Two summers ago, Troy insisted that we get tickets to see James Taylor & Carole King in Concert together. We got great seats and I attempted to seem excited about it. Somehow these two Artists never really entered my radar but I put on an enthusiastic face for Troy. The moment that the lights went down and these two Legends entered the Arena, I was transfixed. Both of them impressed me....knocked me out is the more appropriate phrase. We have tickets to see James Taylor again this summer and I can't wait, but I must admit that it was Carole King at this Concert that truly blew me away. She sat at that piano and mesmerized me for two and a half hours. To hear her song catalogue and hear her flawlessly interpret each lyric was both moving and unforgettable. So when I turned on Piers Morgan Tonight last week and saw her interviewed about her just released Memoirs, I shot to my Kindle and downloaded it immediately. A NATURAL WOMAN may not be the most original Title, but Carole King's story is absolutely one of a kind. It took her 12 years to write every word of this book without a ghost writer. And what a writer she is! The book is lovingly and brutally honest about her upbringing, her marriages, her willingness to remain in an abusive relationship, and most of all, her brilliant career. Her encounters with such luminaries as John and Yoko, Paul Simon, and of course, James Taylor make for an incredibly readable and engrossing book. To think that this woman is responsible for THE LOCOMOTION, SO FAR AWAY, I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE, and YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND among so many others leaves me awestruck! I put my CD of TAPESTRY in the car as I was reading this book and it still remains one of the all time great albums! The book is written in short chapters and told in sequence of her life story. When the James Taylor and Carole King Concert ended, Troy said "You aren't likely to see the likes of that again anytime soon." And I feel the same way about A NATURAL WOMAN....it's quite a tale!
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