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Fan Letters & Reviews June 2010 GENERAL FAN COMMNETS: Hi Russ I just got your email address from your website. We ve been working on making videos in support of the 3 US graduates, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal who have been detained in Iran for the last 286 days for allegedly crossing into Iran while on a hiking holiday in Iraqi Kurdistan A week ago we approached Jackson Browne and asked if we could use Drums of War on the latest video called Free Me - SSJ - Searching for the Truth We got confirmation from Naomi at JB's PR team that it was OK and furthermore they agreed to host the video on his website The video is now live on Jackson's website - here - http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/news It would be great if you could share it with JB's fans as the purpose of the film is to reach out to a new audience who will understand and appreciate the ridiculousness of the fate of the "3 hikers" The film contains unique footage of the 3 hikers and is partly aimed at counteracting the oft repeated comment that they must be "spies" It's a great watch and the music from JB just fits so well with it. Am hoping when JB comes to the UK, which is where I am based, to be able to thank him in person at the gig in Bristol in June. Take care and hope you are able to spread the word Submitted by: andrew@design.consciousworld.net (Andrew) GENERAL FAN COMMNETS: Letter to Jackson Thank You Jackson for loving chilren, for loving the earth and for having the courage and the strength to continue to write music. Along the way as a muscian you heard a Calling and you began to speak up for truth and concerns about the ocean and our environment. Forgive me for being so forward but you have influenced sine I was a child. I'm not feeling so good these days but I will carry on. Submitted by: mwood126@triad.rr.com CD REVIEW: "Love Is Strange" The cd love is strange is really "something fine", a real life experience of Browne and Lindley with a rather Europian our should i say a Gaellic folk sound. Have no one noticed that the song These days with vocals of Luz Casal resemble the voice of Nathalie Merchand of 10.000 maniacs? I will be on the Belgian concert on july 17 in Brussels Bozar, hope the concert is as good as last year in Antwerp. I will sure send a concert review as I did last year. Submitted by: pavanacker@skynet.be (Patrick V.) GENERAL FAN COMMNETS: Tickets Available Hello Russ, thanks for maintaining this great JB page. It is good to know how many people around the world care about Jackson Browne and his music. I am looking forward to going to Amsterdam next Wednesday to see him performing live again with David Lindley in this great venue Heineken Music Hall. I have got one ticket left because my friend has got other appointments. It would be nice to sell this ticket to another JB fan. Anyone interested ? Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall, June 9th 2010, 20.00 h, Blackbox, row 16, Price: 50 Euros. Please contact me! Submitted by: jacksonbrowne@gmx.de (Barbara S., Haan, Germany) CD REVIEW: "Love Is Strange" I received this CD (and T-shirt) yesterday and the verdict - fantastic. I have a large vinyl and CD collection of Jackson Browne music and it was great to hear stuff from the early 70s as well as new music. Submitted by: decimal@optusnet.com.au (John M. - Sydney Australia) CONCERT REVIEW: June 4, 2010 at Sheffield City Hall in Sheffield, England Here is my review of Jackson's concert at Sheffield on Friday 4th June 2010. Keep up the good work with the website. I do hope people appreciate the effort that you put in to let us have this chance to share stories, anecdotes and see what others think. I do. "Just back from Jackson's concert at Sheffield City Hall where he last played in March 2009 on the Time the Conqueror tour. This time he had got David Lindley with him as well as his usual band (Mark Goldenberg - guitar, Kevin McCormick - bass, Jefff Young - keyboards and Mauricio Lewak - drums together with female backing singers Alethea Mills and newcomer Danielle who has replaced Chavonne Stewart). The concert started bang on time at 8:00 p.m. In fact Jackson could be seen waiting in the wings ready to come on even before the lights were properly down. It kicked off with just Jackson and David sat at the front of the stage and they played two numbers together, firstly "Seminole bingo" and then the Bruce Springsteen song about Vietnam vets called "Brothers under the bridge" - beautifully sung and played, Jackson adding harmonies to David's lead vocal. I had not heard this song before but it obviously meant a lot to David as he said he was encouraged to sing it by his daughter but found it difficult to complete it in view of the feeling he had for the sentiments of the song. Jackson then left stage for David to play three solo numbers, one of which was called "Cat Food sandwiches" - a funny song about the delights of back stage food although David was quick to point out the back stage food was good tonight! Not sure of the other song titles in this section - sorry! There was a 20+ minute break before Jackson returned with the band and played a good mix of old and new. David Lindley came on midway through the set. I thought Jackson's voice was too low in the mix for the first couple of songs but that seemed to be changed fairly quickly. Looking at the set list I blagged from the crew the proposed set list is below but that changed as I have set out further down: Off of Wonderland Time the Conqueror Giving that heaven away Just say yeah In the shape of a heart Bright baby blues My problem is you Too many angels Before the deluge For a dancer Doctor my eyes The late show Running on empty Take it easy Encore: Mercury blues. (see below) However, the running order seemed under discussion at various times. Jackson explained that as it was the first night and they had to accommodate David on some songs, they wanted to get the balance of songs right. He certainly included "I'm alive" and "Sky blue and black"in the list and can't remember him playing "The late