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Took a break from him because of his activism ... then I grew up and realized his songs were as much a part of me as anything in my memory. Then I fell in love with his stuff all again. Man ... I still get wiped out listening to “Something Fine”. He has no peer in songwriting. There are other greats I love, but he has held a special place in my psyche for decades. Age well, my friend.
Same here…his “activism” is more defined as self-righteous indignation, and is quite boorish honestly. …but I agree, his songs became such a part of my live when I was younger, that I can muster up enough forgiveness to allow myself to return and listen from time to time 😊
Solo Acoustic. The courage to take his music out to the public in a stripped down version and then ask what he should play. Brave. Fantastic albums, both of them.
Jackson is the best lyricist of all time, in my opinion... and his voice is so pure and simple so the melody and lyrics really shine. One of my fondest dreams - something I desperately want to do before I die - is sing backup for Jackson Browne. Doesn't even have to be on stage or in front of anyone. Just one song, harmonizing together. Preferably something from Late for the Sky or I'm Alive, but I'm flexible.
@Clyde Jackson Browne Jackson, thank you for producing such touching music. Due to covid, your Connecticut stop on your tour has been postponed 2 years in a row now.🙄 You will be performing at Foxwoods Casino in the month of June 2022. I don't know 🤔 they say 3 times a charm. We'll see you next year! ❤ The one and only time I have been able to see you live, was July 2004 at the Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, Ct. I know time has passed since, I wonder if you'd remember the girl going up to the stage and placing a red, white and blue crafted bouquet of flowers and lace in front of you as you sat a played for all of us in the theater? That bouquet represented independence and all the avenues that it has taken and still takes. Jackson I hope you read this, stay healthy and wish you joy, love and longevity.
Will always be grateful that Jackson got Warren Zevon signed to a record deal as Warren is my favorite artist of all-time. Love that Jackson still plays Warren's songs. Jackson's records also introduced me to another favorite...David Lindley. Jackson Browne has long tentacles and has been a friend, mentor and "big brother" to so many of the 70's LA artists. Thanks for 50 years of enjoyment, my friend.
My older brother got me into Jackson, when I was 15,have been a fan of his for 40 yrs ,have seen him 3 times live, 5th row center each time. His music soothes my soul every time.
That girl could sing always reminds me of my wife, "She wasn't much good at sticking around but that girl could sing" Brings me to tears every time I hear the song.... 💕 I love you Eve, always have, always will, I miss you dearly! Please come home...💕 😌
I have loved Jackson Browne since i was a child, and I hope new generations of music lovers will discover how truly widespread his brilliance is. Legend....barely begins to cover him. God bless and keep him safe with us for many years to come.
I love Jackson Browne! Have seen him dozens of times, live, and was never disappointed! My all time favorite song is Bright Baby Blues, although, I love nearly every song he's made. Congratulations, on all your amazing accomplishments, plus being a great person, too!
I was just a kid when most of this stuff was recorded now that I am an old fart, his music is even more meaningful. I just simply love the music of Jackson Browne
When I was at university and working as a stage hand at the concert venue, Jackson Browne allowed me play the Bösendorfer grand piano he was using on that tour. 40+ years later I still remember what a fantastic, friendly and genuinely nice guy he was to a random university student.
One of my top favorite albums (yes, albums!) by any artist is "For Everyman". Since 1973, I still play it regularly, albeit on CD now. Every song on the album is an absolute favorite of mine.
My very first concert was America (during Horse With No Name fame) with Jackson Browne as their opening act in 1972. I was just 14 years old but I knew even then I was witnessing something special with both performances. Jackson's first album, Saturate Before Using, is still hauntingly beautiful and my personal favorite.
It is my understanding that his first album was not titled "Saturate Before Using." Those were the instructions on the pictured water bag, I believe the tile was "Jackson Browne; Jackson Browne."
He was there as I grew through that time of boy to man. Influencing my thoughts about my world and my place in it. Truly he was like a family member. Thru the good and not so good. Thank you sir.
Hi Jackson I'm Rosie from New York City how are you feeling my dear friend and brother you're absolutely brilliant I've been a fan of yours since I was a kid
Yes, Jackson Browne always light up my heart and make me feel happy and home, no matter where I am. His voice and his epic songs are always on my most favourite playlist- magic!
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I was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion where Jackson recorded Running on Empty along with The Load Out and Stay. My girlfriend and I had driven down from Philly for the concert and it was one of the best I've ever seen. I was already a fan since 1972 and still go to see him every chance I get.
A few things I have seen & heard about Jackson is he lived a good normal life of a famous man. Great music & great band members & songs that make you feel good. I still listen to his music every day. Thanks Jackson Browne & band members!
Not that this is his only accomplishment, but he writes without s doubt the best "break-up songs" of any songwriter ever., with the short, incredibly poignant "Late For The Sky" still at the top of the list. He's written some newer beauties, like the breathtaking "Sky Blue and Black" and "Too Many Angles", but to me, nothing can match the perfection of 'Late For The Sky"". .... "Looking hard into your eyes, there was nobody I'd ever known" .... the ability to write a line like that, conveying so much depth and breath of feeling and meaning in so few words, is to me the epitome of what makes him one of our all-time greatest songwriters and poets.
As for "celebs" there is nobody i love more than Jackson. I saw him in 78 and 04. In 78 Rosie and David were with the band, the "Running on Empty" tour. Jackson seemed so shy at such a young age, but his music was so very very good. To this day ( Aug 2, 2023) and counting, he is and always will be my favorite singer/songwriter/musician. I adore him and all of his music.
