A tribute song to the guys (Roadies) that move, set up, and take down all of the instruments, sound equipment, etc. These guys hardly ever get mentioned for the hard job they do. Jackson decided to write a song for these people.
@@John_Locke_108 Hell, back then the musician wasn't paying them, the record company was. Or the tour promoter. Also they could buy a small house w min wage and now you can't even live.
@@John_Locke_108 these people didn’t start wealthy and have no guarantees in wealth, they have to make good decisions and not get screwed over by their management, record companies , tax accoutants , etc remember iconic celebrities are people too , ( except Michael Jordan he’s a robot )
This is such a brilliant tribute to the guys who make it all happen (the roadies) as well as a peek into the life of musicians on tour. Rounded off with the brilliant David Lindley doing his best Frankie Valli impersonation and absolutely killing it on the lap steel. Just a superb performance!
Yes, a fantastic Frankie Valli tribute and David Lindley killed it with his own version of "Mercury Blues" as a solo artist too. They should check that out.
@@steveorn5244 No, a Maurice Williams tribute. Maurice Williams and the zodiacs did it first. I've never liked the 4 seasons version. First time I heard their version as a kid back in the 60's I immediately felt like they butchered it.
@@craigplatel813 Hey Craig, I was mostly talking about the song "Mercury Blues" and suggesting that they check out that song. Not "Stay". Maybe when David Lindley stood up and belted the Lyrics to "Stay" he was indeed channeling his inner Maurice Charles and not Frankie Valli? As for the original of "Mercury Blues" it was released in 1949 by the K.C. Douglas trio as "Mercury Boogie" pretty much a straight on blues tune. It was written by K.C Douglas and Robert Geddins and worth a listen.
As 30+ year Stagehand/ Roadie, this song always brings a tear to my eye. You do hundreds of performances in a year, always traveling, always awake working through the night to get the show to the next town just to set it up again on 3-4 hrs sleep( if your lucky). When you pull into a Stadium or Theatre, and you see a face you know, you often cry with relief. You live half your life 100 ft in the air, walking an I-beam or building towers for lights and sound. Rain or Shine, Ice and Snow, Lightning and Wind, at 8:pm, 75,000 people are going to show up, and never know what it took to bring your favorite band on to that Stage, it wasn't there yesterday and in 5 hours, it will be gone. Thanks Jackson Browne, for seeing us and what we do...
The line "working for that minimum wage" always bothered me. You stagehands have a pretty good union, right? I ask because I'm a AFM member myself. Thanks for all the work you do!!
@@deirdre108 there are Union and non-Union houses of course, and while neither have Hands working for Minimum Wage anymore, there is still a vast difference in pay between the two. Jackson Browne I believe chooses to play in Union houses as every time I have worked his shows, they were yellow card scale, which is top of the line. There was a time were a vast majority of Hands at a show were there for a shirt and ticket, and would likely not return for the out, others were doing day labor. I always appreciate the stars who put their money where their mouth is and pay the crew a decent scale, but those are far and few in between these days, even those who are so vocal about wealth disparity or wage gaps, tend to just pay house rates.
@@robertevans2450 Yours was an interesting comment and I thank you for commenting about your experience. One question: Typically is the sound guy hired by (or work for ) the house or do the artists bring their own? And this question would be in regards to popular artists.
@@deirdre108 It depends on the size of the acts, the bigger the act the almost certainty that the Audio team including the engineer and techs are hired by the artist. As the tours get stripped down, the level of control is reduced and instead, lists of requirements are given in the Rider(contract), for which either is listed what the house(venue) will provide and what the promoter/band manager will provide, and there are plenty of times the same conclusion occurs, the audio company the promoter/band manager hires is a local(regional) company for which would have been the House's hire as well. It is a business decision, from my experience. If the venue is holding a festival, the odds are the equipment will be provided by the venue meeting the artist's rider requirements, and then each band brings their own sound engineer, with the openers may be relying on the tech that did the setup of the equipment as a "provided" service. But if it is a large tour, there isn't anyone the band hasn't hand-selected getting near the audio controls past setting up the equipment, and even here it is just flipping a console and running cable.
I'm 43, and my mother taught me to first respect Jackson Browne and his songwriting...so I accidentally saw him in 2008 in Scranton aat Montage Mountain opening for Tom and the Heartbreakers (a local band was supposed to open for the Heartbreakers, but they didn't make it, so Jackson Browne and his band walked out on stage and said "Sorry, the local band couldn't make it, I hope we'll do!", and he and his band played for 2 hours before Tom and the Heartbreakers came out...One of the best nights of my life!!
Lex is right that the original version of "Stay" was about romantic relationship; Jackson changed the context by combining it with Load Out. The live version that was captured on his Running on Empty album is still my favorite: they did the doo-wop vocals impeccably on that one.
Stay by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs from 1953. The original recording of "Stay" remains the shortest single ever to reach the top of the American record charts, at 1 minute 36 seconds.
The great Rosemary Butler singing backup was one of the very best performing with many artists back in the day. While not the best version of this song, it at least touches all the elements that make it memorable.
Ahhhhhh. This is what the 70's' were all about....the singer songwriter. Jackson Browne is one of the best of so many. Glad to see you appreciate their talent and artistry.
I believe this is easily one the best 100 songs of the past 50 years. Easily. The quality of every damn detail of it. But also the deep beauty of the whole vibe.
Brad & Lex, you’ll love his "Doctor, My Eyes"!!! Thank you for doing them together, the right way! edit- Rosemary Butler sings the first chorus of Stay, David Lindley sings the falsetto in the second chorus.
