Jackson Browne - Running On Empty

Artist:

Browne, Jackson

UPC:

075596051927

See Also:

Ronstadt, Linda Simon, Carly David Lindley/Jackson Browne - Love Is Strange

Description:

Also available with JACKSON BROWNE (SATURATE BEFORE USING) on 1 cassette.
Personnel: Jackson Browne (vocals, guitar); Danny Kortchmar (guitar); David Lindley (lap steel guitar, fiddle); Craid Doerge (keyboards); Leland Sklar (bass); Russ Kunkel (drums); Doug Haywood, Rosemary Butler (background vocals).
Recorded live in 1977.
An audacious concept album about life on the road, this is a mix of in concert performances and informal sessions taped in various hotel rooms (see "Shaky Town," although it`s hard to believe that Browne, by then a major star, was actually staying at a Holiday Inn). It`s very `70s--the overall aura of cocaine-fueled decadence is almost palpable--but it works far better than you`d expect, and the songs are consistently memorable, even if Browne didn`t write them all.
High points include a stunning half hotel/half concert version of Danny O`Keefe`s "The Road," still the best song ever written about the life of a travelling musician, and the closing medley of the roadie anthem "The Load-Out" and Maurice Williams and the Zodiac`s doo-wop classic "Stay." The hard rocking title tune features typically lyrical yet stinging slide guitar from long time associate David Lindley.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Running on Empty
2. Road, The
3. Rosie
4. You Love the Thunder
5. Cocaine
6. Shaky Town
7. Love Needs a Heart
8. Nothing But Time
9. Load Out, The
10. Stay

Album Information

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Singer/Songwriter

Label:

Elektra

Producer:

Jackson Browne

Catalog Number:

113

Original Release Year:

1977

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

42 : 33

Guest Artist:

David Lindley; Russ Kunkel; Leland Sklar; Craig Doerge; Danny Kortchmar; Doug Haywood; Rosemary Butler

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