show". The last song of the main set was a rousing "Running on empty". Encore songs were "Mercury blues" and a great "Take it easy". I was just enjoying things so much to be particular about precise running order or exact list. Others will probably put me right. In any event he got plenty of advice from the audience at to what he should play - how do you please everybody? He was swapping a bit of banter with the audience at times - especially when someone called out for "Cocaine". He said if he sang that he'd have to include the rehab verses! All in all it was another great night. Stand outs for me were "In the shape of a heart" and "Before the deluge" but they were all great. Will look to see how other set lists at future concerts differ. You always wonder if there will be a next time. Let's hope so! . Might have to try and get a ticket for Nottingham now. This wasn't a sell-out but perhaps it is understandable in the current financial climate, especially with the variety of artists you can see at the various venues here in Sheffield. Pity though." Submitted by: michael.mason58@btinternet.com (Michael M.) CONCERT REVIEW: June 6, 2010 at The Sage Gateshead in Gateshead, England Hi, saw the gig at the Sage in Gateshead on Sunday night, (second time there, saw Jackson late last year as well), STUNNING, PERFECT, loved every nanosecond. Jackson just gets better if thats possible! Submitted by: jean.marriott@vinciconstruction.co.uk (Jean M.) GENERAL FAN COMMNETS: Hi! I'm so exited, going to see Jackson and David and the band twice this week. Just wondering, do you know who the girl is who has replaced Chavonne? Submitted by: kristoffer.sundberg@gmail.com (Kristoffer in Sweden) Webmaster's Reply: CONCERT REVIEW: 8 June 2010 at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England "Quite a spot, huh", Jackson remarked upon taking the stage. This was the ultimate understatement. Hampton Court Palace threw its (not so dark and silent) gates open at 6pm, enabling concert-goers a full three hours to explore the grounds and picnic before the main attraction got underway at 9pm. Upon leaving the gardens, entry to the auditorium was via two lavish courtyards and a majestic room decked out with a grand staircase and ceiling murals - a far cry from the usual concert experience. Later in the night, Jackson commented that whilst he'd played at many venues which called themselves a 'palace', this is the first time he could think of that he'd played at an actual palace. The weather had held up despite forecasts predicting otherwise, and Jackson and his band kicked off proceedings with four back-to-back songs from the 'Time the Conqueror' album: 'Off of Wonderland', the title track itself, 'Giving That Heaven Away', and 'Just Say Yeah'. Jackson was accompanied by his usual band, which was on fine form as always, along with back-up singers Althea Mills and "Nanny". I didn't quite catch her name, but she was replacing Chavonne Morris who'd featured alongside Althea in the past 18 months. Having attended several dates on the 'Time the Conqueror' tour last Spring, I'd remembered feeling a tad disappointed with the performances of certain songs from the latest CD. Whilst not bad by any means, I just didn't feel as though the live performances had done the studio recordings justice. This has seemingly been corrected in the past year then, as the last two of the four tracks actually surpassed the album versions. It's worth mentioning too that the sound quality at Hampton Court Palace was superb all night long. Whilst introducing 'Giving That Heaven Away', Jackson recalled that he'd been sent a letter by an ex-lover he'd last had contact with 30-35 years ago, but had somehow mislaid it. Thus, he decided to write her this song as his response, but joked that he's never heard back since! He then introduced 'Just Say Yeah', noting that it was written for his girlfriend - and that he felt he had to write it after he'd decided to pen the previous song! David Lindley was introduced five songs in, just in time to play on 'Your Bright Baby Blues'. Jackson later referred to him as his "friend, mentor and fashion guru" when introducing the band. He also noted that on every other night of this tour, Lindley was performing as the opening act. Given the relatively late start time of this show, however, it wasn't feasible on this night. Jackson commented, at one point in the night, that as this is a palace there's quite strict curfews in place with regards to time - and also strict "sonnet requirements". I found it amusing, but nobody else seemed to 'get it'. Moving along then... One of the night's many highlights was a fresh, contemporary performance of 'For a Dancer', which I'd not before heard with the current band. It was similar to the remastered version on 2004's 'The Very Best Of', only much smoother and without such emphasis on the drumming. David Lindley took to the violin as per normal, but wasn't overly focal, which allowed time for some great guitar work from Mark Goldenberg to give the song a completely different vibe. 'Doctor My Eyes' was performed immediately afterwards (without 'About My Imagination' being segued into on this occasion), which then led to 'I'm Alive'. With 'Doctor My Eyes' being so upbeat, 'I'm Alive' came off sounding rather slow in comparison - almost plodding - and even had a certain 'country' element to it, such was the way it was played. I've no idea whether or not this was intentional, but it may have been done a slight disservice by being placed in this slot. The show wound down with 'Running on Empty', and Jackson and the band left the stage after just an hour-and-a-half at 10.30pm. Following a standing ovation, they returned for the encore, and Jackson informed us that he'd been told he was able to play two more songs. With the audience on its feet and seemingly ready to party, Jackson was somewhat surprised at a call for 'Late for the Sky'. His incredulous response was, "You're kidding, right"? He went on to finish up with a rocking version of 'Mercury Blues' - which sounded even better with the band than it does on the 'Love is Strange' album, which