David Lindley also plays the great lap steel guitar solos. Lindley is one of the most talented guitarist/any stringed instrument you can think of musicians. You guys should check out some of the live stuff with him and another legendary slide guitarist Ry Cooder.
When this came out as a live version, as the song began JB states: "I'd like to do a song I've never played in public before. It's a brand new song. It's sort of a tribute to, uh, the friends of mine that come out on the road. And to you too." So, in the song he thanks the roadies for their hard, largely unseen work, and also thanks the crowd and implores them to "pull us through", "sing this song". I would say it's a love letter to the people that matter most to the musicians.
Just wanted to tell you, I surely do enjoy your reactions, I look forward to them, I'm a retired classic rock DJ, on FM radio, so when you're reacting to "my" music, "our" music, it's like we get to relive those moments when we heard these songs for the first time, when they first came out, thank you for the respect you show to this genre...you both ROCK!!
Me too. There's a fresh innocence to them. It like I get to discover the music all over again vicariously through them. Nicely done you two. Peace and Love.
Lex got it right. This is a song about the unsung heroes of the road - the roadies, the hard-working guys & gals that pack up, set-up and tear-down all that equipment and instruments, from show to show, night to night. The musicians also go through the night to night and living on the road. It's an exhausting thing to do, but I know why they all do it - the love and respect for the music and the lyrics. The songs.
This has always been one of my favorites by Jackson...It don't get no better than Jackson Browne...A great tribute to the Roadies who never get recognition and also the fans of course.
Browne wrote Load out as an affectionate tribute to the roadies, assistants and staff who help him take his show on the road, setting up and taking down his stage sets and moving his instruments (a process known as "The Load-out"). He often played it at the end of each performance, usually with his cover of "Stay." "The Load-Out" was recorded at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland during a show on August 27, 1977. The song was something Browne had been working on with his band - Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Russ Kunkel (drums), David Lindley (various instruments), and Leland Sklar (bass). They didn't have an arrangement they liked, but when Browne did three encores at the show, they found themselves out of material but still hankering to play. Kunkel suggested they play the song and see what happens. The resulting performance was so good that it made the album. This was the first time the band played the song. Maurice Williams wrote this song one Saturday night in the summer of 1955 at his home in Lancaster, South Carolina. He had a beautiful 15-year-old girl over (Williams was a similar age), but it was 10 O'clock at night, and he couldn't convince her to stay, even just a little bit longer. Her parents were very strict about her curfew, so Williams could only watch as her brother picked her up and drove off. Williams quickly wrote down his pleas, which became the song's lyric. He didn't think much of it, but four years later when he had his own group, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs. This song lends itself well to falsetto singers: The Four Seasons hit #16 in the US with their version featuring the high vocal range of Frankie Valli. In 1978, Jackson Browne hit #20 with this song. (Songfacts.com)
Jackson Browne is one of the most talented emotive songwriters of all time. I love seeing young people discovering the music and culture of my generation. You listening to Jackson Browne is analogous to me digging Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, and Benny Goodman!
I was a roadie for a few bands while I was college. This song hits so true. It's some of the most difficult physical work out there, but it can be so worth it.
Legend has it that in the album version of this song, David Lindley was so moved by the entire vibe that he leapt up to sing the falsetto part of Stay -- as a tribute to the original by Maurice & The Zodiacs. It wasn't scripted or practiced that way and the concert crowd went crazy for it. If you listen carefully you can even hear some of the band members laughing in the background. Of course it became an integral part of the set from then on, and performed that way in all their live shows... but it never really has the spontaneity of the original take, thus sounding a bit more staged and "Sesame Street".
Once again we see a very appreciative audience and we also see that pretty much everyone is connected. It was great back then! So chill. Great reaction!
He used to frequent a restaurant I ran in NYC's upper west side. Would always dine quietly on his own. Never wanted any special attention or made any "celeb-ish" demands. Always super nice and polite with my staff. My fav song of his is "These Days," which I think he wrote when he was just a teenager.
IIRC he was only sixteen when he wrote that. It was actually first recorded by the Hourglass who had some members who became a bit more famous when they formed their next band--the Allman Brothers.
The forever and always amazing Mr. Polyester, Mr. Dave - David Lindley rocks it on the lap steel with the slide. you can always hear his work any album he is asked to work on. hes a multi string instrument master.
You both nail it right on the head the musicians just want to play their music for the fans. The traveling and promotion amd touring schedule will dull you as a human being. Love You Both and your reactions! Very cool chill couple you two✌
This song was a bit of an anthem for us the business. I was a production coordinator, on the promoter side, back when this album came out. We had the show scheduled at an outdoor venue but the weather forecast was so bad we moved the show indoors. It was a scramble. I was so tired I sat on the tail gate of truck backstage catching my breath during most of the show. Yes, they played this song. Perfect. One year our company did just over 365 shows. That is possible. In one night, in one city we played B.B. King, James Taylor, Elton John & The Jacksons. We also had a regional act at small indoor site, can't remember who. That's 5 concerts in one night, in one city. I did The Jacksons, 2 back to back stadium shows. Point is the amount of work that goes into these things behind the scenes, before the curtain goes up, is something that the crowd has very little knowledge of. It's really something though to see thousands of people light up when the house lights go down and know that you had a lot to do with it. ;0) BTW, nobody worked for minimum wage. LOL
Watching David Lindley when he was just a pup really reminds me of just how old gotten. David Lindley was the base of the original Jackson Brown sound. It's hard to believe that Jackson had to be convinced to add a drummer to his original sound. I was raised in Orange county in southern California in the 70's and this was the music of the time, not to forget the Eagles. I saw Jackson in concert and I will never forget the girls going absolutely crazy about him. People speak about girls passing out at Elvis and Beatles concerts but not one girl passed out, if anything the girls were creaming in there ditto jeans.
