1557. James Taylor / “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” play along

[@markburnham7512]

Lee, thanks for staying with us through these last days of 23'. Certainly one of my most challenging years in 70. As you and Maureen have guided; we respond, we hang in and we persevere. And the true light continues to shine. I was around for the tech scare of Y2K. So overblown, and here we still are dealing with crisis after crisis and never losing sight of the true light. You are a gift for many of us.

[@markguynn7254]

Tommy Smothers had “Profiles in Courage” , and he and Dick placed their love of country above their self interest and fame! Real Americans . Thank you Tommy ! And thank you Leland too! . The Love You Make is Equal to the Love you Take!

[@barrywaples8150]

Evening Lee and all Greetings from Epping UK Cheers Barry 🎸

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Hello Barry! 👋✌️

[@m1nn1s]

Evening Barry, best regards to Epping.. Love from Andy, Whitstable ❤

[@barrywaples8150]

@@m1nn1s Good evening Whitstable

[@Mark_Brooks]

Good evening Epping, New Zealand, and Canada... the World!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

@@Mark_Brooks Greetings from Alberta, Canada! 🖐✌️

[@richardlynch5632]

I stood proudly with the Smothers Brothers and the way they opposed the war and their political views. Considered them as voices of the tribe I was part of. Tommys Guild is the reason there is one in the stable. Thanks Tommy. Rest in peace. 😎👍👍 😎✌👍❤🖖 Love Brother

[@erickorte2552]

As a Sax Player I still get emotional listening to Mike Brecker all these years after his passing.

[@Mark_Brooks]

He was the best.

[@danielmccann8325]

He just makes every song he plays on better. It's funny I go back and forth between the best pop sax solos, the one constant, they always seemed to be played by Michael.

[@powermetal26]

James Taylor was actually one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Seen him in Victoria, BC many years ago. Can't re-call if you were touring with him on that tour or not Lee, But excellent show.

[@sjengineeringservices8282]

Thank you Leland Superb as always All the best for the next year Steve North Wales

[@m1nn1s]

Croesu Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 💖☮️🙏

[@Mark_Brooks]

Cheers! Say hi to Rob Brydon and Alex Jones for me! 😃

[@FreedomRock44]

You are playing this guys bass lines so well........Ohhhhhhh Wait that is YOU.....Hahahahaha......LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[@michaelvaladez6570]

So.sad to.lose Tommy Smothers.a very special person. The SB comedy hour was the best.Good to hear that Maureen is on the mend and you back on the road again..! Happy New Year to yiu two and the Backyard boys!

[@slipperynoodle20]

One of my favorite JT songs. The song isn't attached to any personal event, but that's not required, is it? Those are some awesome waves hitting the West Coast. Tommy Smothers was fantastically funny and courageous. Love and Thanks❤👍❤👍

[@Mark_Brooks]

Mine too. Hi Tom.

[@slipperynoodle20]

@@Mark_Brooks Hi, Mark. Happy happy to you.

[@KittyCarlile-490]

Have a friend in Stinson Beach who's house got wiped out by ocean waves. Fortunately nobody was in the house at the time

[@artemisXsidecross]

@@KittyCarlile-490 The video from numerous places in California from the high tides should be a warning about what may be coming with temperatures above 1.5C ‘Scientists say that a global temperature rise beyond 1.5C above the preindustrial average will trigger catastrophic and irreversible impacts, from melting ice sheets to the collapse of ocean currents. Dec 14, 2023’ Reuters ‘2023 may end up as the first calendar year to average more than 1.5°C warmer than the preindustrial benchmark.Nov 9, 2023’ Data from Berkeley Earth ‘What does keeping to the 1.5C threshold mean? It means that by the year 2100, the world's average surface temperature will have risen to no more than 1.5C (2.7F) warmer than pre-industrial levels. The 1.5C threshold was the stretch target established in the Paris Agreement in 2015, a treaty in which 195 nations pledged to tackle climate change. The agreement aims to limit global warming to "well below" 2C by the end of the century, and "pursue efforts" to keep warming within the safer limit of 1.5C…’ BBC ‘NASA recently reported that the monthly global temperature in September 2023 was 1.7°C above the 1880-1899 period, which it uses as a benchmark for preindustrial climate. This is the first time a monthly temperature in the NASA database has exceeded the 1.5°C benchmark.Nov 9, 2023’ NASA

[@Mark_Brooks]

@@KittyCarlile-490 I saw the viral one, I think from Ventura County.

