Hello, I'm Paul from Italy, sorry but, I don't speack the English.

I'm fans of jackson Browne from 25 years, and through jackson I have known the Lap di David, today I sound the Lap.

But, unfortunately they are not successful to catch up sound that David Lindley expresses in RUNNING ON EMPTY, with the Lap steel, help me, who knows which amp to use, make yourself ahead and she says it to high voice, he makes up of David: amplifiers and effect particular.

Thnaks !!

I just want to share with those uf us who find such relief in Jackson's music that my recently deceased daughter was buried with Jackson's "For a Dancer" played on a cd player. She was only 27 years old and a dancer. Her father was (is) a musician and we both seperatly thought of it being such an appropiate song. I got pleasure laughing over the fact that the poor girl grew up being "forced" (she liked that techno stuff best although she did lift my Eagles tape) to listen to Jackson all her life and I sent her out with one last song. We gave the lyrics out at the service but my ex and I ended up being the only ones singing it but quite a few people asked about the song afterward. My "baby" sister even asked my nephew to make a copy of all his songs. Her name was Codi, named after a Gram Parsons song before Kathy Lee and the rest of the country began using that name so much. I changed the letter y to an i to feminize it. Well, this has been theraputic for me. I want to tell anyone and everyone, love your kids and never take it for granted they'll always be here. Also have more than one child if possible! Thank you Jackson.

Sincerely,

I went to see JB at the Melbourne Concert Hall earlier this year and I have to say that it is the first time I've come away from a JB concert disappointed; I've seen him 5 or 6 times now and this concert (with Dave Lindlay) was shite.

Something seemed to happen very early on and he (JB) seemed to lose interest;

The problems were (in no particular order):

- These Days is a signature tune featuring signature lap guitar but Lindlay played violin on it?

- Lindlay kept swapping various middle eastern and central american stringed 'gourd' instruments and didn't spend near enough time on the lap guitar, or violin for that matter;

- JB had a piano on stage and used it just ONCE;(which suggests he may have spat the dummy and deviated from the play list mid-concert)

- I own a copy of El Rayo X but I'm sure I'm one of only a handful of Aussies that does;ÝNobody was there to hear David Lindlay sing - why include not 1, but 2 of his songs on the playlist?

- JB sang 2 other songs that were not his and not particularly good (titles escape me now);

- after singing a series of down-beat, introspective songs (eg -Crow on the Cradle), JB made a strange remark about Melb crowds being quieter than Sydney...........what did he want, 'hooting and a hollering' or dancing in the aisles while he's singing those sorts of songs?

- he seemed to lose interest and just go through the motions; the encore was perfunctory and timed to finish after 110 minutes on the dot;

- mind you, the crowd was fairly lukewarm about demanding any more anyway;

- he also sang 3 or 4 other poor song choices (I'm the Cat, for example, would not feature in his top 100 songs!)

- the bongo player was great but the beat of those drums, and Lindlay's gourd playing gave a lot of the songs a sameness - either go 'solo acoustic' or go with a full blown band I say, or go with Lindlay without the gourds;

I, and the two friends I went with were looking at each other half way through and shruggin our shoulders and each saying to ourselves "is it me or is this show just not happening"..........and it seemed a fair swag of the audience was doing the same;

He's my favourite artist; I have all of his albums and have seen all of his Melb concerts but I reckon this one was ill-conceived and poorly delivered.

I'd be interested in the opinion of other saw the JB-Lindlay concerts.

Hello Russ,

I saw Jackson last night at Lokeren festival in Flanders, Belgium. He was playing with David Lindley and Tino () to a small festival audience of maybe 4,000+. Mike Scott/Waterboys was on stage before Jackson for an hour. I was hoping they might jam together but it didn't happen.

My first impression was that he has suddenly got old looking! Not sure about the beard Jackson! As he said during the perfomance when request cries for, for a dancer came out "I am at a festival!" and he started out trying to play some of his more festive, more well known to a general audience pieces. I don't recall all the set but he started with I'm alive, looking east and then gave a superb rendition of Lives in the Balance, a song all the more relevant today than ever. He played all his well known classics, the pretender, running on empty,take it easy, the barricades of heaven..