Jackson Browne is on my Mt. Rushmore of songwriters. His lyrics are always poetic and often profound. When he writes about relationships or feelings, you can tell they are personal to him, but he frames them is ways that are universal to everyone’s experience.
Lex, your insights are the bomb. I've watched your reaction videos quite awhile now. Brad is fun and interesting too but sometimes Lex your intuition into an era you've never lived in is uncanny.
Brad, there's a message in this song for you. All the stuff you have to do to produce the show is absolutely necessary, but you and Lex are the performers, the stars of the show (well especially Lex) 😉. Y'all are why we keep coming back.
Lex yoiu are right this is a Musicians Anthem of sorts as an Old Rocker form the 1960's this song conveys what most of us felt and thought about performing . This is a Great Mix of 2 songs by Jackson and his Band they are awesome
Lex nailed it! This and Bob Seger's Turn the Page as mentioned. There is one I really like by Wishbone Ash called Rock and Roll Circus. Deep cut, but same theme from a little different genre. Stay is a cover of a song by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs.
My father was a huge Jackson Browne fan and I became one at a very early age and 43 years from the first time I heard him I still am one of the great song writers of his generation
It’s a wonderful tribute to everything that makes it all go.. The load out crew, the fans.. The back up players, the bus driver, and of course, Jackson and his piano..
I was blessed to talk with David Lindley on several occasions… he dated one of my girlfriend’s best friends in the 80’s….Just a normal dude with boatloads of talent!
Jackson Browne was and is the great bard of the generation that came of age during the 1960s and 70s, so it always helps in deciphering the meaning of his lyrics to understand the history of those times and what that generation of young people experienced. And, for those of us who were there and traveled roughly the same road that Jackson did, he was/is our great lyrical historian, both in personal ways and collectively. Also, he has kept the faith politically as an artist over the years, remaining humble and dedicated to the values of the peace and environmental movements that he and the rest of us came of age with. I'd like to recommend three specific songs of his that demonstrate what I'm talking about: Before the Deluge, For A Dancer, and Lives in the Balance. His catalog is vast and filled with impressive and meaningful work, but those three have long been among my very favorite Jackson Browne masterpieces.. . . And, I might add that I am not generally inclined toward celebrity worship or gushy nonsense, but Jackson is the real deal!
The whole Running On Empty album was about life on the roar outing musicians and their crews. It was recorded live on stage, in hotel rooms and on the bus. It was Rolling Stone’s album of the year and helped solidify Jackson Brow’s place among the greatest songwriters of the era. He continues to write compelling songs into his 70s. For me he is one of my top 5 best songwriters. I put him in the same category as Dylan, Paul Simon, Neil Young, etc. I’ve seen him in concert in the 70s, 80s, 2012, & 2015. Musicians want to be in his bands. He simply is one of a kind. His career accolades are a tribute to the kind of artist more musicians should strive to be
Love these 2 songs. The album versions were recorded in 1977 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia MD. I was actually at that concert. I think this video was recorded at a later concert at Wolf Trap in VA. A great album from one of the best singer songwriters ever
I saw him when he toured the “Running on Empty” album. One of the greatest singer songwriters ever. Period. I always stop and listen to every lyric of a JB song. Brilliant.
His Running On Empty album is all about being on tour with the band. This is the closing song. I was lucky enough to see him perform these songs in 1977 before the album came out. This one brought the house down. There's even a mention of the show I was at on the album "rolling down 295 out of Portland, Maine, still high from the people up there, feeling no pain"
"Stay" was originally recorded by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs and released in 1960. it's been covered by many artists, and this version was a tribute to the original. The blonde singer with the perm is Rosemary Butler who had quite a career as a lead singer and back-up vocalist to many great artists in the 70s-80s. The guy singing falsetto at the end is David Lindley, a musical savant who can play almost anything with strings. He is a well-known session musician who formed El Rayo X in the 80s and had a huge hit with "Mercury Blues." It comes from the 1977 album "Running On Empty," which is a salute to life on the road for a rock band in the 70s. Most of the album was recorded either live on stage or in hotel rooms on the road, or even on the bus while travelling between shows. The title song was a huge hit for Jackson, but the album also included great songs such as The Road, You Love the Thunder, Rosie, and Love Needs a Heart.
Rosemary Butler was also a session bass player. You can see her playing bass, and singing back up, from a Midnight Special live version of "Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor.
The part of that song, Stay was written in 1960 and has been covered by pop, country, r&b singers of all age groups since then. One of the most covered songs ever written
Freshman year at Alabama Jackson Browne and Billy Joel played Memorial Coliseum. Dueling pianos. Billy was promoting The Stranger album. Jackson was promoting his Pretender album. Man! I miss those days.
I love your reaction to this song, it's one of my favorite 70s songs. "We got disco in eight tracks and cassettes and stereo." Love this line! It's so dated, and yet so 70s.
I can name several Jackson Browne songs that absolutely blew me away. It’s a rabbit hole. “For a Dancer” (studio version) Incredible. “Fountain of Sorrow”. Incredible. “The Birds of St. Marks” from his live acoustic album. Superb. You may or may not choose to choose to do a reaction for all all these. But you seriously should listen to all of them.
