James Taylor - Up On The Roof (Blossom Music Festival, July 18, 1979)

[@MrMayAllDay]

This is absolutely golden. I love this more than I can say. James, let’s jam. I’ll play keys. 🎹 ☎️

[@lindapearcr3138]

❤ sounds good!

[@benjames1581]

James Taylor's songs are as fresh, relevant and relaxing now, as they were in the70's.

[@grtlover]

The very best cover of this song. I'm 65, and I sit on the top of the roof of my house twice a year. After I do my work, I sing this song to myself. It's still the only place I know, where I can just wish to make it so...

[@lindapearcr3138]

❤

[@lovepet4565]

I grew up in Shaker hts Wed Blossom was the best I was here, 18 yrs old

[@dorothykuveke1217]

James always sings the truth ✨✨ I have lived what he is singing about✨✨💫💫 The stars do put on a show for free,,,now that's the way to live,,,,Up on the Roof🌟🌟🌟

[@curtiswood9360]

The BEST VERSION of this song right here!

[@kenrehor]

With the absolute best band as the foundation

[@richardyoung7415]

MR TAYLOR,S MUSIC IS THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH, BEEN LISTENING FOR 50+ YEARS AND STILL LISTENING. PEACE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@ann-utah1495]

There’s only 1 JT You are so loved!!!!🙌🫶🏻

[@mihohobaba]

With the amazing rhythm section of Russ Kunkel on drums and Lee Sklar on bass. It doesn't get any better than that🎶

[@michaelrouten6169]

Not to mention Waddy Wachtel on lead guitar and Cornelius Bumpus on keyboards. Some major talent that James chose to surround himself with!

[@kenrehor]

@@michaelrouten6169that’s the late great Don Grolnick on keyboards!

[@kenrehor]

Absolute perfection.

[@781David]

@@michaelrouten6169 Danny Kortchmar also on guitar.

[@kenrehor]

Absolutely the best band in the world. Sklar, Kunkel, Kootch, Waddy…

[@beddy3783]

What a band JT had on this concert! Russ Kunkel - Drums Waddy wachtel - Guitar Danny Kortchmar - Guitar Leland Sklarr - Bass Don Grolnick - Keyboard

[@1katedragon]

What a great artist James Taylor is.

[@CooManTunes]

James Taylor is a great artist.

[@CooManTunes]

A great artist is James Taylor.

[@CooManTunes]

Artist, great, is what James Taylor is.

[@richardyoung7415]

What.

[@nancygoldfarb1039]

JT and Dan Fogelberg are my all time favorites!

[@paengkalawang4507]

carole king wrote this and The Drifters first sang it, but James Taylor's version is more soothing and accommodating, truly the best version.

[@john564holloway]

Yep. Carole and Gerry Goffin. Definitely the best version.

[@nancygoldfarb1039]

James' interpretation makes you want to climb up on that roof. However I live on the first floor of a two story Bldg with no fire escape or staircase!

[@motowngirl5891]

He is not boring to see live

[@miamitten1123]

I believe Kenny Lynch version is best. James Taylor gives 80’s tv show theme song.

[@Millennial_Mike]

Totally. I was introduced to it via this version and I adore it. Final pre chorus "at night the stars..." bit is so beautiful

[@JimmySearcher]

This is my favorite song of his from the 70's. James Taylor can write great songs on his own too.

[@jamestaylor]

It was written by Carole King.

[@MsSweetpea1958]

A perennial fave, the boys look great, I'll flick my Bic to this tune!

[@williamj.sheehan2001]

Hahahahaha! I'll second that, Cheryl !!

[@CooManTunes]

@@williamj.sheehan2001 I seconded it first. I just didn't post a comment. Wait your turn.

[@williamh.schmidtjr.7614]

Listing to this song sung by JT is like going up where the air is fresh and sweet. Thank you James.