is really saying something - before concluding with 'Take it Easy'. The stage was vacated for the last time at 10.40pm, 15 songs and 100 minutes after it was taken. It was an excellent, upbeat set with a distinct lack of political songs, and I definitely feel it benefited from that. Those making their way out of this prestigious venue sounded very content, and they had every right to be. Set List: 1. Off of Wonderland 2. Time the Conqueror 3. Giving That Heaven Away 4. Just Say Yeah 5. In The Shape of a Heart 6. Your Bright Baby Blues 7. My Problem is You 8. Too Many Angels 9. Before the Deluge 10. For a Dancer 11. Doctor My Eyes 12. I m Alive 13. Running on Empty 14. Mercury Blues (encore) 15. Take it Easy (encore) Submitted by: segaboyno@aol.com (Simon R.) GENERAL FAN COMMENTS: Please let Jackson know that many of us who have been with him since the VERY beginning are vinyl record listeners. I'd buy a record in a heartbeat but won't waste my money on the inferior sound of CD. Thanks for your time, Submitted by: mt10425@me.com (David U.) Webmaster's Reply: GENERAL FAN COMMENTS: Tickets Available Hi Russ: I have 2 extra tickets for Jackson's concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 29th June 2010. The seats are in the Arena - 13 rows from the front. Unfortunately, I bought these 2 tickets for my son and his girlfriend, who live in Greece but due to the economic climate there at present they are unable to afford tickets to London for the concert. If anyone is interested in these tickets, please contact me at marie_cheras@hotmail.com. Thank you. Submitted by: marie_cheras@hotmail.com (Marie C.) CONCERT REVIEW: June 11, 2010 at The Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden Hi Russ Just wanted to say, Jackson and the others made a tremendous fine concert at Cirkus the other night. I've been there everytime they have played at Cirkus and this was far the best show I've ever seen. Even my wife Ann was excited as she is not very aware of Jackson's songs. Lindley has always been one of our favorites and he showed that older guys rocks far better with flavour and color. I'm specially glad they did "The late show"! Submitted by: ake.banksell@ownit.nu (Åke B.) CONCERT REVIEW: June 15, 2010 at Stadtpark in Hamburg, Germany Hi Russ. Here's a review from yesterdays Hamburg Concert. Concert review, Jackson Browne and David Lindley in Hamburg Stadtpark, 15th June 2010 Yesterdays concert in Hamburg Stadtpark was "very good but not the best" The venue is lovely - except for the planes flying low over the park every 5 minutes on their descent to Hamburg Airport. In the more quiet songs, it was really a nuisance and it must have been really disturbing to the musicians. Jackson and David started out with a Warren Zevon and a Bruce Springsteen song. Especially Springsteens Brothers under the Bridge was quite powerful and very well performed. David introduced it with: "This is as a song about Vietnam Vets..." After that David played 3 songs (I think), of which JJ Cale's Tijuana stood out for me as the best. David is such a gifted performer, and it is indeed a pleasure to enjoy his guitar playing. I heard David in Aarhus, DK some years ago with Wally Ingram on their "Polyester to the world - tour", and found him to be much more playful and witty then. Also yesterday he seemed to be more comfortable, when Jackson was with him on stage. After some resetting of the stage, Jackson returned with the band to play a (I guess) pretty standard set-list for this tour - a nice mixture of new and old songs. By the end of the concert (last song before ROE) Jackson was sitting behind at the piano talking about how they tried to do one thing every night, which would make it different from the other nights. He paused for a while, and I said to him "please play Fountain of Sorrow - that would be different". He said: "yeah, that would indeed be different" and asked the audience "Do you wanna hear FOS?", but the reaction was pretty weak. After thinking for a couple of seconds he said: "Well I wanna play FOS!". So they rewarded us with great rendition of this song - just love it!! (see also May 5th 2009 Copenhagen review). ROE fabulous as always, David Lindley adding that last touch to make it perfect! Encores were again Mercury Blues and Take it Easy. However, before Take it Easy, Jackson seemed to be open to any alternative suggestions. However, the response from the audience was pretty "muddy", so he decided to stick with TIE. Some general remarks - David certainly added a great touch to the songs with his distinctive lap steel playing, and it was alone worth the trip from Denmark. Of course this takes a little of the usual (extreme) tightness from the band, but the added touch more than makes up for it. - Again - Jacksons band!!! They're just SOOOO good, all the time adding small details without "stealing the picture". Mark Goldenberg's understated guitar playing just fits so well with Jackson's music, and when it comes to that, his guitar solos just burn the house down. - Jackson (and excuse me for saying this) looked and sounded a little more tired, than I have ever seen him before. On some songs, his voice failed him a couple of times. I guess, that's what happens during a long tour - so no offence, just never experienced it before with Jackson. So all in all, another great night with Jackson, David and the band. Keep on coming back - we'll be there!!! Submitted by: jhi@teknologisk.dk (Jorgen H., Aarhus Denmark) CONCERT REVIEW: June 17, 2010 at Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgum When I was young in the early seventies, I was a JB-fan from the very first album. Then I met my wife. She had a poster in her room showing (!) Joe Cocker. Eventually, through the years (we are now married for 33 years) my wife became a JB-super/supef/superfan but we started to attend JB- concerts only recently as life was getting quieter and the kids all have left the house. Now this June 17, 2010 concert in Brussels, Belgium, Europe was not my cup of tea, I am a Warren Zevon-superfan to be honest, and I was more than happy with the Love is Strange-cd, this