[@terenzo50]

Enjoy the New Year in the best of health, you and Maureen and your knuckleheads!

[@paulmarjoram2258]

Wishing you and all good people peace, happiness and the best of health. Thanks for the serenity Lee.🌈☮️🎼

[@marygiuranna6817]

Wishing the same to you...

[@barbiemckofka8700]

Lee, don't hear the chair anymore 😅 Thank you for James T. His music makes me calm❤ Take care ❣️ Be safe 😊

[@lavatar3562]

Today’s track relays a universal sentiment wrapped in a a simple song allowing MB to weave his magic through these Jazzy changes with the addition of Cadd9, JT’s signature cadence. As it’s New Year’s Eve here in South Australia I’d like to wish for World Peace in 2024 but failing that I’ll wish everyone Peace, Patience, Happiness and Understanding for their fellow citizens.

[@Mark_Brooks]

Cheers and good fortune to you.

[@lavatar3562]

@@Mark_Brooks Ditto and thanks for all the additional information you’ve provided this channel over the course of 2023.

[@lavatar3562]

@@hanspeterlillese2225 ditto 🥳✌️

[@lisamalone2647]

2000 my world turned upside down... OMGoodness! Happy New Year! 2024 🌎 ✌ ❤ 🎉 More Flowers 💐

[@glennsmusicchannel]

Good day Leland. Love this song. RIP Tommy

[@lisamoroney3036]

Wound up in the hospital-gettng the gallbladder out tomorrow….happy new year to me ! 😢 thanks for keeping me entertained!

[@m1nn1s]

Healing energy ⚡ to you 🙏 ☮️ Lisa✨⚡🙏💖🌟

[@Mark_Brooks]

Good vibes and energy to you!

[@slipperynoodle20]

If healing vibes were a thing, I'd send them. If they are a real thing, I never got the manual. So, get well soon.

[@kateconway-hickman5945]

Feel better and heal 🙏 ✨️

[@marygiuranna6817]

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[@artemisXsidecross]

It is always wonderful to have Leland play along with the song and see its structure. New Year’s Eve for us is buckle up and stay at home and complements our Christmas and Thanksgiving. ☮

[@Mark_Brooks]

Hi Artemis.

[@artemisXsidecross]

@@Mark_Brooks 👋

[@artemisXsidecross]

@@hanspeterlillese2225 I am feeling better, Just Plain Cross is better too but not fully recovered which is not unusual for someone with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. We both are near 80 years old but still operational if a bit slowed down. 😉

[@m1nn1s]

Evening Leland 💖 🧙‍♂️ healing energy ⚡ to Maureen and the boys 💖 🐾 🐾 .. (🎶 I'm never lonely with you and JT around !)💖 🤗

[@Mark_Brooks]

Hi Andy.

[@m1nn1s]

@@Mark_Brooks Hi Mark 💖🎷'Nam myoho renge kyo' to Michael Brecker 🎷 💖 ☮️ 🙏

[@suecorrigan]

Isn't that the truth! Hello, Andy!!! From across the big pond, on Cape Cod! ☘️🇮🇪🥰🎵🎸 Happy New Year! 🎉⛸️🥂🌟🎊🍾👏🥰

[@suecorrigan]

​@@Mark_BrooksHappy New Year, Mark!!! 🥂🌟🎊🍾👏🥰🎵

[@Mark_Brooks]

@@suecorrigan Hi Sue.

[@andrewsandoz8005]

Best wishes to you and Mo, may 24' be filled with goodness. Also that this world will move forward besides itself. Peace!

[@T10elC]

Happy New Year! I loved the Smothers Brothers show. Fun JT play-along.

[@paulmeszesan8970]

Leland, thanks for taking us down memory lane with JT, the Smothers Bros. were a big part of my childhood, and cheers to you and Maureen for a Happy 2024!

[@humblegeorge]

God Bless you Sir.The World is a better place with you in it :>) Cheers and Happy New Year.

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

Wonderful tune with a beautiful bass line. Thanks & take care.

[@davekrochenski]

for my fifty second birthday, i gift myself ten minutes with a music legend working a JT song as old as I. Listen to the stories, maybe learn some licks, talk weather and other useless stuff. Thanks for the sit in Leland!

