The Three American Troubadours: Celebrating James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Carole King

Their music is the soundtrack of so many lives. James Taylor, Carly Simon, and Carole King had so many hit songs that it’s hard to keep track of them all. James Taylor is a six-time Grammy winner, Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer Carly Simon had 13 Top 40 hits, and Carole King wrote or co-wrote 118 Billboard Hot 100 hits. Their personal and professional lives intertwine with songs like “Mockingbird", “You’re So Vain", “Anticipation", and “You’ve Got a Friend", and their music and lives are celebrated by three performers with their own impressive resumes.

Lisa Sherman spent 11 years on and off Broadway as a singer, actress, and dancer, and shared the stage with the Radio City Rockettes for four years. She has performed and headlined at the Apollo Theatre, The Algonquin, The Vogel, and Hamilton Theatres and soloed with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra in a tribute to Paul McCartney. She has presented tribute shows including Songbird, The Best of Bonnie Raitt, Broadway and Beyond, and Decades of Divas. For Three American Troubadours, she is working with her husband, Academy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee Franke Previte, co-writer of the song “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing.

Alice Leon has a very melodic, tuneful, and "hooky" approach to pop/rock and adult contemporary music. Her direct influences have ranged from Carly Simon, Carole King, and the Beatles to Sheryl Crow. In addition to being a supreme vocalist, Alice Leon plays guitar and keyboards. She attracted attention when she made a guest appearance on the soap, The Guiding Light, playing a wedding singer and performing The Guiding Light's theme song.

James Gedeon began performing in New York’s Greenwich Village in the late 1980s in storied venues including The Bitter End and Village Gate. He has opened for musical acts that include America, The Marshall Tucker Band, Livingstone Taylor, Kenny Loggins, Vanessa Williams, and comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Dana Carvey, and Jay Leno. He has shared the stage at private events with Billy Joel, Harry Connick, Jr., Pat Monahan of Train, and Phoebe Snow. A songwriter as well as a performer, he has released three albums.

Come hear the music we love, sung by a trio of great singers. You may well feel the Earth move under your feet.