one is brilliant. The sound,is pure, the muscians performing excellent, the instruments souding great, and (!) the passion is there. This I did not find in the June 17,2010 concert in Brussels' Bozar. A pitty. But then JB is to appreciate highly even not being for one concert at the very best. PS. What puzzles me highly about this life-cd Love is Stange is where it is said by JB en his team: "rehearsing is for cowards" ... Submitted by: bouckaert.guido@gmail.com (Guido B.) CONCERT REVIEW: June 17, 2010 at Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgum Hi Russ! As Jackson Browne continues to leave Portugal outside his concert maps, which happened again for this European tour, I had to select another place to attend one of his shows, because I couldn't miss this chance to see Jackson with the band and the "virtuoso" David Lindley. So I have chosen Brussels, mainly because I have some relatives living there! After having seen JB live before, only in two occasions, (first one in London, during his solo acoustic tour in 2004, and the second time, last year in Murcia, Spain, during his "Time the Conqueror tour", with his Band), I had big expectations about this one, since the presence of David Lindley was something I was anticipating many years ago. Well, I can say I was not disappointed with the show, really a top quality one, but I must point out that I felt hungry for more, not only because I love Jackson's work, but mainly because the concert was shorter than I figured, probably due to the fact that Jackson had a concert scheduled for Paris, the following night, and as he was touring by bus, there were still some miles waiting for him after the Brussels show. As a matter of fact, after a first part starring David Lindley playing 5 songs ( the first two with Jackson, himself, accompanying with a guitar and second voice) there was an intermission of about 20 minutes, and then Jackson came back with his band for the main set, with David joining him in the stage a few songs later. But Jackson played a first set of only 12 songs, followed by an encore of 2 typical ones ("Mercury Blues" and "Take it Easy") and never came back again! I grabbed the "official setlist" for that night, and it contains more 3 songs ("Carmelita", "Sky Blue and Black" and "For Everyman") written on it, after the "encore" I mentioned, so what happened?! Was Jackson easing off, getting tired, or just shortening the show because he had to head to Paris in that same night?! Anyway, I don't see why playing more 12 or 15 minutes, and present the audience with the average number of songs and regular length of the set could prejudice his schedule! At least I wouldn't feel the right for demanding for more songs at the end of his performance, as I did! So perhaps a lesson was learned: Nowadays, if you want to listen to longer setlists, you probably must choose a date before a day off! Time to describe a little more the concert, itself: - 20h00 - The concert starts with a couple of familiar figures entering on stage, both dressed with stamped and colourful (well, mainly dark colours) shirts: Jackson Browne, always good looking and cool, and David Lindley, with his distinctive hair and style, and after sitting down at the front of the stage, they began to play "Seminole Bingo", followed by a Bruce Springsteen song about Vietnam vets, called "Brothers under the Bridge". Then Jackson left the stage saying we would be back later, and David proceeded solo showing all his expertise during 3 long songs. In the middle of his performance David introduced a very funny song called "When a Guy Gets Boobs", that drove the audience to a couple of good laughs. It tells the story of a guy (David?) that woke up in a certain morning, looked at the mirror, and terrified, became aware of the fact that he got "boobs"! Then, in despair, he invoked the spirit of John Lee Hooker asking him for advice, and the great blues man answered him just that: "Man, you definitely ought to write a song about it!" And so David did it! - 20h40 - Intermission for about 20 minutes. - 21h00 - Jackson Browne main set, with the band, opens with "Off of the Wonderland". After four songs (see the setlist below) David joins the Band sitting at the back of the stage beside a rack of assorted guitars, violins, etc., and then the air was "invaded" by the familiar sounds played by David magic fingers, transporting us to the times of JB records from the 70ies (specially "You Bright Baby Blues, Before the Deluge, For a Dancer, Doctor My Eyes, Running on Empty and Take it Easy"). As I wrote before, in my review from last year's concert in Murcia, Spain, songs of "Time the Conqueror" CD grow considerably when played live, and gain more beauty with the added voices and chorus of both girls, Alethea Mills and Danielle DeAndrea ( this one replacing the absent Chavonne Morris). The setlist, although short (I don't get tired of writing this), included a couple of songs I haven't listened before played live: "In the Shape of a Heart" and "Too Many Angels" which impressed me very much indeed. The string arrangements, variety of guitars played and performance of David, Mark and Jackson during "Too Many Angels" was a rare and precious moment not to forget, and was a true highlight of the show besides the classical ones ( as Before the Deluge, For a Dancer and the rocky Doctor My Eyes). I wished they would have played "Late for the Sky" and "The Late Show", both from the Late for the Sky album, where there is a distinctive mark of David Lindley skill, but unfortunately they were not included in the program. - 22h40 - End of the show, after "Take it Easy". A final word for Mauricio Lewak, not only a great drummer, but also one of the nicest and coolest musicians from Jackson's Band, which always finds a moment available to talk with the fans after the show, as it happened with me in Brussels, and also last year in Murcia! Here is the setlist: 1- Off Of Wonderland 2- Time the Conqueror 3- Giving that Heaven Away 4- In the Shape of a Heart 5- You Bright baby Blues 6- My Problem is You 7- Too Many Angels 8- I am Alive 9- Before the Deluge 10- Doctor