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James Taylor and Carole King played Madison Square Garden to good reviews on Tuesday night as part of their “Troubadour Reunion Tour”. The tour seeks to recapture the mood of their early 1970s performances at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles, when the pioneering pair were setting songwriting standards that few have eclipsed.

The Madison Square Garden show was performed in the round on a slowly rotating stage and a total of 27 songs were performed. The focus was on 1960s and early 1970s soft rock standards, for this was a night for nostalgia. Stand out performances included a duet on “You’ve Got a Friend” and King’s version of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”, which she had written for the Shirelles in 1960.

Here’s the full set list:

• Something In the Way She Moves
• So Far Away
• Machine Gun Kelly
• Carolina In My Mind
• Way Over Yonder
• Smackwater Jack
• Country Road
• Sweet Seasons
• Mexico
• Song Of Long Ago
• Long Ago and Far Away
• Beautiful
• Shower the People
• (You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman
• Been To Canaan
• Crying In the Rain
• Your Smiling Face
• Sweet Baby James
• Jazzman
• Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
• Steamroller
• It’s Too Late
• Fire and Rain
• I Feel the Earth Move
• You’ve Got a Friend
• How Sweet It Is
• You Can Close Your Eyes

Let’s enjoy a vintage performance of “You’ve Got a Friend” by James Taylor and Carole King.

The Troubadour Reunion Tour

The “Troubadour Reunion Tour” has been playing to packed houses around the world since it kicked off in Melbourne, Australia in March. From Australia, the tour went to New Zealand, Japan and North America. The North American leg of the tour concludes at the Honda Center, Anaheim, CA on July 20.

Click here for “Troubadour Reunion Tour” ticket information

“Live at the Troubadour” – CD/DVD set

Fans of the pair will want to pick up a new CD and DVD package called “Live at the Troubadour,” which features a 2007 reunion concert at the LA club. Thirty-six years after King and Taylor first appeared together at the Troubour, they assembled the original band, “The Section,” for a three-night, six-show run to celebrate the venue’s 50th anniversary.

Here’s the “Live at the Troubadour” trailer:

You can buy “Live at the Troubadour” at the following online retailers.

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