eventually, peter asher, who lives here in los angeles and was my manager for many, many years, and producedost of the early albums. peter heard that this and he had just signed on for apple records and took the disk to paul mclarney and george harrison. they herded and gave the green light, and i was set -- they heard it and gave it the green light. it was like the mother of all big breaks. for me, it was just like someone opened the door. >> as amazing as that story is, that was not the moment that we got to become aware of james taylor. you did not become a hit based upon that this. but the first album got enough recognition to be able to come here to los angeles. peter asher picked up a record deal with warner brothers records. that is when we made "sweet baby james." tavis: baby face and i grew up in the same part of indiana. we both grew up in the corn field listening to james taylor. >> that is an honor, i love it. i think we approach music probably from a very similar direction. i would not be surprised to learn that he and i have the same influence is growing up. tavis: one of the t

peter asher sort of discovered me and i sent him a demo.and george listened to it and i played a song for them. >> rose: didn't they have one on a roaring. >> they did, caroline on my mind. >> rose: where did that song come from. >> i was home sick. i was in london. part was written in spain on an island and then i finish it off when i got back to london. i was taking a little break. the beatles were making the white album, they took a break and the studio closed down. me and my friend who is also a beautiful musician wrote that bonnie raitt song stay too long at the fair. but joel and i went to hang out with friend of his down there. smuggler most of them it turned out. but very exciting time. and i was just thinking about north carolina. >> rose: does it just flow once you get on to it, do the words just come. >> that certainly did. a girl i met from sweden and i, her name is karen, we had gone to either a wedding or a funeral, i can't remember which it was on the island which just next to formetera and we missed the last ferry boat where