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Song of the Day: 'Her Town Too' by James Taylor and JD Souther

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 Felt like the president over the weekend, with my James Taylor obsession on full display. Started when I read that Rosanne Cash was in Los Angeles on Friday for a songwriters-in-the-round presentation for HBO music programmers and execs, along with Dave Stewart, Marvin Etzioni and JD Souther. The news immediately brought to mind "Her Town Too," the hit JD wrote with James and Waddy Wachtel back in 1981 for JT's "Dad Loves His Work" LP. Pop songs have dissected breakups from every possible angle, but I don't think there has ever been a song like this one. Although the album title is a reference to the end of James' marriage to Carly Simon -- who reportedly told him to choose between working so much and their family -- the song sounds like it's about the (unfamous) former wife of someone really famous. The identity of who's so vain still remains a mystery, but I want to know whose town this used to be, too.


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