Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol 2

Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 Set for Release March 4, 2008 on Inside Recordings

Recorded live at concerts worldwide, the title follows up 2005's GRAMMY(R)-nominated Vol. 1; a new studio album from Browne is due in late'08. Jackson Browne to perform solo dates in the U.S. beginning March 7.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 4, 2008,
singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will release JACKSON BROWNE-SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. 2, the second in a series of live albums recorded at recent solo concerts in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Building on 2005's critically
acclaimed and GRAMMY(R)-nominated Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1,
the album features twelve career spanning songs, with Browne alternately on
both guitar and piano. Also like its predecessor, VOL. 2 features lively
exchanges between Jackson and his audiences. The disc will be available on
the artist's own Inside Recordings label, with distribution through ADA.

Two selections from JACKSON BROWNE - SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. , "Something Fine" and "Redneck Friend," reach back to the artist's landmark 1972 self-titled debut album, about which Rolling Stone wrote in its original review, "Jackson Browne's sensibility is romantic in the best sense of the term: his songs are capable of generating a highly charged, compelling
atmosphere throughout, and -- just as important -- of sustaining that pitch
in the listener's mind long after they've ended."

That rapt connection is felt throughout JACKSON BROWNE-SOLO ACOUSTIC,
VOL. 2., which also features four songs from Browne's most recent studio
album, 2002's The Naked Ride Home: "Never Stop," "The Night Inside Me," "My
Stunning Mystery Companion" and "Casino Nation". Other highlights include
"In The Shape Of A Heart," from 1987's Lives In The Balance, "Sky Blue And
Black" from 1993's I'm Alive, "Alive In This World" from '96's Looking East
and the 1982 Top 10 hit "Somebody's Baby," originally featured on the Fast
Times At Ridgemont High soundtrack.

Throughout his career, Jackson Browne has defined a genre of
songwriting and performing charged with honesty, emotion and personal
politics. He's been honored with inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame (2004) and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (2007). As influential and
enduring as Browne's music is his legacy as an advocate for social and
environmental justice. Recent humanitarian honors include the John
Steinbeck Award and the Chapin-World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Humanitarian
Award. In 2007, Browne re-united with his Musicians United For Safe Energy
(MUSE) co-founders Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt to oppose a revival of the
nuclear energy industry.

Jackson Browne is currently at work on a studio album of new material
slated for release in fall 2008. Following the March 4 release of JACKSON
BROWNE-SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. 2., he will perform a series of solo concert
dates in the U.S.

For more information, log on to http://www.jacksonbrowne.com.

Jackson Browne concert dates 2008 (more dates to be added):
03/07/08 Brown Theater Louisville, KY
03/08/08 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
03/10/08 Von Braun Center - Concert Hall Huntsville, AL
03/11/08 Tivoli Theatre Chattanooga, TN
03/14/08 Tennessee Theatre Knoxville, TN
03/15/08 Montgomery Performing Arts Center Montgomery, AL
03/17/08 Saenger Theatre Mobile, AL
03/19/08 Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall Ft. Myers, FL
03/20/08 King Center for the Performing Arts Melbourne, FL
03/22/08 Florida Theater Jacksonville, FL
03/24/08 North Charleston Performing Arts Center N Charleston, SC
03/26/08 Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts Newport News, VA
03/28/08 Music Box Theater at Borgata Atlantic City, NJ
03/29/08 Foxwoods Casino Mashantucket, CT
03/31/08 Opera House - LACE Benefit Barre, VT
04/01/08 Calvin Theatre & Performing Arts Center Northampton, MA
04/03/08 Merrill Auditorium at City Hall Portland, ME
04/04/08 Providence Performing Arts Center Providence, RI
04/06/08 Chevrolet Theatre Wallingford, CT
04/07/08 Sovereign Performing Arts Center Reading, PA
04/13/08 Fox Tucson Theatre Tucson, AZ
04/14/08 Ikeda Theater Mesa, AZ
04/16/08 Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, CA
04/17/08 Bob Hope (Fox) Theatre Stockton, CA
04/19/08 Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Santa Cruz, CA
04/20/08 Fox Theatre Bakersfield, CA
04/22/08 Lancaster Performing Arts Center Lancaster, CA
04/23/08 Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA

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Great news. Thanks

 

I've already got tix for 3/20. His last solo show there was great.

 

My copy of his second album, For Everyman, has Redneck Friend as track one, side two. Looks like I've got a real collector's item.

 

My old 8-track copy of "For Everyman" had it, too--hasn't it always been on versions of this record?

 

By the way, is it safe to even utter the words "8-track" on this forum?

 

Jackson REALLY needs to release a concert DVD. The only thing that's been out is "Going Home", and that's just more or less a documentary.

 

"Two selections from JACKSON BROWNE - SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. , "Something Fine" and "Redneck Friend," reach back to the artist's landmark 1972 self-titled debut album..."

This is incorrect.
"Something Fine" is from Browne's debut album Jackson Browne (which some refer to it as "Saturate Before Using").
However, "Red Neck Friend" comes from For Everyman, his excellent second album.
These two tracks have always appeared on these albums.

 

How is this CD? Worth buying?

 

If you're a Jackson Browne fan, yes, this is well worth buying. The song selection tilts more to new songs from The Naked Ride Home, but the acoustic performances are great. If you don't have either Solo Acoustic album I would get Vol. 1 first, but Vol. 2 is a worthy partner to it.

- Joe

 

The Japanese copies of both albums have a bonus track. So hunt them down on eBya as they are still going cheap there.

 

vol I - bonus track is/was "the rebel jesus" and is available at best buy i think,. at least that is where it was originally released.

vol II from best buy gave you a free digital download of "walking slow" (if i recall correctly) and japanese bonus track is"shadow dream song", which is pretty exclusive as far as i know.

get them both, they are stunningly good and his stories are wonderful.

renny

 

It's voice and solo guitar and piano. It's difficult to really brickwall this type of material without drums and bass. I imagine there's compression on it, but I think it sounds excellent. I went to one of the concerts on this tour and these recording capture the unique spirit of this tour like few live recordings do.

This thread got me to break out Vol. 2 again and it really is superb. Does anybody know if there is a listing somewhere of which songs and stories came from which shows? The intro to Something Fine sounds very similar to the concert I went to. Maybe it was the same story at each show, but none of the other intros sounded familiar to me.

- Joe

 

To me both this and the corresponding volume 1 are extremely good and natural sounding.

//Uffe

 

I think so too.

Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate is out there somewhere too available as a download courtesy of a promotion/bonus track as part of one of these volumes.

 

Can't comment on two - except to say the selection is less impressive than the first, but after seeing a great acoustic show, I bought volume one and thoroughly enjoyed it, even if it's a little sterile sounding.