My Eyes 11- For a Dancer 12- Running on Empty Encore: 13- Mercury Blues 14- Take it Easy In the end, a memorable concert, only shadowed by a short setlist (haven't I mentioned that before?!). Regards Submitted by: jpato@apeb.pt (Jorge.) CONCERT REVIEW: June 20, 2010 at Glasgow Concert Hall in Glasgow, Scotland Hi Russ ! Jackson Browne Concert Review 20 June Royal Concert Hall Glasgow Scotland. With Paul McCartney also in town for a stadium gig on the same night, there might have been a conflict of interests among those with an interest in both music legends. Not for me and my partner though ! As previously reported here, we have seen Jackson many times in a variety of venues through out Europe, so there was nowhere else we were ever going to be other than the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall tonight. Once again, Jackson didn't disappoint ! Does he ever ? Yet for fans still to attend any of his forthcoming gigs, let me warn them of a surprisingly low key start to proceedings. Assuming the format is the same, Jackson and David Lindley arrive on stage together, to a predictably rapturous Scottish welcome which they so obviously appreciated, and proceed to open the show with a song from Warren Zevon followed by one from Bruce Springsteen. Not what any of us were expecting I can tell you ! Particularly when neither song was familiar to me, although I'm sure they may have been to others. And yet despite not being known to me, I thought they worked a treat and the applause which they were met with would seem to vindicate their decision to open with them. What was more surprising came immediately after the second song, when Jackson announced to the crowd that he would return later and left the stage to muted applause more out of bewilderment than anything else, and left David to perform solo for about twenty minutes. Now I for one enjoyed David's set, as I'm sure many others did too. How can you not admire as we all have done for thirty odd years or so this genius's dexterity on all things musical. However I can't help thinking that many of the audience were perhaps getting a bit restless at this turn of events. Maybe I'm wrong. Certainly he received a hero's reception when he joined Jackson and the band on stage some time later so if that was indeed the case at the time then all was forgiven ! So what of the rest of show ? Simply stunning ! Jackson was in excellent form, as was the rest of the band. As usual with his Glasgow audience, Jackson appears to enjoy the repartee he has with them, and with many of the females in the crowd up dancing to the likes of "Doctor My Eyes" and "Running on Empty" the atmosphere he generated was simply electric. Even the band seemed to be caught up in it all, with new backing singer Dannielle in particular obviously enjoying herself to the full! The set list and correct order as best as I can remember, was as follows... Jackson and David with the aforementioned Zevon and Springsteen songs. David solo with three songs (unknown) Jackson and the band... Off Of Wonderland Giving That Heaven Away Barricades of Heaven Your Bright Baby Blues (David returns for the rest of the show !) Sky Blue And Black (audience request not necessarily on set list) Before The Deluge My Problem Is You I'm Alive For A Dancer Too Many Angels Doctor My Eyes Running On Empty Encore..... Mercury Blues The Pretender My own personal favourites ? The always haunting Your Bright Baby Blues with Mark Goldenberg on lead guitar and David on slide stealing the show. For A Dancer with extra bass drum involvement from Maurice Lewak doing this classic song no harm at all. Barricades Of Heaven......Oh I could go on all night ! The show was magnificent and any of my earlier comments were not meant as criticism, but merely to point out the surprising nature of the early part of the evening ! Jackson has never been in better voice and the enthusiasm in his performance was plain to see ! Haste ye back ! from.. Submitted by: dunn.a2@sky.com (Andy D.) CONCERT REVIEW: June 17, 2010 at Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgum Concert review: June 17 2010. Bosart Brussels. Belgium. Four days after the deluge (election day in Belgium) the lyrics of Jackson Browne his songs seems to be very accurate for some of our politicians. Some of them where dreamers, some of them where fools and for some of them it was only the moment that matters ( the Belgian folks can fill in the names of some of our politicians). At the end they treaded there good ideas for the resignation that money brings ( ideology seems far away ). Jackson is a philosopher who saw it coming long before the rest of the world opened their eyes. It's oh so sad that a singer songwriter understands better what lives among the people then the guys who rules the system. Now we will talk about the concert and the fine songs of Jackson and David. Just like last year in Antwerp the concert was very good for the Belgians' sentimental hygiene, it's good to see that they're some good guys left in Belgium. The concert was almost sold out and Bozart is a perfect accommodation for Jackson and Lindley. First came Jackson and Lindley solo with "Seminole bingo" and "brothers under the bridge", two fine songs and then Lindley did it on his own. He brought us "when a man got boobs" which seems to fit him perfectly, do a little bit of sports David and it will be better. After the pause came Jackson and his band with 3 songs of "Time the conqueror". Although I think that time stood still for Jackson, he looks so much younger than most of his fans. Time sure did not conquer him, how do you do that Jackson? Then came the songs of "I'm alive" he wrote to place his problems with Darryl. Beautiful songs of sadness and misery between two ex lovers. The older material is for me personal the best but to tell you the truth, the songs of the sixties and seventies are not really better, it was the crowd that was in much better condition then and by playing these songs Jackson gave us back our youth. I felt the same emotions as I was 15 years old but the morning after when I look into the mirror I was still 51 