I was at the Merriweather Post Pavillion concert when Running on Empty was recorded. Was about 10 rows back right in Front of him. The concert was a blast.
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JB has been my musical idol since the first time I heard Doctor, My Eyes while in college. There are a lot of great songwriters out there, but his combination of introspection, social action and poetry make him, for me, the best. For Everyman and Late for the Sky, along with Abbey Road, are my favorite all time albums. Looking Into You, These Days, and In the Shape of a Heart, are just a perfect trio of songs
Thank you Manthoughts for hi lighting Mr. Jackson Browne this way. He truly deserves to be celebrated. His values, songs and messages have been an incredible inspiration to live and love. He makes it so clear that you have to feel the loss or absence of love to know what it is in the first place. He puts it like no one else. Such a man.
#12 Jackson Brown was arrested along with thousands of others at the Abalone Alliance Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant protest near San Luis Obispo in 1981. I know because I was there. Wavy Gravy was arrested too and wearing a Santa Claus suit and actor Robert Blake was arrested too. The men who were arrested were taken to a school gymnasium converted to a "jail" with 3" mattresses on the floor and guards standing at each door. The buses were brought in one by one as the cops filled them up and the prisoners were unloaded and processed as each buss arrived. When each bus arrived the man made a big circle inside the gym and chanted "Om" until each bus load was processed. The cops were freaking out at first because they didn't know what we were going to do with all that energy. We remained calm and in good spirits. We had educational classes during the day taught by our fellow "inmates", and each night we had a talent show with the different affinity groups coming up with skits and performances. The second night during the talent show a guard carried a black acoustic guitar over his head across the gym floor with hundreds of men watching and then gave the guitar to Jackson on the stage and he sang several songs. After that, Jackson closed each nights talent show with a couple songs. Many of us stayed for up to 6 or 7 days because the cops were so unprepared to process us out with own-recognizance releases. After a couple years we were informed that the district attorney dropped all charges against the over 2,000 men and women arrested over the two weeks of protests.
I'm considerably older than you...and from the US....so that was more like 3 things I didn't know about Jackson Browne. I'm delighted your talking points was on him though. He's been one of my favorite artists since I was in 8th grade.
I begun to like Jackson in 72, maybe it was 73. I lost my father in 72 was the last Saturday of November. I joined the Corps in November 74 and then he came out with the wonderful "Pretender" album, While I'm in the Corp. This whole album felt as if he wrote it for me! "Daddy's Tune" hit me rather hard as did "The Only Child" these were songs that I "felt" and grieved with, they continue to bring tears and are a reminder of a loss of someone dear. Thank you Jackson for walking with me and sharing your wonderful heart felt articulation.
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Jackson is undoubtedly one of the best singer songwriters of our generation, songs of substance,reality romance and life in the heart of America starting with his earlier albums like "late for the sky" "for every man" and of course "the pretender"; the latter being the one the propelled him to the 'star status' he carries with him to this very day all the while maintaining his humbleness hippiness honesty topped with a splash of humour for coolness,all in casual California style modest in nature; he can still bring a tear to my eye from the context of lyrics he so easily delivers. Jackson please try and come back to Alberta just one last time, so I can bring my grandchildren to the show to witness true authentic easy listening music that lasts and lasts and lasts cause it's cleansing to shine on&on&on&on&never gets old,just fresher
Cool video, several things I didn't know. I was one of the people in the audience at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in 1977. My girlfriend and I drove down from Philadelphia. They also recorded The Load Out and Stay there, for the Running On Empty album. That album and The Pretender are my two favorites.
You didnt know Jackson was one of the members of The Nitty Gritty Dirty Band! I know because my bother is the drummer Harmonica Jimmie Fadden we grew up togeather
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Fact 11, Not only did Jackson write Take it Easy, and These Days, he did so at just age 16 showing an amazingly precocious and mature level of talent at a very very young age. Something that was quickly noticed by the older established artists such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band long before super groups like the Eagles stepped up and made a fortune on his material!
@@screwyootube1 Jackson Browne wrote most of Take It Easy.. he had been writing it for awhile but hadn't finished it when Glenn Frey was at his place he saw it written down and asked Jackson if he minded if he finished it and Jackson told him he didn't mind so Glenn wrote the last verse to the song and that is all.. 'Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.. such a fine sight to see..it's a girl my lord in a flatbed Ford ..slowing down to take a look at me'
Jackson Brown bought a 1936 Epiphone acou. the day before I had enough to get it. Chelsea Guitar sold it to him on a Sat. 10 years ago & I still can't get that guitar out of me head. For me, it was perfect. Someday, I hope to find a guitar to sound as good as that one did to me. But Jackson, I do hope that guitar served you well.
