The first definitive biography of singer-songwriter James Taylor, written with the full co-operation of Taylor and his family, numerous friends and musical associates.
Taylor emerged in the late Sixties, a protégé of Paul McCartney, and became a global superstar. He hit the charts with 'Fire And Rain', 'You've Got A Friend', 'Carolina On My Mind' and 'Handy Man'. His career was given a further boost by his high profile marriage to singer Carly Simon and he retains a huge cult following world-wide which, on his last visit to the UK two years ago, sold out the Albert Hall.
Timothy White's "warts and all" biography explores Taylor's Scottish ancestry and family history of shipbuilders and pioneering American settlers. It pulls no punches about Taylor's heroin addiction, the failure of his marriage to Carly Simon and numerous disputes with Warner Brothers, his record label for the most prolific part of his career.