years young, luckily without boobs David. This concert was more rock than the intimate concert last year in Antwerp with a fine version of "Running on empty, Mercury blues and Take it easy. I was hoping for "Song for Adam" or "The late show" but they did not come. Jackson said that there are 2 languages in Belgium for such a small country, well Jackson: the Flemish guys are for Belgium like the Asturian people are for Spain. I'm sure you will understand the problem now and if not, ask Tino de Geraldo to explain. Jackson also mentioned that the Belgian people are very quiet, this is because we appreciate the singer songwriter while he performs, a little bit of respect these days for other humans' ideas and music is the least we can do. Hope to see you back soon in Belgium if it still exist and not replaced by the republic Flanders. Submitted by: pavanacker@skynet.be (Patrick V., the guy who still believe in those things that money can't buy.) CONCERT REVIEW: Scottish And Irish Concerts Hi Russ, I have attended 3 concerts over 4 days.Glasgow on sunday,Edinburgh on monday and Cork on wednesday. All were brill in their own way but for me the Cork one was the best of the 3!! Then I would say that that as I'm from Cork!! David and Jackson were both in top form at the Cork concert. David mentioned that he was playing his Irish Basooka, Made in Romania!! As he was in Ireland he said he would wear his green trousers!! Jackson mentioned that some songwriters write songs like "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" and what do I write "My Problem Is You". All 3 concerts were similar with the same 2 songs from David and Jackson opening each show.In Edinburgh and Cork Jackson stayed for a 3rd song.After Jackson left the stage David did 3 songs on his own at each show. All 3 of the concerts started between 8 and 8.05!! Everyone including Jackson was mesmerised by Davids playing.I spoke to both David and Jackson after 2 of the shows, it was such a pleasure to meet both of them. They play Glastonbury at the weekend and BBC Four are meant to be showing their set between 9 and 10pm sat night June26th in the UK. Some of davids songs I was not familar with and did not get the titles, hence the ??? .Hopefully somebody might be able to give the full song titles. The Glasgow set list has been listed above already so I will not List that. Edinburgh Usher Hall June 21st 2010 David Lindley Seminole Bingo (with Jackson) Brothers Under The Bridge (with Jackson) For Taking The Trouble(with Jackson) Throw Over Man??? Guy With Boobs Throw Away??? Jackson Browne Off Of Wonderland Time The Conqueror Giving That Heaven Away In The Shape Of A Heart Your Bright Baby Blues(David rejoins) Call It a Loan My Problem Is You Too Many Angels Before The Deluge Doctor My Eyes Mercury Blues For A Dancer Running On Empty Encore Take It Easy I Am A Patriot Cork Marquee June 23rd 2010 David Lindley Seminole Bingo (with Jackson) Brothers Under The Bridge (with Jackson) For Taking The Trouble (with Jackson) Throw Over Man??? Tijuana Copperhead Road Jackson Browne Off Of Wonderland Time The Conqueror Giving That Heaven Away In The Shape Of A Heart Your Bright Baby Blues (David rejoins) My Problem Is You Too Many Angels Before The Deluge Doctor My Eyes Mercury Blues Fountain Of Sorrow For A Dancer Running On Empty Encore The Pretender I Am A Patriot As always I did not want any of the shows to end but when the light comes on you it's all over!! Looking forward to Glastonbury on telly at the weekend!!! All the best and thanks a million for your great website. Submitted by: ftobin@gofree.indigo.ie (Frank. Cork, Ireland.) CONCERT REVIEW: June 26, 2010 at Glastonbury Festival Jackson Browne performed on the Pyramid Stage (the main stage) at the 40th Glastonbury Festival today from 1.50pm - 3pm, and highlights of the event were broadcast on BBC Four from 9pm - 10pm (encompassing nearly the entire performance). The songs aired on the programme were as follows: 01. Off of Wonderland 02. The Barricades of Heaven 03. Fountain of Sorrow 04. Your Bright Baby Blues 05. I'm Alive 06. Before the Deluge 07. Doctor My Eyes 08. The Pretender 09. Running on Empty 10. I Am a Patriot David Lindley joined up with the band at the start of 'Your Bright Baby Blues', as is par for the course on the current tour. Jackson said that the last time he played Glastonbury in 1982, it was "muddy" - a far cry from the bright sunshine and blue skies of June 26, 2010. However, according to my notes, Jackson also played here in 1994. The show cut from song-to-song with little time for dialogue, so there's not a great deal to report. Jackson (and Mark Goldenberg and Kevin McCormick) wore shades throughout, probably due to the bright light shining onto the stage. The personal highlight, for me, was an extended instrumental during 'Doctor My Eyes'; in which Mark Goldenberg was given free license to rock - and he absolutely tore the house down. This song, along with 'Running on Empty', went down really well with the Glastonbury crowd, and received the best receptions of the ten songs featured on the broadcast. On a personal note, it was disappointing not to hear 'Mercury Blues' (which sounded fantastic on the recent tour), and I was also surprised that the crowd-pleasing 'Take it Easy' wasn't thrown into the mix also. Roll on Tuesday night at the Royal Albert Hall! Thanks Russ! Submitted by: segaboyno@aol.com CONCERT REVIEW: June 26, 2010 at Glastonbury Festival Hi Russ, Jackson's performance at Glastonbury was this afternoon. There was an hour of Tv coverage tonight on BBC Four.It was great to see a live performance being shown on tv!!, the same week that I attended 3 concerts!!.The set list for the tv coverage was as follows. Off Of Wonderland The Barricades Of Heaven Fountain Of Sorrow Your Bright Baby Blues I'm Alive Before The Deluge Doctor My Eyes The Pretender Running On Empty I Am A Patriot David Lindley came on stage for Your Bright Baby Blues and remained for the rest of the performance. I would say the performance was edited as there was very little talk, no song introductions or band member introductions.Someone who