A date with 'Sweet Baby James'

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor

James Taylor, whose hits include the 1970 album title track "Sweet Baby James," has had several hits on past pop charts. Associated Press

Tom Moffatt, who is presenting the concert, said several hundred additional tickets were released earlier this week, so seats are still available, though a sellout is expected by showtime.

Taylor, the guitar-strumming crooner dubbed Sweet Baby James, will bring his bulging songbook to the Islands. He is a multi-platinum and Grammy-Award-winning singer-composer, who was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame last year. In 1998, Taylor also received Billboard magazine's Century Award for his career lifetime achievements. Taylor last performed in Hawai'i in 1995, giving shows on O'ahu and one at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

Over the past three decades, Taylor has topped the pop charts with such hits as "Fire and Rain," "You've Got a Friend," "Handy Man," "Your Smiling Face," "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," "Up on the Roof," "Her Town Too," "That's Why I'm Here," "Rainy Day Man," "Shower the People" and "How Sweet It Is."

Ticket information

Price: $55 and $65

Locations: On sale at the Blaisdell box office and Ticket Plus outlets, including Foodland and Sack 'N Save stores, House of Music Ala Moana, Tempo Music locations, the University of Hawai'i Campus Center, MWR Kunia, Brigham Young-Hawai'i, JCB Waikiki, the Honolulu Club, Pearl Harbor, Marine Corps Base Hawaii and other military outlets.

Information: 591-2211. Charge at 526-4400 or www.ticketplushawaii.com.