Editing James Taylor (section)

==== Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and inaugural celebration ====
[[File:James Taylor receiving his National Medal of Arts. (5492693444).jpg|thumb|240x240px|Taylor with U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] in 2011, preparing to be awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]]]
During October 19–21, 2008, Taylor performed a series of free concerts in five North Carolina cities in support of [[Barack Obama]]'s presidential bid.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/16/james_taylor_schedules_5_free_concerts_f | title=James Taylor Schedules 5 Free Concerts For Obama | agency=[[Associated Press]] | publisher=Starpulse.com | date=October 16, 2008 | access-date=March 17, 2009 | archive-date=June 6, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606175112/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/16/james_taylor_schedules_5_free_concerts_f | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081021/ARTICLES/810210255/0/NEWS | title=Concert Review: James Taylor sings Obama's praises | author=Staton, John | newspaper=[[The Star-News]] | date=October 21, 2008 | access-date=March 17, 2009 | archive-date=July 25, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725110420/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081021/ARTICLES/810210255/0/NEWS | url-status=live }}</ref>
On Sunday, January 18, 2009, he performed at the [[We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial]], singing "Shower the People" with [[John Legend]] and [[Jennifer Nettles]] of [[Sugarland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939371.html?categoryid=1264&cs=1|title=We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration|access-date=February 8, 2009|date=January 18, 2009|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Gallo, Phil|archive-date=January 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130032241/http://variety.com/review/VE1117939371.html?categoryid=1264&cs=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
On May 29, 2009, Taylor performed on the final episode of the original 17-year run of ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]''.