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i was at a concert during the1977 tour, the concerts that the Running on Empty album was recorded from. I was at one of the last ones, in LA at the Universal Amplitheater. mid September, that's when the recording was done. i remember it ending with the load out and Stay, which went on and on and on and on, just getting higher and higher. i still have the tee shirt i got at that concert, it's the picture of him from his first album cover, with the words Jackson Browne and Los Angeles on it. it's the only jackson concert i've ever been to. i haven't been to a lot of concerts in my life but i've been to some historic ones, Dylan at Hollywood Bowl sept 3 1965, just the second concert with an electric set, a few days after the Highway 61 Revisited album was released, nobody had ever heard Desolation Row before that night, or Ballad of a Thin Man. Saw Dylan and the Band on 2/14/74 which was their last ever tour concert together, the Before the Flood concert album was recorded at that performance. I consider that Jackson Running on Empty concert historic. it was at the peak of the intensity of his mushrooming fame and popularity, his songs, especially Running on Empty, just nailed it, what a lot of people were going through. a lot of us, in 65 we were 17, runnin up 101. in 69 we were 21 and called the road our own, ended up all kinds of other roads, not knowing where, definitely running on empty and coping with some drugs. The other jackson memory i have is that in 2004 february, a friend took me to the Grammies, not something i ever would have gotten to do in my life, just happened to be with that guy that year. my friend knew Jackson, friend was a session musician, had played with jackson, he knew other people jackson played with better, Bonnie Raitt, Danny O'Keefe. The grammies was right after Warren Zevon had just died, and my friend told me that jackson browne was putting on a wake for warren zevon that night after the grammies, at McCabes guitar shop in Santa Monica, it was a small venue for music performances as well as a guitar shop. so my friend said maybe if we go and act like we belong there we can get in, and we did, we just walked in, eating catered stuff like strawberries. Then, the musicians started performing, doing Warren songs, jamming on the songs, it was loose, Warren's son did a couple of solo performances. Jackson was playing, in the background, and just watching over the whole thing, like, not running it, but watching over it, nurturing the gathering. i had the impression he was avoiding attention because he didn't want it to be about him, just guessing.
GREAT CHOICE!!! I used to carry those lyrics around with me on a piece of paper in my wallet for years... genius. It fit my life at the time and you could say it still does. But I was young and preparing to move from my beloved hometown on a long adventure... leaving behind a boy I loved who wasn’t able to really show me love back. But he did love me as much as he was able (has some issues ) and we are now friends. I read him those lyrics or gave them to him, in about 1985.... also was listening a lot to IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART at that same time. Wound up moving from the Deep South to LA and then the East Coast, then back fo LA after a divorce. His songs get me through everything. Now back in my South, I am still marking my changes through his masterpieces... 6 years ago it was SHADOW DREAM SONG and now it’s A LITTLE SOON TO SAY.........
NUMBER FOUR IS ONLY HALF CORRECT: Warren Zevon actually DID MOVE TO SPAIN after getting discouraged with his lack of true musical success. Jackson Browne LURED HIM BACK TO THE USA, with a letter advising that he had secured a recording contract for Zevon with Asylum Records. (It should be noted that Zevon apparently made a low-rent living while in Spain, playing in a local bar; it was there that he and David Lindell first wrote "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", so the time was spent well).
Well I hope you didn't support Trump's reelection because I can't possibly reconcile support for Donald Trump with the music or the political stances of Jackson Browne.They are as different as night and day in my book.
Another fact - he wrote the Eagles song "Take It Easy" and was actually standing on a corner in Flagstaff, AZ, *not Winslow, AZ* with he wrote the song...
I remember Jackson saying in concert (on youtube) that he's often mistakenly given credit for writing that song. He'll sing it, but corrects people on that. I remember this because I also thought he wrote it. It's an easy mistake to make because he wrote so much and it is his style. He's incredibly humble and honest on top of everything else.
Jackson Browne did indeed write the Eagles' hit Take It Easy. Browne initially started writing the song for his debut album and completed most of it, but became disenchanted with it. When Glenn Frey heard the song he was desperate for Jackson to finish it so they could record it. Still finding no luck, Jackson gave the song to Frey and the Eagles who then added the famous second verse and arranged it and recorded the first version. The rest - as they say, is history! Browne has stated in concerts and interviews, he's glad it went that way, the Eagles gave the song what it needed with their skilled arranging and very powerful harmonies. Absolutely brilliant song and arguably one of the biggest rock songs of all time.
Okay I checked and agree, but let's give Glenn Frey a little love. Here's more on it: Browne had written the opening part of the second verse, then ran into writer’s block. Here’s how Frey explained the collaboration in the liner notes to the 2003 album, The Very Best of the Eagles: “I told him that I really liked it. ‘What was that, man? What a cool tune that is.’ He started playing it for me and said, ‘Yeah, but I don’t know - I’m stuck.’ So he played the second unfinished verse and I said, ‘It’s a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowin’ down to take a look at me.’ That was my contribution to ‘Take It Easy,’ really, just finishing the second verse. Jackson was so thrilled. He said, ‘Okay! We cowrote this.’ But it’s certainly more of him.” Thumbs up to them both, hitch hiker style.
these days -hands down one of the finest songs ever writen-still working on learning to play this accoustic classic originally played with capo at the 5th fret i believe a little to high for me but oh how lovely it is...
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You should not take that 500 list seriously! Why? It's a joke. " Light my Fire" by the Doors. Was number 1 for over 16 weeks. A key song of the 60's. And so much more. Was moved from I think 35 too over 300! Like I said the list is a joke!!!
I love Jackson Browne,but I also love Dan Fogelberg! I believe he desrves as much acclaim as Jackson Browne,or more! Dan was great in so many different genres of music,and he played the lead guitar,or piano,etc,etc! His songs can be very complex,and just as profound as were Mr. Browne's songs! Sincerely,BobbyK
Fogelberg was discovered by Joe Walsh in his days Rocky Mtn sessions, in Boulder, Colorado. His music spread like wildfire but his topics were more profound on love or the consequences of love. His music is very profound as you say
JB is also a life long surfer! I believe his home in this video is the one that he has in the Point Conception area. Some of the best surfing waves in the world!