They gave a great rendition of mercury blues a song written by David Lindley.

I had seen JB before in a more intimate concert hall surroudings. Although myself and my girlfriend were only 3 meters from the edge of the stage this time, it was not as magical as the last time but the acoustic session set up obviously doesn't lend itself to big stage festival performance. I'm not sure the sound quality was as good as it could have been and the belgians aren't exactly known for giving much feedback to any performers, however it still was fantastic.

He is a just a beautiful musician who has explored what makes the human spirit tick. A decade ago as a university student with 2 friends ,I drove across north america, with Jackson as the signature tune of that trip.

Some of the best lyrics ever composed....we'll fill in the missing colours in each other's paint by number dreams...

Hello,

Setlist for Edinburgh 08/08/2006

I'm Alive
Call it a Loan
Too many Angels
The Pretender
Crow in the Cradle
Lives in the Balance
For Everyman
Mercury Blues
El Rayo X
These Days
Your Bright Baby Blues
Barricades of Heaven
Late for the Sky
Take it Easy
Our Lady of the Well
Running on Empty

Looking East.

Sappororamen.

Hi Russ.

Let's get this out of the way first.

I know everybody is entitled to an opinion, about which everybody else might not agree, but, JUST WHO THE HELL IS JHENRY (reviewer Melbourne April 2006) !

Amongst other things, he says that no one wants to hear David Lindley - note spelling you illiterate clown - sing one, let alone two songs.

Can I just say, that this year, my wife and I have seen Jackson and David's concerts in Barcelona, Glasgow and now Edinburgh, and David's rendition of his own "Mercury Blues" brought the house down on each occasion !

You say you are a fan, Mr. Henry, if that is the case then you should know that David Lindley has been a vital ingredient in Jackson's success over the last 30 odd years or so, something which Jackson himself always alludes to at his gigs, and is more than happy to let him have the stage to himself, as indeed are the audience.

Without being any way impolite to David, for someone who has, ahem, put on a few pounds over the years - haven't we all - his dexterity on the instruments he plays is fantastic.

His slide guitar playing on "Your Bright Baby Blues"in particular, in Edinburgh last week made the hairs on your neck stand on end ! Jackson's comments on introducing the song left everyone in no doubt that as far as playing slide guitar goes, he was competent enough, but being on stage when David Lindley plays it, he admits to taking a back seat as he simply can't compete with the Master !

As for your comments regarding everybody else feeling the same way as yourself Mr.Henry, well I am afraid that other reviews on this website of the same Melbourne concert seem to put you in a minority of just one, as all were more than favourable.

So what of the Edinburgh concert last week.

What can I say, other than it was as polished and as professional a performance as you would expect.

However, one criticism of it would be that it was a shade disappointing to find that it was the same song set that Jackson performed in Glasgow in March, and indeed, reading other reviews, obviously sticks to rigidly on tour around the world. This in no way should detract from the actual quality of it, but it would have been nice to hear other songs from such an illustrious and extensive career.

How good would it have been to hear Jackson at the piano on "For a Dancer" with David performing the haunting violin solo in the middle and end of it !

For those who may not know, there is a quite an intense city rivalry between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Traditionally, Edinburgh folk are considered well to do and allegedly look down their noses at their more down to earth Glasgow neighbours.

This really was in evidence at last week's concert.

As I am sure many of your readers will agree, much of the enjoyment at one of Jackson's concerts stems from the banter he has with his audience. He has played Glasgow on a number of occasions, and each time his sentiments appear genuine when he says how much he enjoys playing there such is the warmth, affection and repartee he gets from the crowd. Before almost every song, some wit would shout something out which Jackson would find funny and react to accordingly causing much hilarity in the audience.

In March, David Lindley took absolute pelters for his dodgy fashion sense of having blue socks inside green shoes !

Last week in Edinburgh ? Nothing ! Zip ! Nada !

