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What was something that happened during his troubled times?
Simon announced her separation from James Taylor in September 1981
What other troubles did he have in during his troubled times besides the divorce?
At the time, James Taylor was living on West End Avenue in Manhattan and on a methadone maintenance program to cure him of his drug addiction.
Did the methadone program James Taylor was on work?
Over the course of four months starting in September 1983, James Taylor discontinued methadone and overcame his heroin habit.
What was James Taylor's new beginnings?
James Taylor had thoughts of retiring by the time he played the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro in January 1985.
Did James Taylor record anything during the troubled times when he overcame heroin and got divorced?
The song Only a Dream in Rio was written in tribute to that night, with lines like I was there that very day and my heart came back alive.
Any other singles released during James Taylor's new beginnings time besides Only a Dream in Rio?
The October 1985 album, That's Why I'm Here, from which that song came, started a series of studio recordings
Did James Taylor have anything reach higher on the chart after his album That's Why I'm Here?
James Taylor achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.
Are there any other interesting aspects about James Taylor's albums after 1985 besides achieving number one with Before This World?
Every album that James Taylor released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies.
Did James Taylor have any other troubled times besides getting divorced and quitting heroin?
After his divorce from Carly Simon in 1983, Taylor married actress Kathryn Walker. She had helped him get off heroin, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
Did James Taylor remarry after divorcing Kathryn Walker?
On February 18, 2001, at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston, James Taylor wed for the third time, marrying Caroline Smedvig

Question: Did he tour in his new beginnings time?
Self-contained rewrite: Did James Taylor tour in his new beginnings time?