What is your favorite soft rock/ folk rock singer or band? Mine is James Taylor

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[EYESORE 9001]

1. Joni Mitchell

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8. Thank your very much, EYESORE 9001

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Simon and G.

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9. Agree. Thank you very for sharing with us, SWBTATTReg.

[mwmisses4289]

3. John Denver, Barry Manilow, The Carpenters...

there are too many others, those are the ones that popped into my head.

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10. Thank you very for your selections. mwmisses4289

[Laffy Kat]

4. Avett Brothers.

I saw them at Red Rocks last month and they were amazing.

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12. They you Laffy Kat. I am so glad you enjoyed the concert.

[ms liberty]

52. I'm having concert envy right now, lol

We've seen them at MerleFest and at their COVID drive in concert at the Speedway in Charlotte. I really, really want to see them at Red Rocks someday. Them and DMB.

[Laffy Kat]

60. You know, I've lived in Colorado since '81 and that was my first time at Red Rocks.

It exceeded my expectations. The group and the ambiance complemented each other perfectly.

[hlthe2b]

5. Well, I love James Taylor as well, but for me, John Denver.

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13. I love John Denver. One of my favorites of his was Sunshine on my Shoulders. RIP John.

[Permanut]

6. Cass Elliot..

We lost her too soon.

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14. I agree. Loved her with the group and solo. RIP Cass

[CTyankee]

63. She had the sweetestt voice. Her death was just so tragic!

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64. Agree. Thank you CTyankee.

[Grim Chieftain]

7. John Denver

I absolutely love him. His music always spoke to me, beautiful, heartfelt and gently uplifting. Such a tragedy he left us far too soon.

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15. I loved his music too. The state of WV about an hour drive from me, has as their state song "Take Me Home, Country

Roads. I believe it is on the license plates also .RIP John.

[Grim Chieftain]

18. You won't believe this

My dad owned a funeral home in WV, and he always chuckled that the license plate on the hearse said "Almost Heaven"..

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22. That's funny. Around , here is western PA. they play a lot of tourist ads for WV, Guess what song they play in the

background.?

[Grim Chieftain]

23. Wonderful part of the country.

You're lucky to live surrounded by so much natural beauty.

[Dulcinea]

11. Gordon Lightfoot. nt

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16. Agree with you Dulcinea. RIP Gordon.

[Ritabert]

54. Me too. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" or

..."If You Could Read My Mind" are my favorites.

[Mister Ed]

17. Leonard Cohen. n/t

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20. Thank you very much. Mister Ed

[Coventina]

19. Olivia Newton John

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21. Thank you , Coventina. I miss the mellow sound of her voice.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. You Picked A Good One

I'll add AL Stewart, Cat Stephen's, & Joni.

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50. Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC , Your selection is wonderful.

[TommieMommy]

25. Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bee Gees, Elton John and John Denver

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51. Thank you very much, TommieMommy. Great selections.

[shelshaw]

26. Neil Diamond

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47. I love Neil Diamond. His songs are ageless.

[JBTaurus83]

27. Tori Amos

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46. Thank you very much for sharing with us, JBTaurus83.

[iscooterliberally]

28. James Taylor would be my favorite as well.

I used to play in metal bands back in the 80s. It was pretty funny how many shredder guitarists loved James Taylor as well. I'm going to add Jim Croce to this since no one else has named him yet. I had most of his songs memorized as a kid. I had his greatest hits album in the early seventies.

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45. Thank you very much, iscooterliberally. I agree with Jim Croce.

[SamKnause]

29. Mark Knopfler.

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44. Thank you, very much SamKnause. The Sulton of Swing. HAHAHA.

[Morbius]

30. Check out Eilen Jewell.

I don't know if I'd call her soft rock, but I definitely wouldn't call Leonard Cohen soft rock and someone mentioned him. She's amazing, though.

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43. I will Morbius and I thank you for your recommendation.

[Native]

31. Mine is Taylor too! And my favorite album of his is Hourglass.

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42. Thank you very much, Native.

[Trailrider1951]

32. In addition to all the other great suggestions, I'd like to name Paul Simon

I've been a fan of his since the Garfunkel days.

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41. Thank you, Trailrider1951, for your great selection.

[Polybius]

33. Nirvana

As you can probably tell by my avatar.

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40. HAHA, Thank you very much, Polybius.

[LogDog75]

34. A couple of names

The Beatles
The Carpenters
Bobby Goldsboro
The Kingston Trio
The Association

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39. Thank you very much, LogDog75 for your selections.

[oasis]

35. Billy Joel

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38. Thank you very much, oasis. Yes, very mellow.

[OldBaldy1701E]

36. The Eagles, pre-Walsh.

Not that they were not amazing after he joined, but their stuff was certainly more 'folk-oriented' before he came along.

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37. I agree. Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E

[Eugene]

48. The Moody Blues

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65. So do I, Eugene. Especially. "Nights in White Satin" Thank you very much.

[catbyte]

49. Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon

I loved Warren Zevon's twisted/subversive songs, lol.

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66. HAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you very much, catyte for your selections.

[underpants]

53. Pretty much any 70's soft rock

James Taylor played here maybe 15 (?) years ago. Great show. People were calling out songs. One I don’t think I was familiar with and James looked up towards whomever called it out and said, “We’re not playing that. There’s a dusty old soul up there”. We cracked up.

I’d read that during intermission he put on a hat and just sat down on the front of the stage. Not a lot of security needed at a James Taylor concert. With the age of the crowd, intermission means ever jumps up from their seats and heads to the bathrooms. Lots of movement. Since I knew that, my wife and I got to shake his hand.

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57. I have gone to three of his concerts.all with Carol King. Loved it. I agree the audience now is a little older. Thanks

underpants.

[underpants]

55. Fun fact: Jane's Taylor was the first non-British artist the Beatles signed to Apple Records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor_(album)

Taylor recorded the album from July to October 1968 at Trident Studios, at the same time as the Beatles were recording the White Album.

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56. Thank you underpants. I remember that.

[no_hypocrisy]

58. Two: John Prine and Lacy J. Dalton

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59. Thank you very much, no_hypoctisy. Great selection.

[chouchou]

61. Little river band. Especially "It's a long way there"

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62. I remember them.chouchou. I liked their mellow sound.

[justaprogressive]

67. Richard Thompson - Not your average picker

Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-founded in 1967. After departing the group in 1971, Thompson released his debut solo album Henry the Human Fly in 1972. The next year, he formed a duo with his wife Linda Thompson, which produced six albums, including the critically acclaimed I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) and Shoot Out the Lights (1982). After the dissolution of the duo, Thompson revived his solo career with the release of Hand of Kindness in 1983. He has released eighteen solo studio albums. Three of his albums—Rumor and Sigh (1991), You? Me? Us? (1996), and Dream Attic (2010)—have been nominated for Grammy Awards,[4] while Still (2015) was his first UK Top Ten album. He continues to write and record new material and has frequently performed at venues throughout the world,

check these out!

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68. Thank you very much justaprogressive.

[Paladin]

69. I heard James Taylor's "You Are My Only One" in the car, just now.

Gorgeous song.