Yes, the music went down a storm, as did the anecdotes between songs but it was all Jackson originated, and if he didn't speak to his audience they would all just sit in silence !

A perfect example was that in Edinburgh at least, Jackson was sporting a beard!

Now if that was in Glasgow, the crowd would rib him mercilessly, but no mention was made about it in Edinburgh.

So a word of advice Jackson, please, when you come back to Scotland make sure you play Glasgow and don't go any where near Edinburgh !

To end on a purely selfish note, although how many people out there would back me up, hopefully when Jackson does come back it will be with not only David Lindley but his full band, Scott Thurston et al, as the last few visits, excellent though they have been, have been almost exclusively acoustic and it would be great to hear some of the "rocking" numbers performed again !

While "Running On Empty" and "For Everyman" have been part of Jackson and David's set list this year, it would be great to hear them as they were meant to be played, and indeed how I remember them in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in July 1996 when the drum solo at the end of the latter blew everybody away !

Cheers Folks !

Hola Russ,

Going through some letters on your site, there were questions about the musicians that joined Jackson and David in Spain.

I was lucky to be at the impressive concert in Barcelona at el Palau de la Musica Catalana.

Besides Tino di Graaldo (caja) there were Jackson's friends Luz Casal who sang These days and the female vocal part in Stay,

Kiko Veneno ( Spanish version of Take it easy- ¡Tú tranquilo!) who took Raul Rodrigez and Charlie Cepada (guitarra) from his band with him. Other musicians were Carlo Nunez and Javier Mas (from the Spanish version of Your bright baby blues- Blues de chica lista) and a fluteplayer. This beautiful concert was recorded and broadcasted by TV3 and radio the very next night.

They played in Zaragosa with Luz Casal and Quique Gonzalez, probably partly broadcasted by TVE.

Jackson said in an interview on Dutch radio that he and David will bring out an album of this memorable Spanish adventure soon named "Love is stange"...

Let the music keep our spirits high.

Un cordial salud,

I have been a fan of JB since the start and bought all the 1970's and early 1980's LP's. I drifted into other music for the last twenty years or so and lost touch with the JB scene. I bought the Going Home DVD last year and cannot stop playing it. I have a question perhaps somebody can help me with:- Referring to the G.Home DVD, it appears to consist mainly of parts from two brilliant live concerts - which concerts are these, and are the full concerts available from anywhere on dvd or video?

Thanks

I'm anxious to see Jackson again, can't wait for his new album and tour in support of it.

One song I cannot remember him singing in all the years (since 1978 at Blossom in Cleveland) I seen him, and all the many times that I'd love to see him do is "The Fuse." Can anyone remember him doing that live? Does he not do that one? What other songs would you like to see him do. Also, can't wait for Solo Acoustic 2 - we can afford it, so let's go ahead and release it.

Here's to Jackson!!

One of the 2 live-concerts on the Going Home DVD was taken from a live broadcasted concert on the German television ("Rockpalast", mid-summer 1986). The concert (total time nearly 5 hours !) started with Big Country, then JB and ended with the German group BAP.

The JB-part was the best live-performance I have ever seen of him, and I've seen really a lot of JB-concerts from 1984 till yesterday (in Amsterdam with David Lindley) !

As far as I know there is no DVD available from this concert, but I taped the full JB-concert from television (on video, there was nothing else at that time in 1986), last year I did put it on a DVD because the video-tape was getting worse after nearly 20 years...................

Greetings from Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Hi Russ,

Last Saturday a very dear friend of mine, his son, my daughter and myself went to the JB & DL concert in Amsterdam.

Well what to say? It was great as usual and a pleasure to see Jackson Browne and David Lindley on the other hand it was a "flat" performance as well; we had the impression he was happy to get back to sunny LA after this show (It was the last show in a brief EU tour).

Two extremely memorable deliveries were: "Lives in the balance" and "Your bright baby blues", both should make the next Sol Acoustic....