The problem with McCainRepublican Party wasn’t using it during the campaign per say but using it in a commercial. Using a song with a general license at a venue that has a general license is legal use. Using it in a TV commercial, TV show or film requires consent.
Lives In The Balance came out as Reagan was carrying out his murder campaign in Central America--counter-revolutionaires in Nicaragua, death squads everywhere else. I used to listen to that and Bruce Cockburn's Stealing Fire all the time. Still two of my favorite albums.
Wow great video man. The only thing I could say is maybe lower the volume of the music it was a bit hard to hear you in a few parts. Keep up the good work.
I love his music and I don't begrudge his activism even though we're not always on the same page but I'll never forget a show he did in Orange County Ca in the early 80's. I was a stagehand at the time and was standing stage left about 20 feet away from him. He took a break from performing and launched into an environmentalist rant. He was very emotional and the audience got really pissed and started booing him. They had paid to hear his wonderful music and not to hear a political screed. I haven't seen him live since so I don't know if he still does that but I have noticed that some of his later works include lyrics expressing his views. I think that makes a lot more sense. People know where he stands and he doesn't have to be preachy at a concert.
Jackson is a visionary with heart and soul. A musical poet in the veins of S. earle. Now, as much as any time, "Oh people, look among you. The signs are everywhere."
ANYONE who didn't know Jackson's political views by the 80s was an idiot, although having grown up behind the Orange Curtain (57-90) I'm not surprised by the comment. I'm guessing that it was a tour for the "Lawyers in Love" album (1983), about which 1 reviewer had this to say "Critic Robert Christgau called the album "A satire on, celebration of, and lament for the upper-middle classmates an Orange County liberal knows like he knows his neighbor's backyard..."
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Took a break from him because of his activism ... then I grew up and realized his songs were as much a part of me as anything in my memory. Then I fell in love with his stuff all again. Man ... I still get wiped out listening to “Something Fine”. He has no peer in songwriting. There are other greats I love, but he has held a special place in my psyche for decades. Age well, my friend.
Same here…his “activism” is more defined as self-righteous indignation, and is quite boorish honestly.
…but I agree, his songs became such a part of my live when I was younger, that I can muster up enough forgiveness to allow myself to return and listen from time to time 😊
Solo Acoustic. The courage to take his music out to the public in a stripped down version and then ask what he should play. Brave. Fantastic albums, both of them.
Little rascals
Jackson is the best lyricist of all time, in my opinion... and his voice is so pure and simple so the melody and lyrics really shine. One of my fondest dreams - something I desperately want to do before I die - is sing backup for Jackson Browne. Doesn't even have to be on stage or in front of anyone. Just one song, harmonizing together. Preferably something from Late for the Sky or I'm Alive, but I'm flexible.
I hope your dream comes true Natalie❤
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For A Dancer. All his music changes as I get older, and I sometimes, it's like I am hearing for the first time, as I focus differently.
🤙💚
@Clyde Jackson Browne Jackson, thank you for producing such touching music. Due to covid, your Connecticut stop on your tour
has been postponed 2 years in a row now.🙄 You will be performing at Foxwoods Casino in the month of June 2022. I don't know 🤔 they say 3 times a charm. We'll see you next year! ❤
The one and only time I have been able to see you live, was July 2004 at the Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, Ct.
I know time has passed since, I wonder if you'd remember the girl going up to the stage and placing a red, white and blue crafted bouquet of flowers and lace in front of you as you sat a played for all of us in the theater?
That bouquet represented
independence and all the avenues that it has taken and
still takes.
Jackson I hope you read this,
stay healthy and wish you joy,
love and longevity.
Will always be grateful that Jackson got Warren Zevon signed to a record deal as Warren is my favorite artist of all-time. Love that Jackson still plays Warren's songs. Jackson's records also introduced me to another favorite...David Lindley. Jackson Browne has long tentacles and has been a friend, mentor and "big brother" to so many of the 70's LA artists. Thanks for 50 years of enjoyment, my friend.
I like that he let SRV and double trouble use his recording studio
Jackson Browne has always spoken to my soul.
Same here.
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My older brother got me into Jackson, when I was 15,have been a fan of his for 40 yrs ,have seen him 3 times live, 5th row center each time. His music soothes my soul every time.
That girl could sing always reminds me of my wife, "She wasn't much good at sticking around but that girl could sing" Brings me to tears every time I hear the song.... 💕 I love you Eve, always have, always will, I miss you dearly! Please come home...💕 😌
Jackson is very gracious, kind, and respectful.
I have loved Jackson Browne since i was a child, and I hope new generations of music lovers will discover how truly widespread his brilliance is. Legend....barely begins to cover him. God bless and keep him safe with us for many years to come.
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I love Jackson Browne! Have seen him dozens of times, live, and was never disappointed! My all time favorite song is Bright Baby Blues, although, I love nearly every song he's made. Congratulations, on all your amazing accomplishments, plus being a great person, too!
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That is an awesome song one of my top 3 JBs
I was just a kid when most of this stuff was recorded
now that I am an old fart, his music is even more meaningful.
I just simply love the music of Jackson Browne
Jackson is too cool for school
Your not old enough to be an old fart. When you hit 70+ you can claim it. Kiddo. 💩
Just listened to the entire Running on Empty album. Every once in a while ya gotta pull the old albums out and reminisce. Next is The Pretender
David Lindley's part of that experience.
Love him so much i named my dog and Lamborghini after him!