Glad you did both songs together. Some reactors split them up or just do one for some reason. They were meant to be played together and Jackson Browne closed out his concerts with this for years. "Stay" is a cover of the 1960 hit by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs.
I couldn’t even watch another reaction couple when they only listened “Stay”, I started to, thinking they surely did “The Load Out”, but as soon as it started it was like someone dropped the needle in the middle of the record to focus on a cover song. 🤷
Jackson Browne's Running On Empty was one of those albums that was on repeat back in the day for me as the summer wound down and my freshman year of high school loomed on the horizon. This takes me back to those days.
This 1978 live version was good but the original Live 1977 version on the record is the best one. That's the epic version we've heard on the radio for all these years ❤ A masterpiece 🌹💜👍
So glad you did these as a single song (as they should be). Many reaction videos do one or the other alone, which lacks the flow. On '70s radio, these were always played together.
I grew up listening to Jackson Browne in my Dad's car. Dad's 73rd birthday is a few days away and I have two tickets to Jackson Browne in Sydney on April 15th 2023. I can't wait to tell him.
One of the best song writer's of our time here on earth. He's a storyteller that just happens to be a very accomplished pianist. A master of melodies that capture your emotions perfectly. It's uncanny how his songs perfectly capture your heart and mind. Happy, sad, nostalgic, melancholy....etc. He's got a song that captures it. ❤️
That last part is a cover of "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, from 1960, with a bit of a change of words. Maurice was asking a girl to stay, while here the band wants the audience to stay because they want to play more. Most of the first part is talking about the roadies who set everything up and tear everything down every night.
I love seeing pictures of bands on the road in the old days....Drinkin' smokin', playing cards and laughing, the bus all lit up in that golden hue from those cheap little wooden lamps, driver on the cb, country music on the radio, every little town different from the last and excited that a rock and roll band was going to be there in person! Now you see the tour buses are all high tech and everybody is on their phone or computer, with that depressing blue light coming off all the devices, going to a town just like the last, Starbucks, CVS, McDonald's, Wal Mart and Marriott. Times have changed but the good news is they keep right on changing.
David Lindley on the Lap Steel Guitar and unusually high vocals and the legendary Jim Gordon (Russ Kunkel on the studio version) on drums. Both these two great musicians played with literally everybody and anybody who needed solid touring chops.
The BEST lyricist and recorder of our lives
A tribute song to the guys (Roadies) that move, set up, and take down all of the instruments, sound equipment, etc. These guys hardly ever get mentioned for the hard job they do. Jackson decided to write a song for these people.
"Working for that minimum wage" paid by the millionaire singing the song. Lol.
@@John_Locke_108 Hell, back then the musician wasn't paying them, the record company was. Or the tour promoter. Also they could buy a small house w min wage and now you can't even live.
He didn't write "Stay" it was a early 1960s hit for Maurice WIlliams and the Zodiacs. But, I get what you meant he wrote the first bit.
@@John_Locke_108 these people didn’t start wealthy and have no guarantees in wealth, they have to make good decisions and not get screwed over by their management, record companies , tax accoutants , etc remember iconic celebrities are people too , ( except Michael Jordan he’s a robot )
Tonight's the Night - Niel Young is about Bruce Berry, his roadie.
This is such a brilliant tribute to the guys who make it all happen (the roadies) as well as a peek into the life of musicians on tour. Rounded off with the brilliant David Lindley doing his best Frankie Valli impersonation and absolutely killing it on the lap steel. Just a superb performance!
Lex and Brad don't know about that version of Stay...
Yes, a fantastic Frankie Valli tribute and David Lindley killed it with his own version of "Mercury Blues" as a solo artist too. They should check that out.
@@steveorn5244 No, a Maurice Williams tribute. Maurice Williams and the zodiacs did it first. I've never liked the 4 seasons version. First time I heard their version as a kid back in the 60's I immediately felt like they butchered it.
Love David Lindley!
@@craigplatel813 Hey Craig, I was mostly talking about the song "Mercury Blues" and suggesting that they check out that song. Not "Stay". Maybe when David Lindley stood up and belted the Lyrics to "Stay" he was indeed channeling his inner Maurice Charles and not Frankie Valli? As for the original of "Mercury Blues" it was released in 1949 by the K.C. Douglas trio as "Mercury Boogie" pretty much a straight on blues tune. It was written by K.C Douglas and Robert Geddins and worth a listen.
As 30+ year Stagehand/ Roadie, this song always brings a tear to my eye. You do hundreds of performances in a year, always traveling, always awake working through the night to get the show to the next town just to set it up again on 3-4 hrs sleep( if your lucky). When you pull into a Stadium or Theatre, and you see a face you know, you often cry with relief. You live half your life 100 ft in the air, walking an I-beam or building towers for lights and sound. Rain or Shine, Ice and Snow, Lightning and Wind, at 8:pm, 75,000 people are going to show up, and never know what it took to bring your favorite band on to that Stage, it wasn't there yesterday and in 5 hours, it will be gone. Thanks Jackson Browne, for seeing us and what we do...
The line "working for that minimum wage" always bothered me. You stagehands have a pretty good union, right? I ask because I'm a AFM member myself. Thanks for all the work you do!!
@@deirdre108 there are Union and non-Union houses of course, and while neither have Hands working for Minimum Wage anymore, there is still a vast difference in pay between the two. Jackson Browne I believe chooses to play in Union houses as every time I have worked his shows, they were yellow card scale, which is top of the line. There was a time were a vast majority of Hands at a show were there for a shirt and ticket, and would likely not return for the out, others were doing day labor. I always appreciate the stars who put their money where their mouth is and pay the crew a decent scale, but those are far and few in between these days, even those who are so vocal about wealth disparity or wage gaps, tend to just pay house rates.
