>> Stephen: I CAN'T GET OVER IT.
HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH JAMES TAYLOR JONI MITCHELL
SURPRISED EVERYBODY BY PERFORMING AT THE NEWPORT
FESTIVAL LAST WEEK.
HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL TO SEE-- I KNOW YOU GUYS GO WAY
BACK, WHEN YOU WERE ON THE SHOW A COUPLE OF TIMES AGO, YOU WERE
TELLING ME ABOUT HOW YOU WROTE "YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES" FOR
HER WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR AS YOU
DROVE UP ON THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE HER BACK ON STAGE AGAIN?
>> IT WAS GREAT.
PARTICULARLY, FOR JONI, SHE HAD A REAL SORT OF DISASTROUS EVENT
THAT HAPPENED TO HER, WHAT, FIVE YEARS AGO NOW, SEVEN YEARS AGO?
YOU KNOW, SHE HAD A SERIOUS STROKE.
AND SHE'S COME BACK FROM IT SO AMAZINGLY, YOU KNOW.
THAT WAS-- I MEAN, THAT SHE'S STILL HERE AT ALL IS REMARKABLE.
BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T-- YOU CAN'T STOP HER.
YOU CAN'T...
SHE'S JUST...
AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, BRANDY CARLISLE REALLY IS INSTRUMENTAL
IN HER GETTING, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AGAIN.
REALLY HAS-- HATS OFF TO BRANDI.
.>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN BRANDI'S PERFORMANCE OF "BLUE?"
>> I HAVEN'T.
>> Stephen: SHE DID THE ENTIRE ALBUM OF "BLUE."
>> SO DID I.
>> Stephen: YOU DID "BLUE, TOO?
>> NO, I PLAYED ON THE ORIGINAL.
>> Stephen: I BELIEVE... WHAT DO YOU-- WAIT, WAIT A SECOND.
WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING ON IN "BLUE?"
STEPHEN STILLS PLAYS ON IT, TOO, RIGHT?
>> YES, HE DOES.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU PLAY ON "BLUE."
>> "ALL I REALLY WANT."
>> Stephen: THAT'S YOUR GUITAR.
>> THAT'S MINE.
>> THE PICKING STUFF IS ME, AS ALWAYS.
BUT THAT AND "I'M ON A LONELY ROAD," "ALL I REALLY WANT" I
THINK IS THE TITLE OF THE TUNE.
"CALIFORNIA" I PLAYED ON.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
>> AND THERE'S A FOURTH ONE.
"I COULD DRINK A CASE OF YOU."
>> Stephen: REALLY?
OH, WOW.
SHE'S PLAYING THE PIANO ON THAT, AND YOU'RE PLAYING GUITAR.
>> I THINK SHE'S PLAYING DULCIMER ON THAT, TOO.
>> Stephen: HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT YOU PLAYED ON THAT ALBUM?
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ).
>> I THINK-- I THINK I WAS CREDITED.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE CREDITED?
I DON'T READ THE LINER NOTES AS MUCH AS I SHOULD.
I JUST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
WE HAVE TO GO HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, ARE
YOU GOING TO BE CELEBRATING WITH YO YO MA, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
CELEBRATING JOHN WILLIAMS' 90th BIRTHDAY UP AT
TANGLEWOOD.
FIRST OF ALL, HOW DID YOU MEET JOHN WILLIAMS?
I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR YOU.
>> IT WAS.
WELL, IT WAS THE FIRST I PLAYED WITH A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EVER.
AND THAT'S A REAL-- THAT'S A REAL CHANGE FROM-- FROM THE
WORLD THAT I CAME FROM, WHICH IS BASICALLY SORT OF FOLK MUSIC AND
A LITTLE BIT FROM JAZZ AND BLUES.
BUT-- BUT THE-- YOU KNOW, SO IT'S DAUNTING TO PLAY WITH AN
ORCHESTRA LIKE THAT.
BUT I-- BUT THE THING IS, IT'S SORT OF LIKE I WAS INTRODUCED TO
IT AT THE VERY TOP POSSIBLE LEVEL WITH THE BOSTON SYMPHONY,
THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE SAME PLAYERS,
AND JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTING THEM.
SO IT WAS REALLY STEPPING OFF THE LADDER AT THE VERY TOP, YOU
KNOW,.
AND THAT MADE IT-- JOHN MADE EVERYTHING SEEM EASY AND NATURAL
AND VERY ACCESSIBLE.
