When it comes to Los Angeles-based singer-songwriters of the ’70s, none paints a extra concise and vivid portrait of the period than Jackson Browne.

Born in Germany, and raised in L.A., Browne made his identify as a songwriter whereas nonetheless an adolescent within the ’60s, penning songs that have been lined by artists as various as Nico and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Gregg Allman and Tom Rush.

By the time he launched his eponymous debut (aka Saturate Before Using) in 1972, he was one of many elite members of the still-growing singer-songwriter motion. Over the following a number of years, he’d launch a string of albums – Late for the Sky, The Pretender and Running on Empty, amongst them – that earned him the title of the quintessential ’70s singer-songwriter, as you will notice within the under listing of Jackson Browne Albums Ranked Worst to Best.

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As time moved on, Browne stepped away from his consolation zone, making data all through the ’80s that mirrored the pursuits and themes of his friends, from pointed political commentary to insider seems to be on the group that made and surrounded him.

While it may be tempting to pin down Jackson Browne with only a handful of musical and thematic concepts in his toolbox, data from For Everyman and Running on Empty via Hold Out (his solely No. 1) and, extra just lately, Standing within the Breach present an artist keen to break the chains of his previous and transfer ahead, unafraid to stumble often alongside the way in which.