Up next, a tale about legendary singer songwriter Jackson Browne who wrote plenty of entries in the great American songbook including a deeply poignant classic that he wrote when he was only 16 years old called These days He was an old soul and after taking radio by storm in the 70s he decided to do something no other band or musician had done before Cut a completely Live rock album of all new material while touring America. Life on the road can be grim and bittersweet, living our of your suitcase severely exhausted from gig to gig This legend wanted to capture that so he made a concept album with all new material live… And not just onstage… But in hotel rooms, rehearsal spaces, and even on a moving tour bus. The result is iconic. Today, we’re giving you the story of behind this album and it’s title track Running on Empty, a moving masterpiece that makes you feel like you are there. Coming up next on Professor of Rock.
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes we have covered Sara by Fleetwood, Reelin’ In the Year by Steely Dan, and Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty.
Today, we’re going back to the 70s with it’s one of the rock era’s premiere singer-songwriters, Jackson Browne. And we’re getting into the story behind his signature song Running on Empty.: Clyde Jackson Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1948, but was raised in Los Angeles from the age three. Growing up, Browne was interested in folk music and began writing songs at the urging of a couple high friends. In February 1966, Jackson joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band… He was barely 18 years old! That was nothing. He wrote the very mature classic song These Days when he just 16 years old. A song dealing with loss and regret. So he was definitely and old soul. Jackson wound up leaving the nitty gritty dirt band within six months, thought Some of his early compositions appeared on their subsequent albums.
An ensuing contract with Nina Music, a subsidiary of Elektra Records, resulted in Jackson writing for artists like Tom Rush, Johnny Rivers and ex-Velvet Underground singer Nico, with whom he was romantically involved. Nico actually recored the aforementioned classic song These Days. Although when Jackson wrote it it was called I’ve Been out Walking. He played guitar on the track and with Nico’s melancholy voice singing those world weary lyrics.
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