Greetings from Finland! Running On Empty is the greatest album ever!
Me too🤣 please do not forget late for the sky
The Pretender will quite possibly be the last song played at my funeral..
When I was at university and working as a stage hand at the concert venue, Jackson Browne allowed me play the Bösendorfer grand piano he was using on that tour. 40+ years later I still remember what a fantastic, friendly and genuinely nice guy he was to a random university student.
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing! 😀 🎹
He carted a Bösendorfer around? :)
One of my top favorite albums (yes, albums!) by any artist is "For Everyman". Since 1973, I still play it regularly, albeit on CD now. Every song on the album is an absolute favorite of mine.
Especially the title track!
My very first concert was America (during Horse With No Name fame) with Jackson Browne as their opening act in 1972. I was just 14 years old but I knew even then I was witnessing something special with both performances. Jackson's first album, Saturate Before Using, is still hauntingly beautiful and my personal favorite.
Great story! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻
It is my understanding that his first album was not titled "Saturate Before Using." Those were the instructions on the pictured water bag, I believe the tile was "Jackson Browne; Jackson Browne."
@@jamesbassett1484 True
He was there as I grew through that time of boy to man. Influencing my thoughts about my world and my place in it. Truly he was like a family member. Thru the good and not so good. Thank you sir.
Hi Jackson I'm Rosie from New York City how are you feeling my dear friend and brother you're absolutely brilliant I've been a fan of yours since I was a kid
Jackson Browne is music for the soul,
Yes, Jackson Browne always light up my heart and make me feel happy and home, no matter where I am. His voice and his epic songs are always on my most favourite playlist- magic!
#11 thing you didn't know about JB - he's been a lifelong surfer, since the early 60's!!
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How're you doing.
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I was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion where Jackson recorded Running on Empty along with The Load Out and Stay. My girlfriend and I had driven down from Philly for the concert and it was one of the best I've ever seen. I was already a fan since 1972 and still go to see him every chance I get.
I was there, too!
A few things I have seen & heard about Jackson is he lived a good normal life of a famous man. Great music & great band members & songs that make you feel good. I still listen to his music every day. Thanks Jackson Browne & band members!
Not that this is his only accomplishment, but he writes without s doubt the best "break-up songs" of any songwriter ever., with the short, incredibly poignant "Late For The Sky" still at the top of the list. He's written some newer beauties, like the breathtaking "Sky Blue and Black" and "Too Many Angles", but to me, nothing can match the perfection of 'Late For The Sky"". .... "Looking hard into your eyes, there was nobody I'd ever known" .... the ability to write a line like that, conveying so much depth and breath of feeling and meaning in so few words, is to me the epitome of what makes him one of our all-time greatest songwriters and poets.
Totally agreed. The late for the sky album is a veritable tour de force deserving its place on the 500 greatest albums list
Oh and i memorised ( actually used to as now getting old and forgetful 🤣) all his albums right up to lives in the balance album.
He is my all time favorite. We share the same birthday. I've seen him 5 times. Loved every show!!!!!!!
Jackson Browne sets the bar higher as a musician and an American. Wish I could meet and talk with him one day.
As for "celebs" there is nobody i love more than Jackson. I saw him in 78 and 04. In 78 Rosie and David were with the band, the "Running on Empty" tour. Jackson seemed so shy at such a young age, but his music was so very very good. To this day ( Aug 2, 2023) and counting, he is and always will be my favorite singer/songwriter/musician. I adore him and all of his music.
Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for sharing! 😀👍🏻
Jackson Browne makes the world a better place, especially "These Days."
For Everyman
Allyson Damon written at the age of 16
Didn’t make Daryl Hanna’s world a better place. He beat her.
@@stevenmiller7747 yea, I don't believe that.
@@stevenmiller7747 she tried to kill him and she got the beatdown by him defending himself
I was at the Merriweather Post Pavillion concert when Running on Empty was recorded. Was about 10 rows back right in Front of him. The concert was a blast.
I named my son after him. My Jackson is now 30.
I wanted too also, but alas, she's named Virginia.
I wonder what Jackson's son grew up to do with his life and what their relationship is like?
Anybody know?
Very close with both sons. Both in music.He's very proud of them.
I love JB ♡ just saw him 2 nights ago in Nornthern California and he was fantastic ♡ beautiful soul, beautiful voice....
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Jackson is the poet/lyricist for the thinking fan! many of the most personal, thoughtful and intelligent songs in the English language!
I have listened to him since I was 13.I am now 60,I will continue on ,I love his music.
will always love Jackson browne and all he stands for .
JB has been my musical idol since the first time I heard Doctor, My Eyes while in college. There are a lot of great songwriters out there, but his combination of introspection, social action and poetry make him, for me, the best. For Everyman and Late for the Sky, along with Abbey Road, are my favorite all time albums. Looking Into You, These Days, and In the Shape of a Heart, are just a perfect trio of songs
Well said sir!
every single song he has written is a movie the best there is
Thank you Manthoughts for hi lighting Mr. Jackson Browne this way. He truly deserves to be celebrated. His values, songs and messages have been an incredible inspiration to live and love. He makes it so clear that you have to feel the loss or absence of love to know what it is in the first place. He puts it like no one else. Such a man.
and I was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion concert - love you JB!!!!
