Jackson Browne – “The Load Out”/”Stay”, “Running On Empty”, “Take It Easy” and “Tender Is The Night”

In the late Seventies Jackson Browne wrote a song about being a rock musician on tour called “The Load Out”, which morphed into “Stay”, and featured David Lindley on slide guitar/lap steel guitar (and a falsetto voice on the chorus).

I don’t really remember “The Load Out” part too much, but “Stay” (Oh won’t you stay Just a little bit longer Oh, Please please stay Just a little bit more…) has stuck in my mind all these years.

In 1978 Jackson Browne and David Lindley, together with supporting artists, played “The Load Out” and “Stay” live in England at the BBC Television Centre in the Shepherds Bush Theatre in London:

Another track by Jackson Browne I really like, but either didn’t know or had forgotten it was by him, is “Running On Empty”:

For some reason I connected that song with Bruce Springsteen, and now I see why: the two are friends and have often sung the song together, as here:

Jackson Browne co-wrote “Take It Easy” with Eagles member and neighbour Glenn Frey, which was a hit for that group. Here is his version:

Like so many others, when the Seventies ended, Jackson Browne went on to produce more great music, such as “Tender Is The Night” in 1983, here in a live version from 1986 on German television’s Rockpalast (looks a bit like a long haired Tom Cruise 🙂 ):

Night night, sleep tight…

Paul

Tags: BBC Television Centre, Bruce Springsteen, David Lindley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, Music of the Seventies, Rockpalast, Running On Empty, Shepherds Bush Theatre, Stay, Take It Easy, Tender Is The Night, The Load Out, Tom Cruise

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