CD/DVD liner note from James – One Man Band (2007):
“It’s a strange reality of the modern popular song that the first time it’s played is when it’s recorded. Sometimes a song will be finished for deadline in the studio the day the thing is cast in stone forever. I know that songs and arrangements evolve and develop over time; that somewhere around the twentieth time it’s played for a live audience, a song finally completes itself. That, among other things, is what makes a good live recording unique. I’ve often thought that live performance means being well prepared and then waiting for the inevitable, unexpected thing to happen. We come onstage, well rehearsed and in good shape, and repeat what we have done before as best we can. But the real goal is to be in the present moment and on the surface of ourselves; open and trusting. Nobody wants to be perfect: that’s frozen, dead…It’s “be here now”, I guess…
Of course, Larry Goldings does more than just accompany me. His growing presence in the world of jazz is well acknowledged, both for his own recordings and live performances and as a member of a good number of team efforts. I tend to form musical (and personal) relationships with other players and then stick with them for years. Arnold McCuller and David Lasley have worked with me since the mid-‘70s and others nearly as long (Jimmy Johnson, Steve Gadd, Mike Landau, Kate Markowitz, Valerie Carter…)
After my great friend, producer and pianist Don Grolnick died in ’96, I performed with a number of excellent keyboard players. It was during the recording of my October Road album in ’02 that I worked with Larry. Russ Titelman had booked him to play on “Mean Old Man” along with Steve Gadd on drums, Jimmy Johnson on bass, Clifford Carter on synth, and the fine seven-string jazz guitarist, John Pizzarelli. This was an incredible band, and after hearing Larry Goldings’ solo on that song, first time through, he pinned it. That was our introduction and he’s been my first call ever since.
Then there’s the bus factor. You see, someone’s playing may be great, but what’s it going to be like spending 10 hours a day riding to the next gig with them for a couple of months? Larry’s Bus Factor is not a factor for he is a bus riding fool, for a fact.
Part of his talent is his ability to “split his hands.” Though not as painful as it sounds, it does require great focus and skill to play a melody/accompaniment with his right hand and, with his left hand, (often on another keyboard) play a distinct bass pattern. This Larry can do with effortless grace, and he has made this One Man Band show possible. He is a committed father, brother, and son, and I am in his debt. Larry Goldings is my One Man Band.” – James Taylor
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LYRICS
Country Road by James Taylor
Take to the highway
Won’t you lend me your name
Your way and my way
Seem to be one and the same
Mama don’t understand it
She wants to know where I’ve been
I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
To walk on the roads again
But you know I could feel it
Walking on a country road
Sail on home to Jesus
Won’t you good girls and boys
I’m all in pieces
You can have my choice
‘Cause I can see a heavenly band full of angels
Coming just to set me free
No, I don’t know nothing ’bout the why or when
But I can tell you that it’s bound to be
Just because I could feel it
Walking on a country railroad
Reckon my feet know where they want me to go
Walking on a country road
Walking on a dirt road
So take to the highway
Won’t you lend me your name
Your way and my way
Seem to be one and the same thing tonight
Mama don’t understand it
She wants to know where the boy’s been
I’d have to be some kind of natural born fool
To walk on that road again
But you know I could feel it
Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it
Walking on a country road
Walk on down
Walk on down
Walk on down
Walk on down a country road
La, la, la
Yeah, walk on down
I’ll be walking on a country road
See me walking down a country road
Oh, yeah
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