attended Glastonbury may be able to give the full set list. Jackson plays Glastonbury again on sunday on the acoustic stage, this may be just Jackson and David I'm thinking Thanks as always Russ for keeping us up to date. Submitted by: ftobin@gofree.indigo.ie (Frank) CONCERT REVIEW: June 26, 2010 at Glastonbury Festival Hi again Russ ! Thanks for printing my review of Jackson's Glasgow concert last week! Regular readers of your excellent website may be interested to know that Jackson and the band were recorded live at the Glastonbury rock festival on Saturday by BBC television! For United Kingdom viewers the whole set is still available on the BBC i Player accessible through www.bbc.co.uk. I mention this only to bring it to the attention of your United States readers, although I am really not sure if they can access it. Hopefully they will be able to, because it it is well worth watching. The whole set lasted about an hour and included the likes of Fountain of Sorrow, I'm Alive, Off Of Wonderland, Before The Deluge, Doctor My Eyes, Barricades Of Heaven, Your Bright Baby Blues, Running On Empty, The Pretender, I Am A Patriot and a few more! It's a pet hate of mine that when ever he comes over here, coverage of his concerts in the press is minimal and tv coverage even less. I must admit though, that the BBC have done him proud this time around. Hopefully all your readers will be able to see for themselves! Submitted by: dunn.a2@sky.com (Andy D.) GENERAL COMMENTS: Ticket Contest Hey Russ, I am the editor of The New Current and have just been given a pair of tickets for Jackson's Browne's Show on the 2nd of July in Liverpool. I was on your website and thought I would email you with the details to see if you would pass it on to your members as this would be an amazing concert. Jackson Browne 2010 Competition All the best Submitted by: niger@thenewcurrent.com (Niger) CONCERT REVIEW: June 29, 2010 at London Royal Albert Hall in London, England Hi all, Last night was great! I thought Jackson was in great form, and so was David! I managed to get front row seats (!!) and was sitting right in front of Jackson. I was very lucky. :) I met some nice people as well whom I was chatting to before the show. JB and David came out about 8pm and did David's set. I'm not very good on David's songs, but they did a few of Jackson's songs that they wrote together. They did a Warren Zevon song, followed by a Bruce Springsteen song. David explained about the veterans who live out in California under the freeway, and this was a song that Bruce had written about them. Someone behind me called out for 'Call It A Loan' and Jackson told David what she said. He asked David if any of his fiddles were out here and David replied with a cheeky smile "no!" So they did Call It A Loan without the fiddles. Some people were calling out for other things and he said that they didn't really have a plan, but they do have a plan... well, that they have some songs that they want to do but can change it. They also had their friend Timo out front for the first half, on the drum. He was making me smile with the way he was rubbing his hands and all the while powder came up like plumes of smoke. As David and Jackson were talking on stage, you could tell that they couldn't hear one another and had to keep repeating themselves! I don't know if it was the acoustics or old age, but it was funny to watch. David did a big into to one of his songs called 'When Men Get Boobs' which was actually quite funny. It was about how he woke up one morning and looked in the mirror and saw that he got boobs over night, so he called the most powerful spirit he knew, John Lee Hooker, who appeared in the mirror behind him and said that the spirits had been watching him eat doughnuts and this was the result. The song went on to talk about flabby back as well. It was a weird, yet funny song. They played for about an hour, but Jackson didn't know what time they had left and tried to find someone but no one was about to tell him, so they went off about 9pm and came on about 15 minutes later, with the band. David didn't join them for a few songs. They played Off of Wonderland, Giving that Heaven Away, (he introduced this by saying it was about a woman he met about 35 years ago, and she wrote him a letter a few years ago to tell him what she had done with her life, and it reminded him of their time together. He said that he came to England 40 years ago with someone whom he thought was a girlfriend, but wasn't, and this woman he met 35 years ago was the same, he thought she was but she wasn't. Anyway, he also said the he didn't think that what they did back then was a generational thing, just something every generation does, but as you get older, you talk about it less with other people and don't realise everyone else is doing the same thing you are!) Barricades of Heaven (I liked that a lot) and then David returned for Bright Baby Blues. One of my favourites. Next up was My Problem Is You, and I'm Alive. JB went into this song saying that he didn't really talk about it on this tour, but how much energy it takes to create one plastic bottle of spring water is equivalent to 1/3 of a bottle in oil. He decided, after seeing a crate of water bottles backstage at one show that it would be better to use stainless steel bottles and just fill them with water. Apparently, the chemicals used to make the plastic bottles were banned years ago as sex hormones (have I got that right?) but they're still used in making plastic bottles. He said that his stainless steel bottles were a particularly fine make, but any stainless steel ones were better than plastic! He also said that the oil spill in America was bad, but in effect, "We are the oil spill." Which I guess is true? I never looked at it that way before. Anyway, other songs included For A Dancer, Too Many Angels, Doctor My Eyes, Running On Empty. Jackson seemed to be putting a lot of effort into these songs, not because he needed to, but because he wanted to, and he was hitting every note perfectly. As he was singing, it was like he was remembering what the song was about. It looked quite