[@kateconway-hickman5945]

Happy 🎂 Birthday!

[@m1nn1s]

Happy Birthday 🎂 Dave 💖☮️🙏🎶🌟✨

[@jstnxprsn]

Happy Anniversary of your Arrival.

[@lelandsklar6363]

Sending Birthday wishes 🎂

[@davekrochenski]

Thanks Leland!@@lelandsklar6363

[@michaelstusiak5902]

You are losing your mind......just like the rest of us. Happy new year to you and Maureen and the boys. Here's to better things in 2024.

[@doloresvelez3243]

Best wishes. ❤ ❤🙏

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Wow, Waddy and Streisand together. I never in a million years would imagine that combo. Kudos to Barbra for continuing to record!

[@jstnxprsn]

Jstn case you didn't see it yesterday, I really want to thank you again for doing my request, The Fuse. It made my New Year. Funny as I requested it so often, that I was about to stop, as I didn't want to be a pest. Thanks for upgrading the quality of my life this last year. All the best to you, Maureen and the boys as always. Have a great New Year. - Jstn

[@lelandsklar6363]

My pleasure!

[@StephanieFolsom-k3o]

Fantastic choice. I ❤ Call it a Loan

[@reinaldonoria8489]

​@@lelandsklar6363feliz año nuevo desde Uruguay 🇺🇾 saludos ❤

[@fhull9065]

Thank You!!!!

[@billcunningham8485]

Thank you for the Maureen update. Glad she is continuing on the healing path. Long haul but you and Maureen are doing it right. Happy and safe New Year. Safe and happy travels. Tell Lyle I said hello.

[@markguynn7254]

Peace !!!😊

[@timchalmers1700]

I've been binging on JT lately and have listened to all of those oldies but really goodies. But I really love Live from the Troubador with Carole King.

[@randytrummer7825]

Thanks for this play along Leland - it made a peaceful moment in an otherwise very tough week.

[@erickorte2552]

I was playing a NYE gig on Y2K. I was by a window at the stroke of midnight and seeing the traffic lights were working so we went ahead and played Auld Lang Syne! Being a Michigan guy I have many friends out in Pasedena. I live very close to Michigan Stadium so please take good care of our Wolverines!

[@buzzsmith8146]

Thanks, Leland.

[@user-pw1kh3sy5c]

Just wonderful! Thank you so much for all the nows and all the lovely memories.

[@epet513]

A session with Streisand! What a way to start the year. Maybe you can get a photo of her giving you the finger👍!

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

so gorgeous. First musical video I watched in 2024, and may be the best all year....

[@dallaswright9249]

Tommy was the best Leland an Maureen Happy new year to both of you love some JT congrats on all your movie and all your music coming up as always peace out Cincy

[@dannywoody5497]

Such an amazing tasty and beautiful bass lines sure make it easy on the rhythm section with those passing notes thrown in with ease incredible. Plus, it is a lovely song.

[@acousticshadow4032]

Lee, this number is a heart-melter; the perfect tune! Thank you! RIP, Tommy Smothers ❤

[@gumbercules1969]

This is one of my all-time fave JT songs and the bass on it is just a gem. Love you, Lee.

[@douglasdegraff8335]

James songs always brought me peace of mind, thank you Lealand. Doug

[@arcangel310]

¡¡ Wonderful !! Thanks for you art...

[@danhoskins305]

I know this is a little old but I just wanted to say hi.. Leland your love of people and music and life is amazing. I have followed you and been a huge fan for 45 years.. I’m a guitarist, bassist, drummer, trumpeter and try anything once kinda cat.. you inspire me brother. I’m turning 61 this year so I’m not quite up there with you, but I sure hope I am still gigging when I’m 70 plus :-) I just bought your book and can’t wait to get it.. my favorite work you’ve ever done has to be JT.. thanks for sharing your talents and soul with the world!!!

[@sethcashman1011]

The track order on this album is so perfect and so deeply ingrained in what's left of my brain that I immediately heard echoes of Back on the Street Again. What a great recording. Hoping that 2024 is kind to everyone.

[@nellpulaski4919]

I love this song❤

[@Barnzoid]

I love the chair - a new sound!