In response to the question about the song "The Fuse"....I have seen an old PBS special, I think from Chicago where he performed "The Fuse". I don't think I have ever seen him perform it live myself. On a side note, I always think that I have one favorite JB album, but every time I change the ones in my CD player, I pick a new favorite! I think "I'm Alive" is definetely the most underrated album he has. It is so great from beginning to end, and I love the flow of it and how it seems to tell a story.

By the way, I love the audio section of this web site. Great job, thanks!

So far, no review of Manchester and Jackson at the Bridgewater Hall.

We were lucky to have front row seats and took some friends, one set of friends were not familiar with Jackson but thought that he was amazing. Our other friends who we have met through Jackson Browne thought the venue was great and of that the concert was brilliant.

Jackson was fantastic and he never disappoints. David Lindley's presence 'made the show' and Jackson did deviate from the set list by singing 'Jamaica' two songs into the set at a request from a member of the audience. However so far he has not acceded to request for 'for a dancer'. He played for over two hours and received three well deserved standing ovations.

When asked about the beard he commented 'that it was to cover what nature was doing to his face' (or something like that). He was in good humour and the sound was great.

It was a shame for those that had not heard 'stay and love is' with David Lindley as he did not sing this in Manchester. However 'After the Deluge' was breathtaking.

He is nothing but a genius. We have been fortunate to speak to him after the shows and he is always polite and generous with his time.

Not sure that David Lindley did write 'Mercury Blues' as he told my husband that he wished that he had. Some of you might remember the Alan Jackson version that was a country hit several years ago.

It was a show and night that I will never forget and we have Jackson to thank for meeting some wonderful friends, he has given so much to the world with his music and his concerns for fellow individuals.

He did look tired but the beard did not help and I hope that this means that he does not cut down on his touring as it would be great to see him again with a full band.

Thanks Jackson for the pleasure that you bring to fans of your music.

Dear Russ,

It has been a while since I have delivered a review. I just found two reviews of Jackson Browne's and David Lindley's concert at Hamburg last Friday. And as you still provide this website for Jackson Browne fans you will probably like to post it. Thank you very much for keeping up this great platform.

For those who understand German, you'll find the original texts at the following sites:

http://archiv.mopo.de/archiv/2006/20060814/hamburg/kultur/wie_jackson_browne_auf_der_buehne_zauberte.html

www.welt.de/data/2006/08/14/996501.html?prx=1

Here are my translated versions:

Hamburger Morgenpost/2006-08-14
How Jackson Browne enchants on stage

Robbie Williams, Madonna - how null and void are their performances compared to this evening at the Stadtpark: a voice full of amazing authenticity, a string virtuoso with magic fingers, two west coast legends who after three decades once again resurrect the old intimacy.

"This song was written by David years ago - long, long time ago", Jackson Browne flirts with his own decades. 2000 people are smiling to themselves at the semicircle, but his old friend Lindley has already been absorbed by handling with dexterity one of the half dozen stringed instruments. Artists of his kind never gave a damn about fulfilling any expectations - just like Browne who surprised his audience with an album of somber, poignant songs when definitely nobody counted on it. And so you can feel a nearly magic vibration at Hamburg's most beautiful concert hall when these two big shots are leaking the sheet music of "Take it Easy" to "The Naked Ride Home" to each other. In the still youthfully warm and bright voice of the Californian vibrates a soft melancholy which remains full of hope. And by throwing a glance at these enchanters we keep believing in music beyond cloned rock gigantism.

Die Welt/2006-08-14
Parlor concert at drafty Stadtpark

Concert of the American singer-songwriter legend Jackson Browne with David Lindley.

By Stefan Krulle

Actually the stage at the Stadtpark had never before appeared as large. Never before have there been placed more instruments at the same time. But on barely ten of let's say 200 square meters three men were huddling side by side on obviously quite comfortable wooden chairs. Strictly speaking a younger man was sitting in the middle - on a wooden box which would serve him as striking mechanism accompanied by two rather small tabors.

