

justaprogressive

(5,526 posts)

67. Richard Thompson - Not your average picker

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 03:11 PM

Aug 19

Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-founded in 1967. After departing the group in 1971, Thompson released his debut solo album Henry the Human Fly in 1972. The next year, he formed a duo with his wife Linda Thompson, which produced six albums, including the critically acclaimed I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) and Shoot Out the Lights (1982). After the dissolution of the duo, Thompson revived his solo career with the release of Hand of Kindness in 1983. He has released eighteen solo studio albums. Three of his albums—Rumor and Sigh (1991), You? Me? Us? (1996), and Dream Attic (2010)—have been nominated for Grammy Awards,[4] while Still (2015) was his first UK Top Ten album. He continues to write and record new material and has frequently performed at venues throughout the world,

check these out!

debm55

(51,000 posts)

68. Thank you very much justaprogressive.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 03:13 PM

Aug 19

Paladin

(31,666 posts)

69. I heard James Taylor's "You Are My Only One" in the car, just now.

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 03:20 PM

Aug 19

Gorgeous song.

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