#12 Jackson Brown was arrested along with thousands of others at the Abalone Alliance Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant protest near San Luis Obispo in 1981. I know because I was there. Wavy Gravy was arrested too and wearing a Santa Claus suit and actor Robert Blake was arrested too. The men who were arrested were taken to a school gymnasium converted to a "jail" with 3" mattresses on the floor and guards standing at each door. The buses were brought in one by one as the cops filled them up and the prisoners were unloaded and processed as each buss arrived. When each bus arrived the man made a big circle inside the gym and chanted "Om" until each bus load was processed. The cops were freaking out at first because they didn't know what we were going to do with all that energy. We remained calm and in good spirits. We had educational classes during the day taught by our fellow "inmates", and each night we had a talent show with the different affinity groups coming up with skits and performances. The second night during the talent show a guard carried a black acoustic guitar over his head across the gym floor with hundreds of men watching and then gave the guitar to Jackson on the stage and he sang several songs. After that, Jackson closed each nights talent show with a couple songs. Many of us stayed for up to 6 or 7 days because the cops were so unprepared to process us out with own-recognizance releases. After a couple years we were informed that the district attorney dropped all charges against the over 2,000 men and women arrested over the two weeks of protests.
I'm considerably older than you...and from the US....so that was more like 3 things I didn't know about Jackson Browne. I'm delighted your talking points was on him though. He's been one of my favorite artists since I was in 8th grade.
I begun to like Jackson in 72, maybe it was 73. I lost my father in 72 was the last Saturday of November. I joined the Corps in November 74 and then he came out with the wonderful "Pretender" album, While I'm in the Corp. This whole album felt as if he wrote it for me! "Daddy's Tune" hit me rather hard as did "The Only Child" these were songs that I "felt" and grieved with, they continue to bring tears and are a reminder of a loss of someone dear. Thank you Jackson for walking with me and sharing your wonderful heart felt articulation.
Those songs you mentioned hit the nail!
I'm a huge fan since the 60's. I love Jackson's music. A Legend in my life.
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Jackson is undoubtedly one of the best singer songwriters of our generation, songs of substance,reality romance and life in the heart of America starting with his earlier albums like "late for the sky" "for every man" and of course "the pretender"; the latter being the one the propelled him to the 'star status' he carries with him to this very day all the while maintaining his humbleness hippiness honesty topped with a splash of humour for coolness,all in casual California style modest in nature; he can still bring a tear to my eye from the context of lyrics he so easily delivers. Jackson please try and come back to Alberta just one last time, so I can bring my grandchildren to the show to witness true authentic easy listening music that lasts and lasts and lasts cause it's cleansing to shine on&on&on&on&never gets old,just fresher
Hello Maria , I want to say a big thanks for your love and support towards me and my career all through the years of my life, sending love.
Interesting facts about Jackson! Seeing him live Saturday @Bethel Woods, NY, a year after tour was postponed from 1010 due to pandemic!
Thank you! 😊 Enjoy the concert! We are super jealous. Hoping for a Jackson Browne UK tour soon 🤞🏼
tender is the night my alltime favorite excellent lyrics and melody
Cool video, several things I didn't know. I was one of the people in the audience at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in 1977. My girlfriend and I drove down from Philadelphia. They also recorded The Load Out and Stay there, for the Running On Empty album. That album and The Pretender are my two favorites.
great music influencer and antinuclear and ecology advocate, long live Mr Browne
You didnt know Jackson was one of the members of The Nitty Gritty Dirty Band! I know because my bother is the drummer Harmonica Jimmie Fadden we grew up togeather
After finding some of these facts, I have more respect than ever for Jackson Browne
Saw him at Merriweather, he's still fantastic. If he comes to your area, go see him. Truly a legend.
ABSOLUTELY the best ever!
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He is an absolute living legend. One of my idols.
I was there, both nights, Merriweather Post Pavilion, 1977.
Very jealous Mark!
Fact 11, Not only did Jackson write Take it Easy, and These Days, he did so at just age 16 showing an amazingly precocious and mature level of talent at a very very young age. Something that was quickly noticed by the older established artists such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band long before super groups like the Eagles stepped up and made a fortune on his material!
Jackson co-wrote Take it Easy with Glenn Frey.
@@screwyootube1 Jackson Browne wrote most of Take It Easy.. he had been writing it for awhile but hadn't finished it when Glenn Frey was at his place he saw it written down and asked Jackson if he minded if he finished it and Jackson told him he didn't mind so Glenn wrote the last verse to the song and that is all.. 'Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.. such a fine sight to see..it's a girl my lord in a flatbed Ford ..slowing down to take a look at me'
I played his music in my room in college and we all studied to him. Then we saw him when he came to our campus.
"The Fuse" all time fav by JB
When is he going to perform that song again..... that is musical genius...
One of my favs also. Have seen him live many times but have never seen him perform this song.
Jackson Brown bought a 1936 Epiphone acou. the day before I had enough to get it. Chelsea Guitar sold it to him on a Sat. 10 years ago & I still can't get that guitar out of me head. For me, it was perfect. Someday, I hope to find a guitar to sound as good as that one did to me. But Jackson, I do hope that guitar served you well.
I LOVE YOU JACKSON ! ~ LIVING LEGEND !!!
BEST MALE HAIR !!!!
@Clyde Jackson Browne who is Clyde Browne..?
11th thing you didn't know about Jackson - he's a surfer!! Owns a home on the Hollister Ranch where THE BEST surf in California is found.
First don't I learned to play was Before the Deluge. Thus began my journey with his music and lyrics.
