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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR ENTERTAINS ON AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO

L I V I N G S T O N

T A Y L O R

SINGER-SONGWRITER-FOLK MUSICIAN

ZOOM TV EXCLUSIVE

WITH RAY SHASHO

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR

ENTERTAINS...PERFORMS AND TEACHES

ON ZOOM TV

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY

From top-40 hits “I Will Be in Love with You” and “I’ll Come Running,” to “I Can Dream of You” and “Boatman,” the last two recorded by his brother James, Livingston’s creative output has continued unabated. His musical knowledge has inspired a varied repertoire, and he is equally at home with a range of musical genres—folk, pop, gospel, jazz—and from upbeat storytelling and touching ballads to full orchestra performances.

Livingston Taylor has never stopped performing since those early coffeehouse days, shared the stage with major artists such as Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett, and Jethro Tull, and he maintains a busy concert schedule, touring internationally. He is a natural performer, peppering his shows with personal stories, anecdotes and ineffable warmth that connect him to his fans. His relaxed on-stage presence belies the depth of his musical knowledge, and fans might just as often be treated to a classic Gershwin or something from the best of Broadway.

In February 2019, Livingston released "The Best of LIVe - 50 Years of Livingston Taylor Live". This album features 11 song selections from his upcoming "LIVe - Livingston Taylor Live" Box Set. Upon release, the album was ranked in the top 10 and his song "Good Friends" was #2 on the Folk DJ chart.

Purchase

The Best Of

LIVe

50 Years of

Livingston

Taylor

Livingston has never stopped performing since those early coffeehouse days, shared the stage with major artists such as Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett, and Jethro Tull, and he maintains a busy concert schedule, touring internationally. He is a natural performer, peppering his shows with personal stories, anecdotes and ineffable warmth that connect him to his fans. His relaxed on-stage presence belies the depth of his musical knowledge, and fans might just as often be treated to a classic Gershwin or something from the best of Broadway.

AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM

Also

Livingston’s best-selling book

STAGE

performance

By Livingston Taylor

In his Stage Performance class at Berklee College of Music, Livingston Taylor has taught thousands of young musicians how to take the stage without fear and deliver a performance that is rewarding for both the performer and the audience. Stage Performance will help you discover the conversation of performance, the right way to begin and end your appearance, how to understand and conquer stage fright, as well as many other helpful tips. With a natural humor, real-life anecdotes, and 10,000 performance critiques under his belt, Livingston gives you the tools to successfully deliver your message to an audience and to elevate the level of your performance to professional standards.

Available at amazon.com

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about

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR

Visit

www.livingstontaylor.com

official website

www.facebook.com/livingstontaylormusic

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https://twitter.com/livtaylor/

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LIVINGSTON TAYLOR

TOUR DATES

2021

November 14

SOLD OUT Eddie's Attic Decatur, GA

November 16 A True Fire Evening with Livingston Taylor- SOLD OUT

Side Door @ Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg, FL

December 5 25th Anniversary with Livingston Taylor, Shemekia Copeland, Will Kimbrough, Jim Lauderdale, and Al Kapone!

Acoustic Sunday Live, Memphis, TN

2022

January 12 Oaks Theater Oakmont, PA

January 13 Music Box Cleveland, OH

January 16 Stage Performance Workshop 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Chicago, IL