[@beastscooter]

What great music. Wow. And you were there, in the thick of it. Thanks for sharing your life, stories, and music. Love to you

[@pierregagnon5457]

Merci! et Belle Année 2024... depuis Québec

[@marblemanda]

Our musical Shepard. Lee, thank you. And we all miss Michael so very much. That solo is one of his signature ones, transcending all to be one of the most iconic of all time. Thank you James for that gem of a tune. Time stands still every time I here that tune

[@whodder06]

Words of wisdom to live by. Thanks Lee! NO excuse for impaired driving!! Be safe everyone!!

[@judykeeler5051]

So lovely to hear this beautiful song. Appropriate too .

[@paulelliott2861]

All the very best to you and your family keep on rocking. 🥳🍾🍾🍺🍺🎼🎼👏👏👏👏🇺🇸💋❤️😘may all this madness in the world stop. 🙏

[@elizabethdunn1668]

One of my favorite JT songs! So happy to hear it today! ❤️

[@bertski60]

one of my faves. all the best in '24, sir.

[@mikereynolds3294]

Amazing how the section could play with JB and get one vibe and then play with JT and get another vibe. Thats pro !

[@chelosocal8704]

A total an absolute LEGEND

[@craigreid7178]

A happy & safe New Year to you too, Lee. All the best in 2024.

[@cchambard]

Fabulous. I'm lucky to be in this club. Thanks!

[@julianocandido8653]

Master! hugs from Brazil!

[@TrueZetaThunderBenditions]

Good new year benditions

[@eddiethek]

Wonderful play along to a perfect song. Thank you!

[@emschiller4479]

Happy New Year to you, Maureen, and those precious doggies! Best wishes for a great 2024 - It’s the year to vote and save our democracy! ❤️💙❤️

[@markcaro2328]

So amazing!!! Wow!! I'm an old guy. I can still recall hearing your bass lines on vinyl; though a Lafayette quad/stereo, your magical bass lines thundering through 12" woofer speakers.. - nothing better! Thank you soooo much for your videos. The performances you have memorialized on vinyl, on so many epic songs, is nothing short of phenomenal! - Stay safe and well on tour.

[@TerryWarrenSr]

James is one of my song writing hero's... Thanks Leland, Happy New 🆕 year to everyone

[@DaniloMarrone]

Effortless mastery from the great Maestro Leland Sklar.

[@ralphonofrio1518]

One of my favorite JT songs....Happy New Year....

[@lala9824]

Happiest New Year Leland! 🎊🎊🎊

[@kennewton5877]

One of my all-time favorites. He was one of the musicians that made me want to play guitar. I could have picked some easier musicians to emulate.

[@Mark_Brooks]

That growl on the glissando is hard to miss.

[@m1nn1s]

💖 Where would the world 🗺 be 🧙‍♀️ without.. 'growling glissandos'? 🤗 😍 💖

[@suecorrigan]

My fav!!!! 🎵🎸😜

[@m1nn1s]

@@suecorrigan Hi, Sue 💖 hope you're well!? 💖 🤗 😍

[@rogerarmstrong8893]

The best of the best, without a doubt. His body of work stands alone.

[@samsticka]

Your work with James Taylor was the best.

[@Lee-l3b]

I’ve admired you for decades from listening to Jackson Browne and James Taylor. It is so cool to listen to your videos. It feels like I know you. You are such an extremely talented musician and you have such a gentle way about you. Thank you for letting us hear about your experiences ❤️

[@fiddlestix3025]

So much heart in all of this… and beautiful playing to a beautiful tune… Thanks Leland 🧡

[@chrissharkey9644]

I don’t think weather people have windows in their office! Classic and so true!

[@regis387]

what a nice touch! bless you sir.

[@kc0lif]

love that song.

[@mrbotucker]

No lube, no lube, no lube!! Happy New Year! 🐐🐐🐐☮☮

[@MrDaveaccord]

One Man Dog still one of my favorite JT records. Most of it recorded at his house on Martha's Vineyard. Sklar with his famous Peace Sign Fender bass laid down some beautiful lines on this record. RIP Michael Brecker who did the sax on this song.

[@Michelle-q1k]

I enjoy your playing so much! Happy New Year to you and Maureen and the boys! 🎼❤☮️

[@tanukibrahma]

I love seeing you play. So elegant. Very instructive in itself. Have a great 2024. 😊

[@Blinknone]

Gorgeous playing as always.. It's like floating on a cloud.