Next to him on the right a classy looking, tall, slender man with long hair and a funny grey beard, this was Jackson Browne. And on the left David Lindley had blocked up his retreat by two dozens of string instruments - just a small choice of his possessions, and dressed to a fogy with his greying mane, monstrous whiskers and motley shirt he therefore watched quite cheerily the expectant crowd.

Browne has once been Lindley's mentor, and it's been a long time since the two of them did a concert together. So the suspense in the audience between the friends of the two was quite substantial. But as it is with two men at the ages of 57 and 62 the evening started introspectively and comfortably relaxed. At the bottom of the stage people smiled to themselves at every song they recognized, there was no risk of beer getting spilled by spontaneous emotional releases.

Lindley switched between his plucked string instruments and his stringed bowed instruments more often than Hamburg's rainy sky changed its color, Browne was guiding by a vocal elemental force through a repertoire of American singer-songwriter cenotaphs mostly written by him.

After an old song in Spanish, "well, not real Spanish, rather East L.A. Spanish", as Browne noted there was the first surprise in the 140-minutes set.

It was not because of the fact, that Jackson Browne sang "The Naked Ride Home", but that he had obviously forgotten about the text. After four warm-ups while colleague Lindley smiling stoically and mercifully beat time and chords, Browne meekly asked for help from the audience. Two minutes later one fan had taken down the beautiful lyrics on some card and made the artist come get it. Shot no. five. But Browne could not read the letters, so some helping hand had to go get his glasses backstage.

As far as we could follow the text had been taken down correctly.

This was when the Stadtpark had turned into a living room with old friends being around, just the fireside was missing. Browne announced a song which he had once co-written with Glen Frey as a hit single for the Eagles, "should have done this more frequently" and then you could listen to "Take it Easy" in the version of its creator. Lindley interlaced reminiscences of the years when he had released albums like "El Rayo-X" every now and then but he stuck to being the friendly virtuoso whose sometimes unbelievable talents have not made him a star nonetheless.

Then the night was closing in and Browne started his story-telling. "There are people like Danny O'Keefe", said the Heidelberg born artist, "who make an appointment for recording a new song at Nashville in just one hour." Shaking his head, "how's that going to work. After 45 minutes, Danny told me you can see in the eyes of your vis-a-vis that he is going to collect the kids at school." He is really quite the opposite: "I'm just waiting for a good song to come along and then I snatch it up."

As a kind of demonstration "Running on Empty" and "Before the Deluge" followed, and the hair on our necks stood on end.

Someone who knows or cooks up such stories, one who sings or knows how to tell them as laconic epics, who has friends like David Lindley by his side and a few thousand more in front of him has to be a lucky person. And he can make others happy that's what Jackson Browne did on Friday night. We have been witnesses. #

As I have also been to the concert I agree with most of what Stefan has written. Just my impressions of the "The Naked Ride Home" episode are slightly different:

• Someone of the audience had shouted for the song. Jackson explained that he was the only person on stage who knew how to play it - as David and Tino had never done that song before.
• He was not sure if he could remember the lyrics. So he described in a most hilarious way what had happened to him with some other songs before, i.e. not being able to make it spotlessly through verse no1, verse no.2 etc.
• The person who helped Jackson with the lyrics did not take them down on a card but just handed him the booklet of the CD.
• This explains the difficulties in reading those lyrics while playing the piano - with or without glasses.
• After the second or third warm-up David tried to fit in with some chords.
• Most amazingly Jackson never gave up, but finished the song declaring that he could never become an American President: not being able to read texts by a teleprompter, and David bantered: you also need a hunchback and less brain!

To keep a long story short: this concert was a real highlight - especially to me. I was able to forward a letter to Jackson Browne asking him to perform "Before the Deluge" which they did - as the encore! I really love that song and I have never had a chance to watch it performed live. Just imagine listening to David Lindley playing the violin in that song. Tino di Graaldo perfectly made up for the missing drums. Jackson obviously prefers to play the guitar but this was one of the few songs when he played the piano. But I do agree with Bonnie Raitt that his piano-playing is just heart-breaking.