I love his Music. Gosh, I’m not going to tell you how long I’ve been listening to him. It’s been a while. 🌹🍄♥️
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An outstandingly talented man! And a good human being!
i was at a concert during the1977 tour, the concerts that the Running on Empty album was recorded from. I was at one of the last ones, in LA at the Universal Amplitheater. mid September, that's when the recording was done. i remember it ending with the load out and Stay, which went on and on and on and on, just getting higher and higher. i still have the tee shirt i got at that concert, it's the picture of him from his first album cover, with the words Jackson Browne and Los Angeles on it. it's the only jackson concert i've ever been to. i haven't been to a lot of concerts in my life but i've been to some historic ones, Dylan at Hollywood Bowl sept 3 1965, just the second concert with an electric set, a few days after the Highway 61 Revisited album was released, nobody had ever heard Desolation Row before that night, or Ballad of a Thin Man. Saw Dylan and the Band on 2/14/74 which was their last ever tour concert together, the Before the Flood concert album was recorded at that performance. I consider that Jackson Running on Empty concert historic. it was at the peak of the intensity of his mushrooming fame and popularity, his songs, especially Running on Empty, just nailed it, what a lot of people were going through. a lot of us, in 65 we were 17, runnin up 101. in 69 we were 21 and called the road our own, ended up all kinds of other roads, not knowing where, definitely running on empty and coping with some drugs.
The other jackson memory i have is that in 2004 february, a friend took me to the Grammies, not something i ever would have gotten to do in my life, just happened to be with that guy that year. my friend knew Jackson, friend was a session musician, had played with jackson, he knew other people jackson played with better, Bonnie Raitt, Danny O'Keefe. The grammies was right after Warren Zevon had just died, and my friend told me that jackson browne was putting on a wake for warren zevon that night after the grammies, at McCabes guitar shop in Santa Monica, it was a small venue for music performances as well as a guitar shop. so my friend said maybe if we go and act like we belong there we can get in, and we did, we just walked in, eating catered stuff like strawberries. Then, the musicians started performing, doing Warren songs, jamming on the songs, it was loose, Warren's son did a couple of solo performances. Jackson was playing, in the background, and just watching over the whole thing, like, not running it, but watching over it, nurturing the gathering. i had the impression he was avoiding attention because he didn't want it to be about him, just guessing.
🥀Amazing Man! Thanks for posting this video🥀
Wonderful man, activist and music. Thank you for sharing...
My very fave JB song is: FARTHER ON from Late for the Sky.
GREAT CHOICE!!! I used to carry those lyrics around with me on a piece of paper in my wallet for years... genius. It fit my life at the time and you could say it still does. But I was young and preparing to move from my beloved hometown on a long adventure... leaving behind a boy I loved who wasn’t able to really show me love back. But he did love me as much as he was able (has some issues ) and we are now friends. I read him those lyrics or gave them to him, in about 1985.... also was listening a lot to IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART at that same time. Wound up moving from the Deep South to LA and then the East Coast, then back fo LA after a divorce. His songs get me through everything. Now back in my South, I am still marking my changes through his masterpieces... 6 years ago it was SHADOW DREAM SONG and now it’s A LITTLE SOON TO SAY.........
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love that song!!
What a beautiful song! It was literally my anthem many decades back then and i still memorise it to this day
That's a great song
NUMBER FOUR IS ONLY HALF CORRECT: Warren Zevon actually DID MOVE TO SPAIN after getting discouraged with his lack of true musical success. Jackson Browne LURED HIM BACK TO THE USA, with a letter advising that he had secured a recording contract for Zevon with Asylum Records. (It should be noted that Zevon apparently made a low-rent living while in Spain, playing in a local bar; it was there that he and David Lindell first wrote "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", so the time was spent well).
I love the hold out album
we need him now march 2020
Can't wait to see Jackson here in Glasgow in June.
I'm a Republican and love me some Jackson Browne. For A Dancer and Call It A Loan. Hands down my favorites.
Well I hope you didn't support Trump's reelection because I can't possibly reconcile support for Donald Trump with the music or the political stances of Jackson Browne.They are as different as night and day in my book.
@@pherrimg7554 Music transcends and doesn't divide.
@@scarlettohara5030 I"m an anti-Trumper and couldn't agree more with your statement. Well said.
Another fact - he wrote the Eagles song "Take It Easy" and was actually standing on a corner in Flagstaff, AZ, *not Winslow, AZ* with he wrote the song...
really? i went to Winslow, AZ just for this all the way from Japan.
I remember Jackson saying in concert (on youtube) that he's often mistakenly given credit for writing that song. He'll sing it, but corrects people on that. I remember this because I also thought he wrote it. It's an easy mistake to make because he wrote so much and it is his style. He's incredibly humble and honest on top of everything else.
Jackson Browne did indeed write the Eagles' hit Take It Easy. Browne initially started writing the song for his debut album and completed most of it, but became disenchanted with it. When Glenn Frey heard the song he was desperate for Jackson to finish it so they could record it. Still finding no luck, Jackson gave the song to Frey and the Eagles who then added the famous second verse and arranged it and recorded the first version. The rest - as they say, is history! Browne has stated in concerts and interviews, he's glad it went that way, the Eagles gave the song what it needed with their skilled arranging and very powerful harmonies. Absolutely brilliant song and arguably one of the biggest rock songs of all time.
Okay I checked and agree, but let's give Glenn Frey a little love. Here's more on it:
Browne had written the opening part of the second verse, then ran into writer’s block.
