James and I are both social activists and we’re really proud that a dollar of every ticket will be donated to various causes,” Raitt said. “The affection between us is so clear and so palpable. Though she was based on the West Coast and Taylor on the East, the two stayed in touch over the decades. Raitt got her first recording contract and dropped out of school around that time. It was intimidating to meet one of my heroes but he was just so down to earth.”
He couldn’t have been warmer and more friendly. It was an honor to be both at my school and opening for him. “I was nervous to play because I hadn’t really broken my chops in for concerts that much,” Raitt said by phone from Toronto while on a swing through Canada. And the first time? Well, that was back in 1970, when he invited the Harvard junior and budding blues singer, guitar player and songwriter onstage for a campus gig at Sanders Theatre after the two met through a mutual friend. She’s an incredible giver.”Īmong their stops will be Boston’s Fenway Park, where Taylor’s home-state team, the Red Sox, live and where Raitt last joined him on the road in 2015. “I’ve interacted with Bonnie, and happily so, at numerous benefits for numerous causes - environmental, social, political causes - over the years. “I’ve loved her music and her for a long, long time,” Taylor told The Associated Press in a recent interview.
James Taylor might just be the happiest road warrior touring today, so what makes him happier?īringing on old friend Bonnie Raitt this summer for concerts that include the ultimate in Americana, some of the country’s most storied baseball parks.
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