James Taylor and Carole King are seen performing here together today and in archival footage from the early 1970s when, along with other artists including Joni Mitchell, they merged pop, rock and folk and moved musical lyrics from the political to the deeply personal. As with “official” histories from the Soviet Union, it’s interesting to see who has been airbrushed out of existence. Carly Simon, a key player in this period and musical genre, is never seen, cited or mentioned here. Is this because she was once married to James Taylor? And how can any history of L.A. music in the early 1970s omit Gram Parsons? One figure takes a rather nasty swipe at gonzo music critic Lester Bangs because of his over-the-top criticism of Taylor. This seems rather gratuitous and mean, as Bangs died in 1982 and isn’t here to defend himself.