It’s impossible to document the first time Livingston Taylor performed on the Eastern Shore. Most think it was at the Church Hill Theater in the mid-1970s, others think it was in the early 1980s. It doesn’t really matter — he’s done it a lot after forty-five years on the road.
And he came back last Friday night once again to perform at the Avalon where the Spy caught up with him after he had completed his sound check for the evening’s performance.
In his interview, Livingston talks about his life growing up as a Yankee in North Carolina in the 1960s, his passion for music, and a few words about young artists like Taylor Swift and the exceptionalism and luck it takes to be at the top of the food chain in music these days. He ends with his impressions on the Eastern Shore and Maryland’s similarity to his own state of Massachusetts.
This video is approximately six minutes in length
Nancy McGuire says
Most, interesting interview with depth and feeling! Lovely person.
Thank you, David.
Margery Elsberg says
I loved every moment of Livingston Taylor’s Spy Chat–thank you! We saw him in “Romeo & Juliet” in Chestertown’s Wilmer Park last summer and couldn’t take our eyes off of him. It’s incredible that this amazing Broadway veteran is here on the Mid-Shore, happily sharing his time and talents, more proof that we live in the center of the creative universe.