@@robertevans2450 Yours was an interesting comment and I thank you for commenting about your experience. One question: Typically is the sound guy hired by (or work for ) the house or do the artists bring their own? And this question would be in regards to popular artists.
@@deirdre108 It depends on the size of the acts, the bigger the act the almost certainty that the Audio team including the engineer and techs are hired by the artist. As the tours get stripped down, the level of control is reduced and instead, lists of requirements are given in the Rider(contract), for which either is listed what the house(venue) will provide and what the promoter/band manager will provide, and there are plenty of times the same conclusion occurs, the audio company the promoter/band manager hires is a local(regional) company for which would have been the House's hire as well. It is a business decision, from my experience. If the venue is holding a festival, the odds are the equipment will be provided by the venue meeting the artist's rider requirements, and then each band brings their own sound engineer, with the openers may be relying on the tech that did the setup of the equipment as a "provided" service. But if it is a large tour, there isn't anyone the band hasn't hand-selected getting near the audio controls past setting up the equipment, and even here it is just flipping a console and running cable.
Working low rig for IATSE was some of the best times of my life.
Been listening to this damned near 50 yrs - and it still gives goosebumps !!
Yes. Me as well.
Me also!
I'm 43, and my mother taught me to first respect Jackson Browne and his songwriting...so I accidentally saw him in 2008 in Scranton aat Montage Mountain opening for Tom and the Heartbreakers (a local band was supposed to open for the Heartbreakers, but they didn't make it, so Jackson Browne and his band walked out on stage and said "Sorry, the local band couldn't make it, I hope we'll do!", and he and his band played for 2 hours before Tom and the Heartbreakers came out...One of the best nights of my life!!
Right down the road from me on the NY PA line. Montage.
Lex is right that the original version of "Stay" was about romantic relationship; Jackson changed the context by combining it with Load Out. The live version that was captured on his Running on Empty album is still my favorite: they did the doo-wop vocals impeccably on that one.
i was a roadie when this song came out-it was an anthem!
Ditto. We played it at every gig, Before and After.
that was you ?
Crazy when an artist can sing a song about doing what they are doing. Kinda like Bob Seger “Turn the Page”…. Pure Brilliance!!
:-) Like one of those films about making a film about doing a play! Makes you dizzy in the end
Jackson Browne is an absolutely incredible songwriter. I don't think he's ever had a bad song.
I didn t know STAY is a 70s song RIGHT ON 70s
@@theodoreritola7641 Stay was a song written & recorded in 1960 by a man named Maurice Williams. Jackson wrote The Load Out part and added Stay in.
This remains my favorite. Re-acters are missing out on this one. Absolute classic of the 70's.
@@chrisjamieson3452 but this cover is in the 70s
I think all his songs are just beautiful. No bad songs.
"Stay" is a doo-wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs
My uncle turned me on to Jackson Browne when i was 13. All he said was " Jackson Browne is one of the greatest songwriters ever. "
So true!
And he didn't lie did he?❤❤❤❤
AND JOHN DENVER 70s Gold
Dont for get John Denver and Gordon Light Foot .. The 70s were FANTASTIC
David Lindley's falsetto is a tribute to the original version of the song from 1960.
Stay by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs from 1953. The original recording of "Stay" remains the shortest single ever to reach the top of the American record charts, at 1 minute 36 seconds.
Released in 1960
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This band was from my hometown, Lancaster, SC. It’s a staple in the “beach music” genre in the Carolinas.
And covered by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons !
@@Proud.American58 In 1964
3 days later Thank you
The great Rosemary Butler singing backup was one of the very best performing with many artists back in the day. While not the best version of this song, it at least touches all the elements that make it memorable.
Blessed be the story tellers.
Ahhhhhh. This is what the 70's' were all about....the singer songwriter. Jackson Browne is one of the best of so many. Glad to see you appreciate their talent and artistry.
Back when Rock music was FUN
You know it.😀
And this my friends is the way music used to be and will never be again. Never realized how good we had it.
Hah I loved this reaction. First time viewer. Happy to have found you guys. Be good
I believe this is easily one the best 100 songs of the past 50 years. Easily. The quality of every damn detail of it. But also the deep beauty of the whole vibe.
There was so much Greatness in the 70s A DECADE LIKE KNOW OTHER And so many bands after the 70s LOVED TO COVER THE BLANK out of the 70s
Brad & Lex, you’ll love his "Doctor, My Eyes"!!!
Thank you for doing them together, the right way!
edit- Rosemary Butler sings the first chorus of Stay, David Lindley sings the falsetto in the second chorus.
David Lindley also plays the great lap steel guitar solos. Lindley is one of the most talented guitarist/any stringed instrument you can think of musicians. You guys should check out some of the live stuff with him and another legendary slide guitarist Ry Cooder.
@@otterrufus If you haven't, check out "Very Greasy" by David and El Rayo X. A really fun album!
@@dbasstij512 El Rayo X is my personal favorite. Lot's a great memories out sailing with it playing on the stereo.
@@otterrufus She Took Off My Romeos
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When this came out as a live version, as the song began JB states:
"I'd like to do a song I've never played in public before. It's a brand new song. It's sort of a tribute to, uh, the friends of mine that come out on the road. And to you too."
So, in the song he thanks the roadies for their hard, largely unseen work, and also thanks the crowd and implores them to "pull us through", "sing this song".
