Up until Jackson Browne's sixth album ... smart lyrics with even smarter melodies, Browne made 1976's The Pretender, a requiem to his late wife, who died the previous year. His next album ...

On the occasion of Jackson ... Browne began his showbiz boot camp in the form of a solo club tour. When he took the stage at The Bitter End a few weeks later, my friend and mentor Paul Nelson, my ...

Jackson Browne is no slouch as a musician ... and the mostly somber lyrics penned by a songwriter who had recently lost his first wife, Phyllis Major, to suicide. The first single released ...

American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne began writing songs in the mid-60s ... Harold who worked for my grandmother in the yard. If I could talk to my first wife… [Browne’s first wife, actress ...

Jackson Browne has always proven that he’s a gutsy ... some heartache of his own prior to recording the song. His first wife committed suicide, while his second marriage ended in divorce.

Jackson Browne‘s 1976 was a tumultuous ... In March, while Browne was in the studio cutting The Pretender, his wife Phyllis Major fatally overdosed on barbiturates. “Here Come Those Tears ...