Happy Birthday today to US singer-songwriter Jackson Browne (1978 US #11 & UK #12 single Stay, 1978 US #3 album Running On Empty, 1982 US #7 single Somebodys Baby); with an early catalogue that included the likes of These Days, The Pretender, Running On Empty, Lawyers in Love, Doctor My Eyes & Take It Easy, he was arguably the quintessential sensitive Californian singer/songwriter of the early-70s, his laid-back folk-rock setting the template for much of the music that came out of California in that era; his 2005 Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 & 2008 Vol. 2 returned him to high profile; in 2011, he won the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Best Live Performance Album category for Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino, performed by himself & David Lindley; Jackson was inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in 2004 (by Bruce Springsteen) & into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007; he is equally well-known for his social activism & often performs benefit concerts for causes he believes in…
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:13:46 +0000
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