I would say it's a love letter to the people that matter most to the musicians.
Absolutely! I couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!!!!
Just wanted to tell you, I surely do enjoy your reactions, I look forward to them, I'm a retired classic rock DJ, on FM radio, so when you're reacting to "my" music, "our" music, it's like we get to relive those moments when we heard these songs for the first time, when they first came out, thank you for the respect you show to this genre...you both ROCK!!
Me too. There's a fresh innocence to them. It like I get to discover the music all over again vicariously through them. Nicely done you two. Peace and Love.
Me , as well I’m an old granny and these two are just the cutest ever!!!
Lex got it right. This is a song about the unsung heroes of the road - the roadies, the hard-working guys & gals that pack up, set-up and tear-down all that equipment and instruments, from show to show, night to night. The musicians also go through the night to night and living on the road. It's an exhausting thing to do, but I know why they all do it - the love and respect for the music and the lyrics. The songs.
It's his longtime closing encore, and a tribute to the audience and the Roadies.
This has always been one of my favorites by Jackson...It don't get no better than Jackson Browne...A great tribute to the Roadies who never get recognition and also the fans of course.
it’s an anthem to the roadies and the connection of musicians to those that keep them going. also their audience.
Browne wrote Load out as an affectionate tribute to the roadies, assistants and staff who help him take his show on the road, setting up and taking down his stage sets and moving his instruments (a process known as "The Load-out"). He often played it at the end of each performance, usually with his cover of "Stay."
"The Load-Out" was recorded at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland during a show on August 27, 1977. The song was something Browne had been working on with his band - Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Russ Kunkel (drums), David Lindley (various instruments), and Leland Sklar (bass). They didn't have an arrangement they liked, but when Browne did three encores at the show, they found themselves out of material but still hankering to play. Kunkel suggested they play the song and see what happens. The resulting performance was so good that it made the album. This was the first time the band played the song.
Maurice Williams wrote this song one Saturday night in the summer of 1955 at his home in Lancaster, South Carolina. He had a beautiful 15-year-old girl over (Williams was a similar age), but it was 10 O'clock at night, and he couldn't convince her to stay, even just a little bit longer. Her parents were very strict about her curfew, so Williams could only watch as her brother picked her up and drove off.
Williams quickly wrote down his pleas, which became the song's lyric. He didn't think much of it, but four years later when he had his own group, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs.
This song lends itself well to falsetto singers: The Four Seasons hit #16 in the US with their version featuring the high vocal range of Frankie Valli. In 1978, Jackson Browne hit #20 with this song.
(Songfacts.com)
Truly among the 10 Best Songs in all of Rock'n'roll ..... ever!!!
What a panaromic vista this song is.
If Monet could paint emotions .....
The falsetto was the one and only David Lindley.. Unfortunately David passed away recently. RIP David Lindley. He was one in a million.
Too cool One of kind
"Tender is the Night" is IMHO among his best work. R.I.P.
I've owned this album since the day it was released in Canada...and I just got chills.
Jackson Browne is one of the most talented emotive songwriters of all time. I love seeing young people discovering the music and culture of my generation. You listening to Jackson Browne is analogous to me digging Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, and Benny Goodman!
I was a roadie for a few bands while I was college. This song hits so true. It's some of the most difficult physical work out there, but it can be so worth it.
Legend has it that in the album version of this song, David Lindley was so moved by the entire vibe that he leapt up to sing the falsetto part of Stay -- as a tribute to the original by Maurice & The Zodiacs. It wasn't scripted or practiced that way and the concert crowd went crazy for it. If you listen carefully you can even hear some of the band members laughing in the background. Of course it became an integral part of the set from then on, and performed that way in all their live shows... but it never really has the spontaneity of the original take, thus sounding a bit more staged and "Sesame Street".
Once again we see a very appreciative audience and we also see that pretty much everyone is connected. It was great back then! So chill.
Great reaction!
Jackson Browne has a talent few have.He can describe the love in our hearts for another like no one else
He used to frequent a restaurant I ran in NYC's upper west side. Would always dine quietly on his own. Never wanted any special attention or made any "celeb-ish" demands. Always super nice and polite with my staff. My fav song of his is "These Days," which I think he wrote when he was just a teenager.
IIRC he was only sixteen when he wrote that. It was actually first recorded by the Hourglass who had some members who became a bit more famous when they formed their next band--the Allman Brothers.
Running on Empty is a great album, classic.
Stay is a big hit song from Frankie Valley & the Four Seasons that they incorporated into the song!!!
original by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
We definitely lived in an era of great music and great bands 😊
This is one of those songs that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. (Stay is technically a second song)
Awwww, I love this one!! (Jackson's hair is gorgeous!)
'Tis!
The forever and always amazing Mr. Polyester, Mr. Dave - David Lindley rocks it on the lap steel with the slide. you can always hear his work any album he is asked to work on. hes a multi string instrument master.
They need to play Mercury blues...
You both nail it right on the head the musicians just want to play their music for the fans. The traveling and promotion amd touring schedule will dull you as a human being. Love You Both and your reactions! Very cool chill couple you two✌
Perhaps the purest singer songwriters ever!
Always love hearing this. The guy playing slide guitar is also the young man who did the “stay” in falsetto. Perfect!!
This song was a bit of an anthem for us the business. I was a production coordinator, on the promoter side, back when this album came out. We had the show scheduled at an outdoor venue but the weather forecast was so bad we moved the show indoors. It was a scramble. I was so tired I sat on the tail gate of truck backstage catching my breath during most of the show. Yes, they played this song. Perfect.
