Título: James Taylor
Seção: 1981-1996: Troubled times and new beginnings
Background: James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with "

Conteúdo: Simon announced her separation from Taylor in September 1981 saying, "Our needs are different; it seem[s] impossible to stay together" and their divorce finalized in 1983. Their breakup was highly publicized. At the time, Taylor was living on West End Avenue in Manhattan and on a methadone maintenance program to cure him of his drug addiction. Over the course of four months starting in September 1983, spurred on in part by the deaths of his friends John Belushi and Dennis Wilson and in part by the desire to be a better father to his children Sally and Ben, he discontinued methadone and overcame his heroin habit.  Taylor had thoughts of retiring by the time he played the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro in January 1985. He was encouraged by the nascent democracy in Brazil at the time, buoyed by the positive reception he got from the large crowd and other musicians, and musically energized by the sounds and nature of Brazilian music. "I had... sort of bottomed-out in a drug habit, my marriage with Carly had dissolved, and I had basically been depressed and lost for a while," he recalled in 1995. "I sort of hit a low spot. I was asked to go down to Rio de Janeiro to play in this festival down there. We put the band together and went down and it was just an amazing response. I played to 300,000 people. They not only knew my music, they knew things about it and were interested in aspects of it that to that point had only interested me. To have that kind of validation right a

user: What was something that happened during his troubled times?

assistant: Simon announced her separation from Taylor in September 1981 saying, "Our needs are different; it

user: What other troubles did he have?

assistant: on a methadone maintenance program to cure him of his drug addiction.

user: Did the program work?

assistant: he discontinued methadone and overcame his heroin habit.

user: What was his new beginnings?

assistant: We put the band together and went down and it was just an amazing response. I played to 300,000 people. They not only knew my music,

user: Did he record anything during this time?

assistant: The song "Only a Dream in Rio" was written in tribute to that night,

user: Any other singles released during his new beginnings time?

assistant: "Everyday", released as a single reached No. 61.

user: Did he have anything reach higher on the chart?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: His later concerts feature songs spanning his career and are marked by the musicianship of his band and backup singers.

user: Did he have any other troubled times?

assistant: my heart came back alive.