January 22 Latchis Theatre Brattleboro, VT

February 11 Flying Monkey Plymouth, NH

February 12 Johnson Hall Gardiner, ME

February 21 Key West Theater Key West, FL

February 23 Livingston Taylor & Jonathan Edwards

Boca Black Box Boca Raton, FL

February 24 Livingston Taylor & Jonathan Edwards

The Emerson Center Vero Beach, FL

March 23 The Music of Carly Simon Carnegie Hall

New York, NY

March 24 The Greenwich Odeum E. Greenwich, RI

March 25 StageOne Fairfield, CT

April 1 Private Event

April 2 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor & Tom Chapin

Parker Playhouse Ft. Lauderdale, FL

April 3 Livingston Taylor & Tom Chapin

Capitol Theatre Clearwater, FL

April 23 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor & Tom Chapin

Lynn Memorial Auditorium Lynn, MA

April 27 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor & Tom Chapin

Whitaker Center Harrisburg, PA

May 1 Oneida Community Mansion 3 pm & 7pm

Oneida, NY

May 4 Ram's Head Annapolis, MD

May 5 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor & Tom Chapin

Scottish Rite Auditorium Collingswood, NJ

May 6 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor & Tom Chapin

Ocean City Music Pier Ocean City, NJ

May 7 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor & Tom Chapin

Concert Hall @ the NY Society for Ethical Culture

New York, NY

May 25 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor

The Sheldon Saint Louis, MO

May 27 Janis Ian Farewell Tour - with Livingston Taylor

CMA Theater Nashville, TN

June 26 Private Event

August 4 Livingston Taylor's "The Master's Class" 2022 Retreat!

Endicott College Beverly, MA

August 5 Livingston Taylor's "The Master's Class" 2022 Retreat!

Endicott College Beverly, MA

August 6 Livingston Taylor's "The Master's Class" 2022 Retreat!

Endicott College Beverly, MA

August 7 Livingston Taylor's "The Master's Class" 2022 Retreat!

Endicott College Beverly, MA

August 13 New Date! The Bryan Mawr Gazebo Bryn Mawr, PA

October 9 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

October 10 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

October 11 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

October 12 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

October 13 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

October 14 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

October 15 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

October 16 Livingston Taylor's New England & Canada Cruise

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR

DISCOGRAPHY

Albums

Year Title US

1970 Livingston Taylor

1971 Liv

1973 Over the Rainbow

1978 Three Way Mirror

1979 Echoes

1980 Man's Best Friend

1988 Life is Good

1991 Our Turn to Dance

1993 Good Friends

1994 Unsolicited Material

1996 Bicycle

1997 Ink

1998 Carolina Day: The Livingston Taylor Collection

1999 Snapshot: Live at the Iron Horse

2000 Live Wires (with Deborah Henson-Conant)

2005 The Best of Livingston Taylor

2005 There You Are Again

2010 Last Alaska Moon

2014 Blue Sky

2017 Safe Home

2019 LIVE – 50 Years of Livingston Taylor Box Set

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR

on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO

STREAMING at

THE CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC REPORTER

(classicrockmusicwriter.com)

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Music Tried And True

www.iheart.com/podcast

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THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan.

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives.

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/ Gold Award Winner

MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO

Thursday, May 7, 2020

TOM CHAPIN MASTER STORYTELLER AND BROTHER OF HARRY CHAPIN SPECIAL GUEST ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS W/RAY SHASHO-BBS RADIO

T O M

C H A P I N

SINGER-SONGWRITER-MUSICIAN-

STORYTELLER-ACTOR

Three-time Grammy winner

"Mornings with Papa Tom Chapin

and the Chapin Sisters"

Tom Chapin interview
Click below to listen

Three-time Grammy winner Tom Chapin and his daughters Abigail and Lily, aka the Chapin Sisters, offer 30 minutes' worth of kid-friendly music with "Mornings with Papa Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters." The show streams daily weekday mornings at 11:00AM EDST on Facebook and Instagram. All episodes are archived on YouTube

Quarantined together in the elder Chapin's Hudson Valley home, the three Chapin’s stream live from his living room, performing songs from Tom's thirteen classic albums of Children's Music as well as classics from the American Folk Music canon. The show provides lighthearted but intelligent entertainment for all generations, a perfect opportunity for families to gather and enjoy each other's company.

"I wanted to keep busy," adds Tom, "and share these songs that I've written with my amazing collaborators over the last 30 years. I've been a working touring musician for more than half a century, and being stuck at home is uncharted territory, but as always the music and a chance to sing with my daughters keeps me sane, healthy and happy."