One year our company did just over 365 shows. That is possible. In one night, in one city we played B.B. King, James Taylor, Elton John & The Jacksons. We also had a regional act at small indoor site, can't remember who. That's 5 concerts in one night, in one city. I did The Jacksons, 2 back to back stadium shows. Point is the amount of work that goes into these things behind the scenes, before the curtain goes up, is something that the crowd has very little knowledge of. It's really something though to see thousands of people light up when the house lights go down and know that you had a lot to do with it. ;0)
BTW, nobody worked for minimum wage. LOL
Watching David Lindley when he was just a pup really reminds me of just how old gotten. David Lindley was the base of the original Jackson Brown sound. It's hard to believe that Jackson had to be convinced to add a drummer to his original sound. I was raised in Orange county in southern California in the 70's and this was the music of the time, not to forget the Eagles. I saw Jackson in concert and I will never forget the girls going absolutely crazy about him. People speak about girls passing out at Elvis and Beatles concerts but not one girl passed out, if anything the girls were creaming in there ditto jeans.
Jackson Browne is on my Mt. Rushmore of songwriters. His lyrics are always poetic and often profound. When he writes about relationships or feelings, you can tell they are personal to him, but he frames them is ways that are universal to everyone’s experience.
Lex, your insights are the bomb. I've watched your reaction videos quite awhile now. Brad is fun and interesting too but sometimes Lex your intuition into an era you've never lived in is uncanny.
Finally!!!!!!! Such an awesome song 👍👍👍
Brad, there's a message in this song for you. All the stuff you have to do to produce the show is absolutely necessary, but you and Lex are the performers, the stars of the show (well especially Lex) 😉. Y'all are why we keep coming back.
Jackson browne is prlly the best singer/song writers. He's written soo many songs for different bands over the years.
Lex yoiu are right this is a Musicians Anthem of sorts as an Old Rocker form the 1960's this song conveys what most of us felt and thought about performing . This is a Great Mix of 2 songs by Jackson and his Band they are awesome
Lex nailed it! This and Bob Seger's Turn the Page as mentioned. There is one I really like by Wishbone Ash called Rock and Roll Circus. Deep cut, but same theme from a little different genre. Stay is a cover of a song by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs.
You are completely right. This is a Musicians anthem. Well put. A tribute to the people who move him around the world to play music.
The song Stay was written by Maurice Williams when he was with a group called The Zodiacs helped form and was a member of Earth Wind & Fire
My father was a huge Jackson Browne fan and I became one at a very early age and 43 years from the first time I heard him I still am one of the great song writers of his generation
Great song by Jackson and his legendary sideman Dave Lindley who could play dang near anything with strings on it ... and a great falsetto
It’s a wonderful tribute to everything that makes it all go.. The load out crew, the fans.. The back up players, the bus driver, and of course, Jackson and his piano..
David Lindley brought it. The best years of Jackson Browne were the early years.
I was blessed to talk with David Lindley on several occasions… he dated one of my girlfriend’s best friends in the 80’s….Just a normal dude with boatloads of talent!
He is a unsung heroes!
Jackson Browne was and is the great bard of the generation that came of age during the 1960s and 70s, so it always helps in deciphering the meaning of his lyrics to understand the history of those times and what that generation of young people experienced. And, for those of us who were there and traveled roughly the same road that Jackson did, he was/is our great lyrical historian, both in personal ways and collectively.
Also, he has kept the faith politically as an artist over the years, remaining humble and dedicated to the values of the peace and environmental movements that he and the rest of us came of age with. I'd like to recommend three specific songs of his that demonstrate what I'm talking about: Before the Deluge, For A Dancer, and Lives in the Balance.
His catalog is vast and filled with impressive and meaningful work, but those three have long been among my very favorite Jackson Browne masterpieces.. . . And, I might add that I am not generally inclined toward celebrity worship or gushy nonsense, but Jackson is the real deal!
Very well put. I agree
The whole Running On Empty album was about life on the roar outing musicians and their crews. It was recorded live on stage, in hotel rooms and on the bus. It was Rolling Stone’s album of the year and helped solidify Jackson Brow’s place among the greatest songwriters of the era. He continues to write compelling songs into his 70s. For me he is one of my top 5 best songwriters. I put him in the same category as Dylan, Paul Simon, Neil Young, etc. I’ve seen him in concert in the 70s, 80s, 2012, & 2015. Musicians want to be in his bands. He simply is one of a kind. His career accolades are a tribute to the kind of artist more musicians should strive to be
Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
Have you ever heard the song "Take it Easy" by The Eagles? Its a famous song. Jackson Browne actually wrote that song.
Its very storytelling. One of the best singer songwriter/storyteller ever.
the song "stay" was originally performed by maurice williams and the zodiacs (1960) - this was a special version for the "the load out".
Love these 2 songs. The album versions were recorded in 1977 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia MD. I was actually at that concert. I think this video was recorded at a later concert at Wolf Trap in VA. A great album from one of the best singer songwriters ever
I saw him when he toured the “Running on Empty” album. One of the greatest singer songwriters ever. Period. I always stop and listen to every lyric of a JB song. Brilliant.