[@BrocktonOval]

Remember when you sang this on sesame street. I never forgot. Thanks for coming to Vancouver Island 40yrs later🐢We were happy to have you 🇨🇦🐢

[@kenrehor]

I’m glad they finally posted high quality versions of the JT Sesame Street performances! Sklar, Waddy, Dan Dugmore, Rick Marotta and Billy Payne!

[@diddlebob44]

💕😙 This is a Magical Performance and Song! Thanks, James! Wishing your day is lovely and smile-filled! 😙💕

[@denisehedden5108]

🥀Beautiful song I've always loved this song many year's thanks James Taylor it's bringing back to where my heart is he's amazing 🥀☝️🥀

[@dorothydrobney3881]

One of James' best...and he looks great in this video from way back then!

[@Eunice.Aceto75]

JT is one of many God given gifts for humanity

[@Lily-uo4of]

44 years ago…….James still has it! Just saw him and his All Star Band in Sydney, Australia. Amazing talent, thank you James!

[@GroovyShelly]

Perfect blend of singer & song. Thank you, James. You are the best! (And thanks to Goffin-King for the song)

[@carlos.rosilesortiz7250]

Carole King was the composer

[@RichTCS]

@@carlos.rosilesortiz7250with Gerry Goffin.

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

What a beautiful song

[@beatriceboulanger9441]

La beauté des souvenirs ❤

[@jeff_r517]

Loved seeing one of my favorite songs in this live performance!

[@lindapearcr3138]

❤

[@marlenesanchez-ju9qi]

Thanks Albert, for sharing this song with me. You always know how to cheer me up!

[@gailreese4102]

Love this, so much! Thank you, James!

[@danielsobkowiak4101]

Taking me back many years, Thank you James......

[@robinclark5705]

What great memories of that time in life. I had graduated college and begun working. This song reflects my conflicted self at that time.

[@ksgirl4096]

I don't even realize I am tense, but then I hear this guitar playing and hear this voice and find myself relaxing and smiling. Thank you!!!!

[@mv1362]

He makes me cry 🥲 every time

[@nancygoldfarb1039]

His voice is so silky and smooth. As my Dad would say about Barbra Streisand, "He could sing the names and phone #'s in the phone book and sound good"

[@Eunice.Aceto75]

I like that! ​@@nancygoldfarb1039

[@Eunice.Aceto75]

One of God's gifts to humanity

[@SeeCSeesCC]

❤so so so very good. Lee holding that bottom down so solidly

[@songshineoriginalmusic]

Back in the day when music produced a warm feeling of hope and love. JT knocked this song out of the park. What a voice and talent. But the song, the song itself, is so hopeful, so well worded with a meaning we all can relate to, they just do not make them like this anymore, but we still have this video to go to to feel the sense of freedom this song delivers.

[@sandrastumpf7177]

❤

[@DavidMoore-co2ze]

I remember seeing him debut this song on the Today show in 1979 w/ Jane Polly or Barbara Walter's. Half way through the song he sang the same verse twice on live TV.,(Blooper) He caught his mistake and stayed with it. The whole world caught it. Later in the interview he admitted his mistake and said that he smoked a joint before coming on to perform the song because he was nervous. I will never forget that.

[@denniswesley2125]

Love Blossom Music Centre

[@TheJandavis]

A FAVORITE song done by James although it is hard to pick just one favorite.

[@CarinaPiersay]

Love me some James Taylor!

[@johnbowers3145]

Hey, thats the immediate family backing him up there!

[@kenrehor]

And they’re better than ever!

[@gordonclark5280]

Just saw JT and his all-star band at Stanford U., and it was a magical, once-in-a lifetime experience!!

[@kenrehor]

Me too!

[@dvgadd]

Timeless

[@mg-cs3ui]

I would have been on the roof with this man

[@DianeLee999]

Thanks, James. 🌈💜🇺🇸

[@andreamercurio6278]

GENIUS !!!!

