Re: Jackson Browne
Lol TBF!Originally Posted by TimothyBFan
Wow, that is a beautiful and very emotional song!! Love it! I guess I need to get The Pretender album. I do not have it. I think the only album I have of his is Lawyers.
Do we know why his wife took her life so shortly after being married and their son so young? Did he end up raising him alone then? How many times has Jackson been married? Are you tired of my questions yet and want me to look this stuff up myself?
I remember your story about hubby calling a song out to him and he playing it. Very cool. Also very cool that hubby chose that song. Was it because you loved it so much? I don't remember the exact story.
One more question----any Jackson Browne biographies or autobiographies out there I should add to my collection?
Ironically, one of the few albums I do not have is Lawyers In Love. As I've mentioned before, I'm not really a fan of the song, and always make a point to skip it. Late For the Sky seems to be thought of as the favorite of most JB fans; however, my favorite is For Everyman, because when I listen to those early songs it takes me back to that time in the early 70's of good folk rock. I like to listen to the album as it was recorded without shuffling the songs to maintain the total feel of the album. In fact, some of the songs run right into the next one.
As much as I love Jackson Browne, I have never read a book about him. I guess I don't really get into those that much. This page will give you a brief but interesting biography.
http://www.jrp-graphics.com/jb/jbbio.html
Hubby chose to request Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate because it's one of his faves. He also chose to request My Stunning Mystery Companion, which led me to think that he had a tendency to choose the wordiest, hardest to spit out songs that Jackson sings! Here's what I wrote about our Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN show last year...
and this from the Peoria, IL show two weeks later...
Even though he had sung Looking Into You that didn't stop me from shouting out requests here and there, although I must say my strategy was rather desperate, calling out a different request after every song. "THE ONLY CHILD!...THE TIMES YOU'VE COME!...JUST SAY YEAH!"
Hubby's second request choice for this show was My Stunning Mystery Companion. He really knows how to pick 'em doesn't he?Very wordy titles. Hubby has a voice for radio and all week long he had been comically 'practicing' his request. Out of nowhere he would leap up from his recliner and shout, "MY STUNNING MYSTERY COMPANION!." Toward the end of the show I decided to help him out because JB had not done it yet, so along with a barrage of other requests from the audience we shouted out in unison, "MY STUNNING MYSTERY COMPANION!" to no avail. Oh well, I understood that Jackson had to pretend he was interested in what others wanted to hear besides Hubby and I.
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I'm laughing out loud while reading about hubby jumping up and screaming song titles at home, practicing. I had forgotten that story. Too funny!!!! 