His Running On Empty album is all about being on tour with the band. This is the closing song. I was lucky enough to see him perform these songs in 1977 before the album came out. This one brought the house down. There's even a mention of the show I was at on the album "rolling down 295 out of Portland, Maine, still high from the people up there, feeling no pain"
"Stay" was originally recorded by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs and released in 1960. it's been covered by many artists, and this version was a tribute to the original. The blonde singer with the perm is Rosemary Butler who had quite a career as a lead singer and back-up vocalist to many great artists in the 70s-80s. The guy singing falsetto at the end is David Lindley, a musical savant who can play almost anything with strings. He is a well-known session musician who formed El Rayo X in the 80s and had a huge hit with "Mercury Blues."
It comes from the 1977 album "Running On Empty," which is a salute to life on the road for a rock band in the 70s. Most of the album was recorded either live on stage or in hotel rooms on the road, or even on the bus while travelling between shows. The title song was a huge hit for Jackson, but the album also included great songs such as The Road, You Love the Thunder, Rosie, and Love Needs a Heart.
Rosemary Butler was also a session bass player. You can see her playing bass, and singing back up, from a Midnight Special live version of "Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor.
one of the many many many faces of rock n roll
The part of that song, Stay was written in 1960 and has been covered by pop, country, r&b singers of all age groups since then. One of the most covered songs ever written
Freshman year at Alabama Jackson Browne and Billy Joel played Memorial Coliseum. Dueling pianos. Billy was promoting The Stranger album. Jackson was promoting his Pretender album. Man! I miss those days.
What year was this? I started at the University of Alabama in the fall of 1985.
The Stranger was around 78, the Pretender too 😊
LOVE THIS ! Absolutely brilliant thanks to the roadies !
Brad and Lex . . you choose a classic this time to watch. So much going on . . .beautiful.
Lex, your correct ,many musicians really enjoy preforming even if no one is there but preform better feeding of of their audience .
I love your reaction to this song, it's one of my favorite 70s songs. "We got disco in eight tracks and cassettes and stereo." Love this line! It's so dated, and yet so 70s.
I can name several Jackson Browne songs that absolutely blew me away. It’s a rabbit hole. “For a Dancer” (studio version) Incredible. “Fountain of Sorrow”. Incredible. “The Birds of St. Marks” from his live acoustic album. Superb.
You may or may not choose to choose to do a reaction for all all these. But you seriously should listen to all of them.
Here come those tears again is one of my favorites.
My Opening Farewell is another classic.
Glad you did both songs together. Some reactors split them up or just do one for some reason. They were meant to be played together and Jackson Browne closed out his concerts with this for years. "Stay" is a cover of the 1960 hit by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs.
Stay has been covered a lot. In addition to Jackson Browne, the Hollies and The Four Seasons also had hits covering it.
I couldn’t even watch another reaction couple when they only listened “Stay”, I started to, thinking they surely did “The Load Out”, but as soon as it started it was like someone dropped the needle in the middle of the record to focus on a cover song. 🤷
This album is part of the soundtrack of my senior year of high school, class of '78. So many memories flood back when you hear certain songs.
Class of 78 here. So true.
Jackson Browne's Running On Empty was one of those albums that was on repeat back in the day for me as the summer wound down and my freshman year of high school loomed on the horizon. This takes me back to those days.
This 1978 live version was good but the original Live 1977 version on the record is the best one. That's the epic version we've heard on the radio for all these years ❤ A masterpiece 🌹💜👍
Having worked as a local stagehand this is a really great song. I can recall playing it during load out for several shows.
I worked one of his shows in the early 90's and he asked us stagehands to stand in the wings for this song, consummate musician and great guy.
My mom used to play this on the piano and I would play along on my drums. Such a sweet song and memory.
So glad you did these as a single song (as they should be). Many reaction videos do one or the other alone, which lacks the flow.
On '70s radio, these were always played together.
They would play this on my local radio station quite bit back in the 1980s love this song.
I feel so fortunate to have been able to see so many concerts back in that era. Jackson Browne was one of the best.
One of my favorite songs by Jackson Browne!!
I grew up listening to Jackson Browne in my Dad's car. Dad's 73rd birthday is a few days away and I have two tickets to Jackson Browne in Sydney on April 15th 2023. I can't wait to tell him.
One of the best song writer's of our time here on earth. He's a storyteller that just happens to be a very accomplished pianist. A master of melodies that capture your emotions perfectly. It's uncanny how his songs perfectly capture your heart and mind. Happy, sad, nostalgic, melancholy....etc. He's got a song that captures it. ❤️
Wife here..Jackson Browne.., Such an AMAZING lyricist!!
That last part is a cover of "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, from 1960, with a bit of a change of words. Maurice was asking a girl to stay, while here the band wants the audience to stay because they want to play more.
Most of the first part is talking about the roadies who set everything up and tear everything down every night.
I love seeing pictures of bands on the road in the old days....Drinkin' smokin', playing cards and laughing, the bus all lit up in that golden hue from those cheap little wooden lamps, driver on the cb, country music on the radio, every little town different from the last and excited that a rock and roll band was going to be there in person! Now you see the tour buses are all high tech and everybody is on their phone or computer, with that depressing blue light coming off all the devices, going to a town just like the last, Starbucks, CVS, McDonald's, Wal Mart and Marriott. Times have changed but the good news is they keep right on changing.
So many great songs -- The Pretender, Every Man, are two that come to mind.
Watching Lex hear the moment is nice to see.
I'm so happy that you're listening to Jacksonville thank you
David Lindley on the Lap Steel Guitar and unusually high vocals and the legendary Jim Gordon (Russ Kunkel on the studio version) on drums. Both these two great musicians played with literally everybody and anybody who needed solid touring chops.
I was just waiting for David Lindsey to kick I his Stay part. I said here it comes…. Love Lexi’s reaction to his voice!!!!