Still Goin' Strong

Wow! It's been well over a year since I have blogged anywhere... I'm wondering if I can still do this? Yes, I'm still goin' strong, but this blog post is not about me. It's about a couple of "old friends." As I was listening to the Today show this morning, I heard them say James Taylor and Carole King were going to be singing later. So I hit "record" on my way out the door, and when I got home this evening, I settled in to weed through all the other stuff, looking forward to seeing these two great musicians... and I wasn't disappointed.

I've been listening to King and Taylor as long as I can remember. My mom had Carole King's "Tapestry" album (yes, vinyl, and I probably still have it), and I listened to it over and over again as an adolescent. I could sing all the songs by heart, well, at least on one side. As often happened with albums, I listened primarily to one side. But enough about that. James Taylor and Carole King are about to embark on tour together. The tour will start in Australia in March, and they'll be back in the US in May. The tour is called "The Troubadour Tour" after a club in Los Angeles where they first played together in 1970. For tour info, check out http://www.james-taylor.com/tour/ . You can find ticket info at http://www.jamestaylorcaroleking.com/ .

James and Carole were great on the Today show. They did two numbers, Taylor's "Something in the Way She Moves" (my favorite James Taylor song) with King singing back up, and later they sang King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" with Taylor doing the backing. They sound amazing, at 61 and 67. They are slated to do Letterman tonight.

I rather like the fact that artists that I've listened to for years are still touring... or touring again. I had the opportunity to see Cheap Trick, Poison, and Def Leppard last August, and they were all awesome. I guess it's true what they say... 70 is the new 50. Rock on, dudes!