Great, great, song from a groundbreaking album. To me, it evokes that time when the country was transitioning from the 1960’s to the 70’s. At the time, I myself was going from my childhood to my early teens.
“To me, it evokes that time when the country was transitioning from the 1960’s to the 70’s.”
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Music scene trending away from wild psychedelia to the softer singer-songwriter era.
I remember the Grammys from 1972. King won three Grammys that year: one for this song, one for the album Tapestry, and one for “You’ve Got A Friend.” She was unable to attend the awards ceremony because she was about to give birth, but when the third award was announced, the presenter said, “It’s triplets!”
1972, Charlie Company, Presidio of Monterey Ca. You could walk down a hallway any time of day and you would hear songs from the Tapestry album coming from various rooms. It was phenomenal.