Day 47: February 16: Handyman
"Here is the main thing I want to say, I'm busy 24 hours a day."
This might be my favorite of all the James Taylor covers. Apparently it kind of happened by accident. They were feeling kind of flat in the sessions for the album JT when James' friend Kooch suggested they goof on this old favorite of James' and it felt so good that they decided to record it. For a long time I didn't realize it was a cover, and it sure is a good one.
Jimmy Jones sang the original Handyman and it's much faster and less sweet sounding. I don't know much about Jimmy but that seems to have been his biggest hit. Here's a similar sounding one from him. Jana says she had heard it before but it was new to me.
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