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Whether or not he becomes the nextAmerican Idol, Thunderstorm Artis is already living his dream.
“It’s called ‘Fire and Rain.’
Some guy wrote it.”
James Taylor and Thunderstorm Artis.Credit:James Taylor/Instagram
“A fine choice,” Taylor quipped in response.
Afterward, Taylor was very complimentary, but also offered the younger singer some advice.
“But you did a version of that that I haven’t heard [before].
“The emotional connection that he has with music it’s a special thing.”
Artis' live show performance ultimately earned him nothing but praise from the judges during Sunday’s live show.
“It had hints of James Taylor but it had a lot of you,“Luke Bryantold him.
But way to be you, beneath the Thunderstorm Artis.”
“First, I became a writer because I was listening to James Taylor,” he shared.
“Secondly, that’s one of my favorite songs by him.
And third… You absolutely turned it intoyoursong.
What a masterful job.”
“I was melting in my seat.
I was nervous as heck, but I wasnt showing it on the outside,” he admitted.
It was singers Amanda Barise and Desmond Roberts who did not receive enough votes to advance.
Watch Artis cover James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” above.