[@4tun1]

This man could sing The Alphabet Song and make it sound good!

[@peterharman8466]

I reckon he could do the same with the wheels on the bus Childs song, in fact it could be great fun😂

[@leejonesAngling]

One of my cousins favorite songs pull though Trev mate 🙏

[@brianyoung2016]

❤❤😻⭐️

[@adrianamases1973]

Una de mis favoritas ❤❤❤❤gracias James!!

[@ramonabrown452]

Love this song!! It was so much fun to see it live in concert!

[@josealfredoolivo8136]

La escuche por primera vez allá por 1985...Que rolita tan HERMOSA . Maravillosa...2024.

[@PaulHorwich-sd5np]

That was the last time You had more hair than I had James, as You might recall I had massive brain surgery 2 years prior to that show, and was told my hair would never grow back ! ThankYou God it did !!!! Waddy, Leland and Russ ? Wowwwwwww !!!!! Last time was my 34th time to see You live ! You and Mr. Browne ? Fan-Fricken-Tastic !!!! And by the way, We (Still) Love You TOOOOOOO James!!!!!!!! (Yep, it’s still me)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Chris-w7e]

Thank you!❤

[@lindapearcr3138]

❤

[@Aristocles22]

It's the Stave It Off Guy!

[@rabby-u]

So good to hear ❤

[@MargaretJEllis]

Memories.....I used to go up on my church roof with him and see the town.

[@kenrehor]

Wow! Where!?!

[@stephenspencer4672]

Following the Drifters legendary recording from the 60s James Taylor's splendid remake brings a new light on this great song.😅

[@owenmeyer1305]

Awesome!

[@phomahthole637]

I BELIEVED YOU JAMES YOUR THE BEST OF ALL TIMES❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@salvadorsepulveda6415]

Love this song 🎵 🙏

[@frankcunnane1536]

Briliant

[@wtrfrdlisa]

Beautiful and soul soothing ❤😊

[@axeboardwilliesbassessoasis.]

Beautiful

[@Cothteh]

❤

[@HarryReilly-f3x]

Waddy’s playing cello on his guitar

[@kenrehor]

As Waddy calls it his “fake pedal steel” - it’s instantly identifiable in any song

[@michaelfrazier3208]

We Love you James -The Frazier's

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Hello From Michigan

[@oldcrow6990]

As always, thank you!

[@ignatiusjk]

Favorite JT song.

[@tory1265]

There's room enough for 2...let's go😊

[@wardhaskell]

Great performance during a tough patch of his life.

[@RFazor]

One of the very very few times when the remake is greater than the original

[@kenrehor]

Val Garay did a spectacular job recording and mixing this concert, with stellar video production by Stanley Dorfman!

[@PhilSandy-lc4tu]

You said it.

[@LuizOrleansprodutos]

É sempre reconfortante ouvir esta canção.

[@jacquelinewebb5715]

Superb

[@vhm14u2c]

💕🎶🥂

[@lenitapinheiro386]

Melhor dos melhores!! ❤❤

[@juniorjohnson5961]

👏

[@lenitapinheiro386]

Sou muito fã!!

[@ElizabethFinn-kt7ye]

My favorite version of this song on Sesame Street! That should tell you for how long I’ve enjoyed this song!🐼🐰👒

[@ditchgator1]

😎✌👍❤🖖

[@dr.hookyeah2883]

Lee and Waddy

[@drummerchicago]

thanks to Carole King for writing a perfect song and JT singing the best version

[@jasper_north]

James! That playing is so good! Looks easy but it aint.

[@onefoot7]

JT rocks!!

[@Cindrbell]

For my kid. Need a break? Up on the roof

[@marilynguevaracarbonell7748]

Noone like him

[@zackamania6534]

James looks really bloated here. This was in his alcohol/coke nadir. So glad he got better.

[@steve8170]

Love this song by JT

[@dianaisobel6468]

❤