Tom Chapin has carved out two parallel careers in folk music - as a gifted folk-based singer/songwriter as well as "the Pied Piper" of family music. He started singing and playing guitar in a trio with his musical brothers Harry and Steve, inspired by the recording "The Weavers at Carnegie Hall." Tom released his first solo work in 1976. Since then he's released 25 more and given thousands of live performances, including innumerable benefit concerts. He's appeared frequently on TV and radio, in documentary and feature films, and is a beloved narrator of children's books.

Tom is a long-time board member of WhyHunger, which seeks innovative "community-based solutions to hunger & poverty," remains active in a variety of environmental causes, and is a strong voice on behalf of music and the arts in our public schools.

Raised in New York's Hudson Valley, the Chapin Sisters are third generation musicians: their grandfather was the jazz drummer Jim Chapin, their uncle the late folk icon/humanitarian Harry Chapin, Tom's brother. They started singing professionally at ages 6 and 8. Soon after, they began performing live at the annual concerts for Harry Chapin's food justice organization Why Hunger.

In 2004, after relocating to Los Angeles on a whim, they recorded a couple songs with their half-sister Jessica. A friend passed their demo onto KCRW and almost instantly their dark, moody cover of Britney Spears's Toxic became one of the most requested songs at the station.

Harry and Tom Chapin

In the last decade, the Chapin Sisters have released 4 full-length albums. They've been featured on NPR's Weekend Edition, in Rolling Stone, Nylon, Spin, Paper, The New York Times, T Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and have toured the world multiple times on their own and twice as members of She & Him's band. After taking some time off to savor the joys of becoming first time mothers, they wrote, recorded and released their most recent EP Ferry Boat.

Tom Chapin and his daughters Abigail and Lily, aka the Chapin Sisters, offer 30 minutes' worth of kid-friendly music with

"Mornings with Papa Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters."

The show streams daily weekday mornings at 11:00AM EDST
on Facebook and Instagram. All episodes are archived on YouTube

MY NEW BOOK IS FINALLY OUT!

ENTITLED

THE
ROCK STAR
CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE

CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS
THAT SET US FREE

…Order yours today on Hardcover or E-book

at bookbaby.com or amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of

the greatest rock legends on the planet

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/ Gold Award Winner

Thursday, February 13, 2020

TOM RUSH FOLK/BLUES MUSICIAN & MASTER STORYTELLER SPECIAL GUEST ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS W/RAY SHASHO BBS RADIO

T O M

R U S H

LEGENDARY FOLK/BLUES
SINGER-SONGWRITER -GUITARIST

AND MASTER STORYTELLER

CHATS ABOUT RECENT ALBUM AND

FIRST ANNUAL FAREWELL TOUR

Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer, whose shows offer a musical celebration…a journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been, can be, and will become. His distinctive guitar style, wry humour and warm, expressive voice have made him both a legend and a lure to audiences around the world. His shows are filled with the rib-aching laughter of terrific story-telling, the sweet melancholy of ballads and the passion of gritty blues.

Rush’s impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the ’60s and the renaissance of the ’80s and ’90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor told Rolling Stone, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.” Country music star Garth Brooks has credited Rush with being one of his top five musical influences. Rush has long championed emerging artists. His early recordings introduced the world to the work of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor, and in more recent years his Club 47® concerts have brought artists such as Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin to wider audiences when they were just beginning to build their own reputations.

In 2012, he began a revival of his Club 47® shows at Boston’s Symphony Hall. Tom Rush: 50 Years of Music, featured old friends David Bromberg, Jonathan Edwards and Buskin & Batteau, and new friends like Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The show was streamed live, and has been released as a DVD video.
He followed up with a sold-out show at Symphony Hall in 2013, with the Kweskin Jug Band, Maria Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur and Bill Keith, Patty Larkin, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion.