After the show he and David took their time to talk to a waiting crowd of about 20 people - everyone got the chance of getting CDs, DVDs, and tickets signed and he didn't mind having pictures taken. And off they went to Amsterdam...

Let their music keep our spirits high,

Hi Russ,

Just wanted to tell you what a great show I just saw at the Philadelphia folk Festival yesterday. First of all I was so pleased when I first heard that Jackson Browne and David Lindley were going to perform at the old pool farm in Schwenksville Pa. this year.I have wished for him to come here, as it is my home town and I always thought it would be a perfect place Jackson To play,especially with him back making music again with David. What a wonderful day it was. They played lots of old tunes, but as Jackson commented they were all pretty much old tunes, and he chuckled. He played songs like For a Dancer, Crow on the Cradle,Running on Empty, The Pretender and many more great ones.

They also played two songs of Davids from the El Rayo-X days. It was great to see the two old friends back on stage and kidding around together once again. I watched it all from the first row. I was a little surprised to see that Jackson had grown a beard and a mustache, But he was truly exceptional as always and I will cherish this memory for a long while. I gave the MC- Gene Shay a letter of appreciation to deliver backstage before I left that day ,I hope that it made it to my very favorite performer. Well thats all for now . I'll send another review just as soon as he comes to my area again !! I only hope its soon !!!!!!

Hi Russ,

Just resubmitting this review of the Rome concert again. I would hate to see it not recorded on your site because it was absolutely fantastic!

Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica - Roma 1/8/2006

As usual it was a very hot and humid night with the occasional breeze blowing into the ampitheatre but the locals didn't seem to mind. They seemed quite at home in this fantastically atmospheric location and politely called for Jackson and David to hurry up and start the show. It should have begun at nine but started half an hour late. This only added to the anticipation of what was to be an unforgettable evening.

The set list was as follows.

I'm Alive
Call It A Loan
Too Many Angels
The Pretender
Crow On The Cradle
Lives In The Balance
For Everyman
Mercury Blues
El Rayo-X
These Days
Barricades Of Heaven
Late For The Sky
Take It Easy
Our Lady Of The Well
For A Dancer
Running On Empty
Before The Deluge

Russ:

You have a spectacular sight. I've been reading it on a regular basis for nine years. This is my first letter.

In response to Gordon and ccdugan.

I believe "The Fuse" was used quite often as the opening song during the "Hold Out" tour. At least it was in September of 1980 at Blossom Music Center, the venue for my first JB show as well, Gordon! I've seen him 10 or so times since and cannot recall it being played again while I was in attendance.

I'm Alive
Call It A Loan
Too Many Angels
Pretender
The Crow On The Cradle
Lives In The Balance
For Everyman
Mercury Blues
El Rayo X
These Days
Your Bright Baby Blues
For A Dancer
Late For The Sky
Take It Easy
Running On Empty
Before The Deluge

I had a free pass to see the new Mark Wahlberg film, "Invincible", last night, and while it left much to be desired, at about the 90 minute point, I was suddenly drawn in by the magical opening guitar chords of "These Days." It was one of a long list of songs from the seventies that should make for a pretty entertaining soundtrack album. Everyone from Jackson to Kansas to BTO to Jim Croce are woven into this connect-the-dots script, based on the brief football career of Philadelphia hometown hero-underdog, Vince Poloti (this is a failed attempt to recapture the magic of "Rocky"). Still, for about a minute and a half, Jackson was the foundation for the film's most poignant scene.

Thanks for all you do, Russ!

Hello Russ!

Checking your JB website has been always my first priority each time I switch on my computer, since the day I found it! As a devoted fan of Jackson Browne I spend many days listening to his words and music, or avidly reading any news about him, and after seeing Jackson playing live in London, in 2004, I still have the illusion of finding a way to bring him to play in Portugal, one of these days.Considering he has played several times in Spain, it should not be so difficult, but...

Anyway, I would like to share with you and the other fans, a little experience I lived two moths ago, to give you an example of how meaningful JB can be.

