Jackson Browne Concert

Went with my wife and parents last night to see Jackson Browne in concert. This concert has been on my lifelong to do list for a few years now. I may have come late to the party, but I am here now and here to stay.

Jackson has crept into my top five artists of all time these past few years. I have snatched up everything that he has put out and soaked it all in. Jackson is one of the better singer-songwriters of our time.

Many of you will recall his well known album Running on Empty and perhaps envision Forrest Gump running because he just felt the need to run. To be honest I don't go to that album much and neither did Jackson in the show. He went to the classics.Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky, For Everyman, and The Pretender. Of course His one rule is that if someone calls for Running on Empty the band must immediately play the song. So, when someone shouted it out, they went right into and the entire theater erupted in song.

One of my concerns coming to this show was that I had heard that Jackson had been losing a little bit of his voice control. Totally not the case, he actually sounded pretty dang good. Hitting all the old notes and the new ones too.

My only complaint was the show was described as an acoustic show, which if you have heard Jackson's solo stuff it is really good, this was not the case. He even made a joke about it. With a drummer, electric guitar, bass player, and him on acoustic at that point, he looked out into the crowd and said "Acoustic?" I laughed pretty hard at that, so did my father. This is not that big of a complaint though, Jackson and his band put on a stellar performance. I would go see him again in a heartbeat.

Funny of the night:

A woman who was in our vicinity, had a little too much to drink and was shouting out song suggestions all night. That was fine, everyone was shouting out suggestions. The funny was when my wife leaned over and asked, "Why is she asking for BEEF STEAK?" It took me a moment to register, but I realized the woman was in fact not shouting for the song "BEEF STEAK", but for one of Jackson's classic songs, "THESE DAYS." I laughed pretty hard at this, and will continue to laugh at it for many years to come.

So Jackson, here's to us meeting again. And perhaps you can play that classic song of yours, "Beef Steak."