The Last Resort

[Brooke]

(Isn't there a story that Jackson Browne didn't actually stand on a corner in Winslow but in a town close by with a name that didn't fit as well?)

He took a trip through Arizona, but I don't think he actually stood on that corner.

[bluefeather]

interesting piece of history, thanks chaim

[Houston Debutante]

Interesting, it was on their minds for sure and I believe they talked about it, whether or not it was on their minds only because of Don Felder is debatable

[MaryCalifornia]

Thanks, Chaim, interesting. Did Felder say, "my first wife?" Has he been married more than once????

[sodascouts]

Not as far as I know. However, he and his current girlfriend were engaged for at least seven years (they were already engaged by 2007 when his book came out and this interview is from May); she is the mother of his youngest child, so maybe he got to thinking of her as his second wife?

However, things have changed since that interview in May. In a July video chat, he dismissed the idea of another marriage entirely as something that might "spoil" their happy relationship. Obviously, they are no longer engaged. Indeed, if you didn't know better, from the way he talked you'd think that he'd never been engaged to her. I was a little taken aback, honestly, but whatever works for them!

[MaryCalifornia]

Yep, I'm guessing that's exactly what was going on with that quote. He probably thought they would get married. I know it's not PC to make the observation, but I can't believe he has a child that young. But come to think of it, Glenn's youngest is not much older. 66 is the new 36!! Good for them (I'm being sincere, not snarky).

One thing you can say about Felder, after all of these years he still speaks fondly of his first wife and the long marriage, it seems to be of great value to him. He is not at all dismissive of her. Flings with groupies on the road aside, the end of his marriage seems to have affected him very strongly and still does. He has made his long marriage part of his narrative. Smart, since he has grown children with her.

Sorry, got off track of this thread.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

If TLR was written after such a conversation, it just goes to show the nuances of songwriting. Guys just sitting around chatting about things, they probably did that a lot. Then a conversation starts and heads in a direction, then influenced by where they were currently touring, the conversation takes a twist that ends up being the seeds for a song. I guess when you're a songwriter, a good one, you just never know when and how a song will materialize.

[DivineDon]

I'm sure eventually Mr. Felder will reach a point where he claims to have written Romeo & Juliet.

Ha! I was going to suggest that he'll probably tell us next that in a past life he 'influenced' Michelangelo's depiction of God in the Sistine Chapel because he resembled him