Gene Dries sent me this photo of two of my favorite artists - James Taylor and Take 6.



Photo by Gene Dries

This photo was taken June 8th, 2009 in New York City, backstage at the Lincoln Center for an event celebrating the life of Paul Newman.  Also on the bill were: Harry Connick Jr., Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Art Garfunkel, Kristin Chenoweth, Robert Redford, Julia Roberts and Jerry Seinfeld.

After hearing Take 6 perform (longest set of the evening at three songs, Mary, Windmills & Come On), James approached the guys and asked if they would accompany him on the finale, “Shower the People”. They went off into a stairwell and worked for about 10 minutes on a quick arrangement and knocked it out of the park …