Last June I decided to celebrate my own birthday organizing a private concert in a little old and beautiful centennial theatre, located near the place where I live, and invited a group of good friends who play in an acoustic band (not professional) called "Bando à Margem". They have their own reportoire ( songs in Portuguese) and they also did a couple of covers at the end of an 1,5 hours concert ( which also included an original great song dedicated to David Crosby ), but knowing my affection for JB they also performed a very nice version of "For Everyman"! ( I guess, even JB would have liked to hear that!).

After the great concert, we had a good diner in a nice place, next to that theater, and each round table was named after one of my all time favourite musician/singers, including Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jim Croce, a few others, and for the main table (where I was, of course), guess what name? Obviously, it was the table Jackson Browne!

Well, in a certain way, I am sure that the celebration of my birthday also included JB, and that was my simple but sincere tribute to him!

Keep this fabulous site, and thanks for your work!

Greetings

Review of the concert at The Playhouse Theatre in Edinburgh on 8th. August, 2006.

This was a great concert and Jackson and David delighted the capacity crowd. Given that the Edinburgh Festival was on at the time, that Jackson should attract such a large audience, despite all the rival shows on offer, is proof of his appeal with new and older fans alike!

Jackson was very warmly received by the audience and he seemed very comfortable and at ease. The audience hung on his every word and he got genuine and generous applause at the end of every song. At one point, he even said that they had been on tour for a while and he wished that that they had opened their tour in Edinburgh - saying : "This would have been a good place to start...." Praise indeed, for the way he felt the audience was connecting with him.

At the end, he was treated to two standing ovations and prolonged, ecstatic applause - and yes, even a few whistles!!!!! ( I'm sure they would have come on to do a further encore but for the fact that there was to be a ballet on at The Playhouse the next evening.......set to be dismantled, stage to be set up , orchestra pit to be uncovered etc!!! )

I also attended the concert in March 2006 at Glasgow Concert Hall. This was very enjoyable too, but spoiled in part for me - and I'm sure for many others - by the calling out of one persistent female fan who began by shrieking during a silence before the opening of one song : " I love you Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". She called out at fairly regular intervals after that and even proceeded to clap loudly - out of time - when he sang "The Pretender". That was a pity. So, just because an audience is warmly attentive does not mean they are not connecting. Jackson is a serious singer-songwriter first and foremost, not someone whose main purpose is to engage in "banter" with an audience. I'm sure HE appreciates what is most important...

As for Jackson's beard - what does that matter?! Why should anyone "rib him" for having a beard????!!!! Surely listening and appreciating the music of this wonderful performer is what we most want to do?

That concert in Edinburgh was superb. That is all that needs to be said really.

Jackson Browne early years

I was there. Jackson came to the Four (4) Muses, a coffee house-venue for musicians in San Clemente, CA. He performed regularly at this venue in the early '70's. Jim & Mary Jenkins were the proprietors of the 4 Muses and they opened their home to Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Taj Mahal, John Hammond Jr., John Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Kate Taylor, Tim Weisberg, JD Souther, Jack Tempchen, Mimi Farina & Tom Jans, Country Joe and many more artist who were consummate musicians. It is a shame that Jackson's bio does not include Jim & Mary Jenkins', Four Muses. I heard all his songs prior to their release on vinyl. They were so instrumental in the early careers and in some cases late careers of such esteemed musicians.

Review of Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, and Karen Griffith Benefit Concert for John Hall - N.Y.C., N.Y. - August 20, 2006 (Sunday)

This was the Second Time my wife and I have seen Jacksone Browne perform alone, or in this case with other musicans. The Key to me of the quartet show was the balance, the country influence, and the fine theatre it was performed in-Town Hall. Both the show was good, the hall good, and the benefit of the concert to a plolitican.

P.S.-We had also seen Jackson Perform at the Mann Music Center-Philadelphia, Pa with Steve Earle, and Keb Mo in 2003. I perfered that show, but as the saying goes, "variety is the spice of life", i.e. any show with Jacksone in it is sure to be a winner.