Jackson Browne – Before The Deluge
Oldies Songs A Meditation on Awakening, Loss, and the Quiet Reckoning After the Storm When “Before the Deluge” appeared in 1974, it did not arrive as a hit single chasing radio airplay…
Jackson Browne – You Love The Thunder
A quiet confession about restlessness, love, and the strange comfort of living close to the storm When Jackson Browne released “You Love the Thunder” in 1974, it did not arrive…
Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon – The Offender Meets the Pretender
A wry, unsparing look at American illusions, where youthful rebellion collides with adult compromise and the masks finally come off When “The Offender Meets the Pretender” appeared in 1976 on…
Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt – Poor Poor Pitiful Me
A sharp-tongued confession of excess and self-inflicted trouble, wrapped in humor, weariness, and the sound of a restless American decade When people mention “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” they are often…
Jackson Browne – Here Come Those Tears Again
A quiet confession about heartbreak and endurance, where sorrow returns not as a surprise, but as a familiar companion on the long road of emotional survival. Released in 1977, “Here…
Jackson Browne – For a Dancer
A quiet farewell wrapped in grace, where grief learns to move again and memory keeps time with the music Few songs in the classic singer-songwriter canon feel as gentle, as…
Jackson Browne – Jamaica Say You Will
“Jamaica Say You Will” — A Tender, Ocean-Washed Memory of Love and Loss “Jamaica Say You Will”, the opening track of Jackson Browne’s 1972 self-titled debut album, stands not as…
Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon – Hasten Down the Wind
A meditation on letting go, where friendship, regret, and hard-won grace move quietly with the wind When Jackson Browne released Hasten Down the Wind in the autumn of 1976, it…
Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon – Carmelita
A Song of Desperation and Grace: Carmelita as a Portrait of Broken Souls Seeking Mercy Few songs from the early 1970s capture emotional collapse with such raw tenderness as “Carmelita”,…
Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon – Cocaine
“Cocaine” — a quiet confession about temptation, friendship, and the fragile line between control and collapse Among the many songs that drift quietly through the back rooms of 1970s American…