Today, Tom Rush lives in Massachusetts when he’s not touring. His voice has grown even richer and more melodic, and his music, like a fine wine, has matured and ripened in the blending of traditional and modern influences. He’s written a number of new songs. He’s doing what he loves, and what audiences love him for: writing and playing …passionately, tenderly…knitting together the musical traditions and talents of our times.

For more information about Tom Rush including

upcoming concert dates

visit ...

www.tomrush.com

and

www.facebook.com/TomRushMusic

T O M

R U S H

V O I C E S

2018 release. Tom Rush's Voices is the CD that fans of modern folk music and contemporary singer-songwriters have been waiting for 50 years.

Purchase the latest release by Tom Rush entitled

VOICES

at amazon.com

T O M
R U S H
SPECIAL GUEST
on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
w/RAY SHASHO
on BBS RADIO 1
www.bbsradio.com
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN

TOM RUSH ON TOUR 2020

30th Jan Newburyport, Massachusetts

Firehouse Center for the Arts

31st Jan Newburyport, Massachusetts

Firehouse Center for the Arts

01st Feb Fall River, Massachusetts

Narrows Center for the Arts

08th Feb Portsmouth, New Hampshire

South Church Unitarian Universalist Church

Tom's Birthday Bash kicks of his First Annual Farewell Tour!

09th Feb Undisclosed Location ~Private Event

04th Mar Asheville, North Carolina

Mountain Spirit and Isis Music Hall Present

05th Mar Decatur, Georgia

Eddie's Attic

07th Mar Stuart, Florida

Lyric Theatre

09th Mar Key West, Florida

The Studios of Key West

10th Mar West Palm Beach,

Florida Kravis Center

19th Mar Waynesboro, Virginia

Wayne Theatre

20th Mar Clearwater, Florida

Ruth Eckerd Hall

Sharing the stage with the band “America”, and Matt Nakoa.

21st Mar Alexandria, Virginia

The Birchmere

22nd Mar Wilmington, Delaware

The Grand Opera House

25th Mar New York, New York

The Iridium

26th Mar Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

World Cafe Live

03rd Apr Derry, New Hampshire

Tupelo Music Hall

04th Apr Franklin, Massachusetts

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse

05th Apr Canton, Connecticut

Bridge Street Live

30th Apr Clayton, New York

Clayton Opera House

01st May Syracuse, New York

Redhouse Arts Center

02nd May Schenectady, New York

The Eighth Step at Proctor's

Appearing with Matt Nakoa

08th May Lexington, Massachusetts

Isaac Harris Cary Memorial Building

Double billing: Tom Rush & Jesse Colin Young

09th May Undisclosed Location ~Private Event

Private Event, Grotton, MA

28th May Undisclosed Location ~Private Event

Private Reunion, New Haven, CT

16th Jun Bristol, England United Kingdom

St George's Bristol

UK & Ireland Tour

17th Jun Birmingham, England United Kingdom

Birmingham Town Hall

UK & Ireland Tour

19th Jun London, England United Kingdom

Cadogan Hall

UK & Ireland Tour

21st Jun Manchester, England United Kingdom

RNCM

UK & Ireland Tour

23rd Jun Gateshead, England United Kingdom

Sage Gateshead

UK & Ireland Tour

24th Jun Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom

The Queen's Hall

UK & Ireland Tour

28th Jun Dublin Ireland

Liberty Hall

UK & Ireland Tour

10th Jul Brownfield, Maine

Stone Mountain Arts Center

05th Sep Camden, Maine

Camden Opera House

19th Sep North Truro, Massachusetts

Payomet Performing Arts Center

24th Sep Richmond, Virginia

The Tin Pan

25th Sep Easton, Maryland

The Avalon Theater

26th Sep South Salem, New York

The Heights at Brother Vic's

27th Sep West Chester, Pennsylvania

Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center

MY NEW BOOK IS FINALLY OUT!

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE

…Order yours today on Hardcover or E-book

at bookbaby.com or amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of

the greatest rock legends on the planet

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA… JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER... RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER... ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES...

JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST