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A concert is always like a feast day to me.

James Taylor

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
Concert
Concerts
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I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald.
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