[@cohalensadventures5331]

It's so fine to see you playing this. So relaxed and yet the expression is elegant. The power of music to communicate, alter moods, sooth...it is truly magic. Happiest New Year wishes to you and all. Good news about Michael J's umpteenth operation - He'll be recuperating from the surgery for about all of next month, but hopefully this will make his life better going forward.

[@bjlkd]

Hi Leland, I have been following you through the years. I feel this post is one of the best. Informative, heartfelt, and entertaining. Having good friends die sucks, so enjoy the warm ones all you can.

[@enidsnarb]

Sure love the sound of Frankenstein Bass ! This song goes by really fast with all those jazzy changes! Thank You As Always!

[@reikiwithcary2682]

Hard to believe we leave so many in the year of 23 as we move into another journey around the sun... best to you and Maureen... Happy New Year.. May we find that elusive world peace...🎉❤

[@FreedomRock44]

Thanks for James!!!!!!! Love the Bassin'!!!!!

[@juancarlosdiaz2857]

HELLO LELAND !!!!!!!There are no better musicians than those who are good people, when you live listening to these music and watching your videos, even if you are close, you realize why you have played on each song, thank you for having recorded so much and for being on this magical channel. ...HAPPY NEW YEAR LELAND!!! hugs!!!!!!!!!!! 🎆🎆🎇🎇🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆✨✨

[@kennonmoen4424]

Love hearing good news about Maureen! You’re right about how time flies, and it only seems to pick up speed with each passing year. Looking forward to a better year in 2024!

[@charlenetaylor5548]

Listening to this at 20 before midnight on NYE by myself, and it just seems like a fitting song for the end of the year.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I know this song, and it's great. I was fortunate enough to see James Taylor live in 2016. Thanks for the important message. People need to be responsible and safe. I wish Maureen all the best. Hope you have a Happy New Year. Cheers, Leland! 🙏✌️

[@ciscoponch67]

I'm wishing you, Maureen, friends, family and all, the Happiest of New Years!!! Thank you, Leland, for all you do. Side note: first time I saw you was on the Phil Collins video Sue Sedio. And now it turns out you've been part of all of the music I love since I was a kid. I'm 56. God bless you, Leland!!! ❤❤❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

[@ParlorMan_Acoustic_Guitar]

Happy New Year Lee. Thank you for all the wonderful music

[@pamr4040]

This one takes me back to my second year at college in '72. It's one of my favorites by James, and probably about the time I started noticing your name in the credits. Happy New Year to you and Maureen, and we'll see you in 2024! 🍾🥂🎉🎶🎵🎆🎇✨🎊💖

[@mradisic11]

Thanks Leland 🤗 Happy 2024.

[@jdm74066]

Happy new year, Lee. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight brings back fond memories. Such a soulful song... it introduced me to the sweet bass lines of a cool young Leland Sklar. Thank you and have a great year.

[@wandamundy1759]

A happy and grand New Year 2024 to you and yours - wherever you find yourselves this year. And thanks, as usual, for stopping by. I was fortunate enough - back in my misbegotten youth - to have worked with Pat Paulsen - one of "The Smothers Brothers" writers. It was a hiatus summer for him - following the cancellation of the 1st iteration of "The Smothers Brothers" - and I opened for him at 'The Bunkhouse' - which was Vancouver's version of ''The Purple Onion' or 'The Hungry I' . . . I was one of less than a handful of local women players in those days - but because I could finger--pick - at a time when not many people could (late 1960's) - I got the gig. And my entire family being socialists - Pat & I/we got along well. A lot of talks about the Music scene south of the 49th; like a lot of "funny" folks - Pat was a quiet and introspective many when not on stage - and I was the lucky recipient of a lot of good advice. When I found myself playing the coffee houses in San Francisco the following Summer (after Pat had returned to the US, and was not only working for Tom & Dick once again - but was running for President) - his advice stood me in good stead.. Listening to your stories brings back some really fabulous & lovely memories of being a working Musician - in the days when there was a world-wide creative explosion in all aspects and genres of the Arts. Hope the coming year is kind to you and all those dear to you. But - no clams. LOL

[@dimsylsodium1]

James Taylor returned the compliment when he sang this song on the Michael Brecker's album "The Nearness of You (a ballad book)".

[@nicorepetto5781]

One of the greatest bass tones ever