James Taylor

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James Vernon Taylor was born March 12, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts.
He is the second of five children, all musically talented. Although all are
musically talented James is undoubtedly the best known of the group.
In 1951, James’ father , Dr. Isaac Taylor was appointed the dean of the
medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the family
moved from Boston to North Carolina. In 1961, James began attending Milton
Academy, a prep school in Massachusetts. At the age of 16 James dropped out
of school and formed a band with his brother Alex. During this time he suffered
from depression and suicidal thoughts and therefore checked himself into
McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts. While there he earned his high
school diploma. Also this stay at the hospital would serve to inspire some of his
early songs. A example of these are “Fire and Rain”, and “K...