Here’s how Frey explained the collaboration in the liner notes to the 2003 album, The Very Best of the Eagles:
“I told him that I really liked it. ‘What was that, man? What a cool tune that is.’ He started playing it for me and said, ‘Yeah, but I don’t know - I’m stuck.’ So he played the second unfinished verse and I said, ‘It’s a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowin’ down to take a look at me.’ That was my contribution to ‘Take It Easy,’ really, just finishing the second verse. Jackson was so thrilled. He said, ‘Okay! We cowrote this.’ But it’s certainly more of him.”
Thumbs up to them both, hitch hiker style.
IDK, but I love JB's version and the way it segues into "Our Lady Of The Well".
Thank you so much for making this. I am a big fan so seeing him getting good publicity is alays good :)
Running on empty - the best
Always been My Favorite Jackson Browne Song.Love The Music and The Words.
He lived in my neighborhood early on. Echo Park.
How many people know that he is virtually "Standing on a Corner in Winslow Arizona" ? You can find him there! Check it out.
I would love to meet Jackson, one of my top all time favorite artists, an artist he his. His music has consoled me numerous times.
love them stash of acoustic guitars he takes with him on tour!!!😰
these days -hands down one of the finest songs ever writen-still working on learning to play this accoustic classic originally played with capo at the 5th fret i believe a little to high for me but oh how lovely it is...
Tender is the night 👏🏻
Excellent video retro-future-spective-dude. JB rules and rocks at the Barricades of Heaven. But aren't we all stuck there, too? Et Purgatorio?
His song "For Everyman" was the un "Wooden Ships"
Hey, my mom's cousins dad is Jackson Browne!
I am Jackson Brown!
This is great. Thx
Jackson is an amazing man!!! Very interesting!
He's an amazing musician song writer. He's one of the best! 🎹 🎼 🎸
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"His songs have featured on the silver screen" -- Revelatory and mind blowing. Slow down, now.
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How Running on Empty didn't make the top 500 I'll never know!
My thoughts exactly. Its a disgrace! It should have joined for everyman, late for the sky and the pretender. I am truly pissed off
You should not take that 500 list seriously! Why? It's a joke. " Light my Fire" by the Doors. Was number 1 for over 16 weeks. A key song of the 60's. And so much more. Was moved from I think 35 too over 300! Like I said the list is a joke!!!
Linda Palomia my favorite song
Perfection.
Like angels floating around
I love Jackson Browne,but I also love Dan Fogelberg! I believe he desrves as much acclaim as Jackson Browne,or more! Dan was great in so many different genres of music,and he played the lead guitar,or piano,etc,etc! His songs can be very complex,and just as profound as were Mr. Browne's songs! Sincerely,BobbyK
I believe I read a long time ago Dan Fogelberg played all the instruments on Captured Angel! My favorite DF album!
Fogelberg was discovered by Joe Walsh in his days Rocky Mtn sessions, in Boulder, Colorado. His music spread like wildfire but his topics were more profound on love or the consequences of love.
His music is very profound as you say
Not even close
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Yes he does. When we seem him n concert at the Peace Center. he was AWESOME!
JB is also a life long surfer! I believe his home in this video is the one that he has in the Point Conception area. Some of the best surfing waves in the world!
and... he went to Sunny Hills High in Fullerton,Ca. well he was enrolled anyhow :)
The problem with McCainRepublican Party wasn’t using it during the campaign per say but using it in a commercial. Using a song with a general license at a venue that has a general license is legal use. Using it in a TV commercial, TV show or film requires consent.
Lives In The Balance came out as Reagan was carrying out his murder campaign in Central America--counter-revolutionaires in Nicaragua, death squads everywhere else. I used to listen to that and Bruce Cockburn's Stealing Fire all the time. Still two of my favorite albums.
Fred, your music taste rocks
Oh Reagan knew? OK. They don't always. But yeah, that shit is real. Deep State's messed up some 60 countries since WW2.
Lives in the balance and stealing fire! I went through that phasee too😅
How about this one? His first band was the Soft White Underbelly, a pre-cursor of Blue Oyster Cult.
Nicely done. Loved this.
This is actually 10 things i damn well DID know about Jackson Browne.
And much too much freaking crap i didnt need to know from ManThoughs!
Wow great video man. The only thing I could say is maybe lower the volume of the music it was a bit hard to hear you in a few parts. Keep up the good work.
11. He went from flat to fluffy with Prell.
I love his music and I don't begrudge his activism even though we're not always on the same page but I'll never forget a show he did in Orange County Ca in the early 80's. I was a stagehand at the time and was standing stage left about 20 feet away from him. He took a break from performing and launched into an environmentalist rant. He was very emotional and the audience got really pissed and started booing him. They had paid to hear his wonderful music and not to hear a political screed. I haven't seen him live since so I don't know if he still does that but I have noticed that some of his later works include lyrics expressing his views. I think that makes a lot more sense. People know where he stands and he doesn't have to be preachy at a concert.
Jackson is a visionary with heart and soul. A musical poet in the veins of S. earle. Now, as much as any time, "Oh people, look among you. The signs are everywhere."
ANYONE who didn't know Jackson's political views by the 80s was an idiot, although having grown up behind the Orange Curtain (57-90) I'm not surprised by the comment. I'm guessing that it was a tour for the "Lawyers in Love" album (1983), about which 1 reviewer had this to say
"Critic Robert Christgau called the album "A satire on, celebration of, and lament for the upper-middle classmates an Orange County liberal knows like he knows his neighbor's backyard..."