BUT-- SO THAT-- YOU KNOW, THAT ASPECT OF IT WAS AMAZING.
I HAD HAD A MANAGER, A SORT OF BUSINESS MANAGER FOR YEARS, WHO
WAS AN OVERSEAR OF THAT ORCHESTRA AND USED TO COME UP TO
TANGLEWOOD EVERY SUMMER AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN IT, AND IT WAS
HIS THING TO DO TO THE SYMPHONY.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET ME TO DO THE POPS FOR A LONG TIME, AND
FINALLY AFTER THREE SEPARATE TRIES PUSHING ON ME.
I SAID, "OKAY, I'LL DO IT.
I'LL DO IT.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE."
A GAME NAMED STANLEY SILVERMAN WROTE SOME BEAUTIFUL CHARTS FOR
ME IS FOR MY SONGS AND STANDARDS.
I TOOK THEM TO THE SYMPHONY, WE HAD NOT UNLIKE THE KIND OF DAY
WE HAD TODAY, AND PARTICULARLY ON MONDAY WHEN WE STARTED.
WHEN WE-- WHEN-- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO A SOUND CHECK, BASQUELY,
YOU DO A REHEARSAL WITH THE ORCHESTRA.
JOHN CHECKING OUT THE CHARTS AND SEES HOW THEY WORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, JOHN IS-- HE'S SUCH A MASTER.
HE CAN TAKE AN ORCHESTRAL CHART, YOU KNOW, THE CONDUCTOR'S CHART,
WHICH HAS ALL OF THE PARTS WRITTEN ON ON TWO PAGES, AND HE
CAN JUST SORT OF LISTEN TO IT AS HE TURNS THE PAGES.
IT'S LIKE "ARE YOU SHOWING ME A B-FLAS THERE?"
HE HEARS IT AS HE LOOKS AT IT.
BUT, ANYWAY, ALSO, THAT SAME DAY, MY SOON-TO-BE WIFE-- IT
WOULD TAKE ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT
TOGETHER, BUT MY WIFE KIM WAS WORKING WITH THE SYMPHONY THEN
AND HAD BEEN FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
AND WHEN SHE CAME TO MY DRESSING ROOM AND WANTED TO ASK ME A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SHE WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE ME,
BECAUSE THAT-- IT FELL TO HER TO DO MY INTRODUCTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I-- I-- I CONNECTED.
I SAW HER.
I THOUGHT, HMM, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
AND THEN--
BUT IT WAS-- YOU KNOW, IT WAS PRESHOW.
I WAS NERVOUS.
I WASN'T IN A ROMANTIC MOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST-- IT WASN'T THE RIGHT TIMING.
BUT THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT DAY, I WAS THRILLED AND DELIGHTED.
NO, THE NEXT DAY WHEN I WOKE UP, I NOTICED THAT MY WATCH WAS
MISSING.
AND I-- I COLLECTED WATCHES.
YOU KNOW, THESE NOT-- NOT VERY EXPENSIVE BUT INTERESTING
WATCHES.
THEY WERE POCKET WATCH S.
>> Stephen: WITH A CHAIN, THAT KIND OF THING?
>> THAT KIND OF THING ON A FOB.
AND THIS WAS A RAILROAD WATCH, PLAYING THE BLACK HOLE OF
CALCUTTA, THE FUNKIEST JUKE JOINTS ANYWHERE, I HAD NEVER HAD
ANYTHING STOLEN FROM A DRESSING ROOM, UNTIL I PLAYED THE BOSTON
SYMPHONY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
AND DID KIM STEAL IT?
HOW DOES THIS GET BACK TO YOUR WIFE?
HOW DOES IT GET BACK TO HER?
>> SHE DENIES EVERYTHING.
SO I CALLED HER THE NEXT DAY, AND THAT WAS-- THAT WAS THE GOOD
FORTUNE-- MAYBE I LOST THE WATCH, BUT I-- I GOT MY BEST
FRIEND.
( APPLAUSE )
BROUGHT THAT HOME WELL, JAMES, THROFL HAVE YOU HERE THIS WEEK.
PLEASE COME BACK ANY TIME.
>> IT'S BEEN SO GREAT.
>> Stephen: JAMES TAYLOR.
"AMERICAN STANDARD" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ACTOR COLMAN DOMINGO.
JAMES TAYLOR!