James Taylor was the featured musical guest on Sunday night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. While most folks across the country were heading home either in celebration or disgust following last night’s Super Bowl, Taylor was taking the stage with his band to deliver a pair of televised performances of “Your Smiling Face” and “Shower The People”.
Taylor was on the CBS show to promote his upcoming run of winter tour dates alongside Bonnie Raitt, which are scheduled to begin tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5th, with a performance at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. Although a performer as seasoned as Taylor shouldn’t need a pre-tour warmup, Sunday’s appearance on the popular late night show certainly gave him the opportunity to remind America of his phenomenal abilities. The performances also gave Taylor the opportunity to introduce one of the newest members of his live band, with former Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams joining in on guitar duties for the evening.
Taylor’s first performance of the night was “Your Smiling Face”, an uptempo, feel-good tune from his 1977 JT album. Williams can be seen strumming away with his own close-up shot at the 0:35-second mark in the video below.
James Taylor – “Your Smiling Face”
[Video: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]
For his second performance of the night, Taylor replaced Williams and the horn players in his band in exchange for a small troupe of backing vocalists to help deliver a lovely rendition of his acoustic-based ballad, “Shower The People”. Taylor may be 70-years-old as he enters 2019, but that trademark voice of his hasn’t seemed to have aged a day, and still shines just as brightly as his catalogue of hits. Fans can watch Taylor’s performance of “Shower The People” from Sunday in the video below.
James Taylor – “Shower The People”
[Video: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]
Taylor’s winter tour alongside Raitt is scheduled to run until March 2nd. From there, Taylor will head out to Las Vegas for his scheduled 12-show spring residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace beginning on April 17th. Fans can head over to Taylor’s website for tour and ticketing info.
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