Episode 9- 'Sweet Baby James' with Bruce Carroll

Published: March 31, 2017, 4:29 p.m.

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Grammy and Dove Award winner Bruce Carroll joins Mike to chat about \'Sweet Baby James\', the breakthrough album from American singer-songwriter James Taylor.\\xa0

Bruce looks back on discovering Taylor\'s music in the early 1970\'s and the effect it had on him and society as a whole at that time.

Who did James Taylor write the title track of \'Sweet Baby James\' for?

Which band does Mike cite as a potential influence on track \'Sunny Skies\'?

Why did \'Fire and Rain\' prompt Carole King to write \'You\'ve Got a Friend\' as a response to the song?

PLUS Mike shares an anecdote from his stag weekend at a Steel Panther show! It\'s all right here on Episode 9 of \'My Classic Album\'.

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Music Credit: \'This Is Rock\' by Silvia Marchese

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