emotional from where I was sitting. Nearly forgot, someone called out "Do another Tour!" and he said, "Do another song?" then realised what they said. It seemed he looked her in the eye and said, "Sure, why not?" and meant it sincerely. Do you think the audience liked that? Err... yes!! Jackson went into an encore about 10:30pm. When he came back to the stage, he said that he had been looking for someone to tell him what time they could play until, but couldn't find anyone. Maybe, he said, they they were tied up in the back? I thought he meant one of us fans had tied and gagged him so that he could play longer, but I guess he probably didn't mean it as literally as that! For Encore they played Mercury Blues, which was really rocking. He explained that he was at the making of David's first album, but that he wasn't credited as a producer. He said he was more like 'a midwife'. I think he introduced the band at this stage, including the newest member, Dani Delangelo (sp?) whom I thought was excellent. She was really getting into it. Jackson took a new guitar from Manny and explained that he didn't like playing the next song because everyone thought he was playing an Eagles cover, except it was a cover, a cover of his song that the Eagles were doing! He did a really good rendition, as always, and were were all up on our feet at the front of the stage for it. At one point he purposely missed the line, and you could hear the whole of the hall singing along. Incidentally, he said that he liked the Royal Albert Hall, that it was a magnificent building, but it didn't seem right calling it just a building, but everyone he knows whom he tells he's playing at RAH say it's one of their favourites too. I guess that's why he's come back twice in little over a year? Jackson still didn't know how long he had got left to play for, so they went into a fantastic I Am A Patriot. This was to be the last song of the evening, but it was mind blowing. Everyone had their own part to play in the song, all the band had a go at singing different bits, and Jackson was orchestrating it as they were all singing. This was the song that I left the venue with, ringing in my ears. Excellent. I thought they might do one more song, but the lights came up. I guess they found someone backstage in the end, and it was 11pm by then. It was a very warm evening in London, so I walked back to the station, and I was glad I did. I don't thing there was a bad song, note or even a glance in the whole evening. I loved it, but it did seem to go too quickly, no? One thing I will mention is that I saw a camera filming most of the show. There weren't any screens up that it could have been projected to, and I've never seen a camera at a show before, so I don't know what it was there for? It was a handheld, but professional camera. Hands up who wants a new DVD soon?! It would be a fantastic momento! Come back soon Jackson, you did promise us another tour during this show, and we're going to hold you to it! PS, Russ, feel free to post this on the Fan Site. Submitted by: e.rogers@ukonline.co.uk (Emma) CONCERT REVIEW: June 29, 2010 at London Royal Albert Hall in London, England Thoughts on the June 29th show. It doesn't seem to have totally followed the pattern of the shows reviewed so far. First set saw Tino from the previous solo shows join Jackson and David on stage. Started with David signing the Warren Zevon song and then Springsteens Brothers under the bridge. Jackson joined him on harmony and it occurred to me that he has one of the best harmony voices of anyone. He's not especially known for it but listen to all the recordings with Jackson harmonising and he is masterful , so the harmony on brothers under the bridge were an early highlight. We had the Lindley songs but also call it a loan which I loved although Jackson missed a few bits out and a pretty good for everyman. Ends with a daft song about man boobs in the style of John lee hooker but it wasn't to every taste. The concensus in the interval from those around me in the bar was that almost everyone would have preferred Jackson solo acoustic despite Davids undoubted genius. Short interval and then it soared. The band are so good now and the songs are great. The three from time the conqueror are great live. The new girl is a stunner visually and aurally!! Your Bright Baby Blues is amazing and David comes into his own backing Jackson. I love him but he's sublime as a soloist behind Jackson rather than in front of a band. There was a speech about the tour being plastic free and Jacksons admirable principals came to the fore and I find them inspiring. My company has donated around £75k to childrens charities in Africa, Nepal and the Uk in the last two years and I feel my magnimanity is directly as a result of Jackson Browne and the example he sets. I'm going to buy all my family his metal water bottles for their personal use and stop the Baker family plastic oil slick!! Back to the music, nothing very unexpected and to be totally frank I was a bit worried when I saw the set list but this is great stuff. I've seen Jackson at least 35 times (lost count) and I think this was one of the best. A stunning I am a Patriot brought the show to a stunning close. Jackson obviously loves the Royal Albert Hall and all of the band were just perfect on the night. Just my usual complaint, we were in the fourth row and paid huge black market money, tomorrow in Nottingham I have a crappy 400 mile journey on congested Uk roads, I've paid 500 dollars at black market prices, why can't we pay these hugely inflated prices to maybe have a brief meet and greet after the show and raise a load of money for one of Jacksons great causes!! A great show though from a great band and the very best songwriter of all time and he's masterly on that stage. Setlist from someone else please but this was top line magnificent stuff. Peace to Jackson and the band and all who love him like I do Take it easy Submitted by: terry@a1sportingspeakers.com (Terry B.) Go To Jackson Browne Fan Letters and Reviews from July 2010 RETURN to Jackson Browne Fan Letters Page RETURN to Jackson Browne Home Page |