A new mini-series, titled, 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, will begin airing on Apple TV Plus starting May 21st. Variety reported the eight-part program is based on author David Hepworth's critically acclaimed book, 1971: Never A Dull Moment, which chronicled the groundbreaking year, which solidified the place of the singer-songwriter and underscored the power and importance of what is now called “classic rock.”
1971's producer James Gay-Rees, explained, “I remember sitting in a room with David Hepworth as he gave me the context of what was happening socially and politically that year, alongside which albums were coming out that year. And. . . it was a slightly jaw-dropping moment, because the list just seemed to never end, and I couldn’t believe that all those records came out of that one year. I mean, some of these months alone are kind of iconic moments for music.”
James Taylor led the singer-songwriter movement that was in full-force by 1971. He told us that he's not the type of writer who can just bang out an album over a couple of week's worth of writing sessions: “They sort of come through me, and I, and I wait for them to show up. I can do things that help them show up — usually sitting down playing the guitar, so, my guitar technique is central to it. I’m not. . . I don’t read music, I don’t write it, so I, sit down and basically wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.”
