THE BRIDGEWATER HALL MANCHESTER ENGLAND TUESDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2014.
Standing in the Breach is the Fourteenth Studio Album by American Singer
Songwriter Jackson Browne it was released on October 7th 2014 by Inside
Records & was his First Album of New Material in Six Years Clyde Jackson
Browne ( Born October 9th 1948 ( Age 76 ) Heidelberg Germany , Is an
American Rock Musician , Singer & Songwriter / Guitarist & Songwriter /
Guitarist & Political Activist who sold over 30 Million Albums in the United
States . Emerging as a Teenager / Songwriter in the Mid 1960s Los Angeles.
He had his First Successes writing Songs for Others . He wrote ” These Days”
as a 16 year old , the Song became a minor Hit for German & Andy Warhol
Protégé Nico in 1967 . He also wrote several Songs for fellow Southern
California Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ( Of which he was briefly a member
in 1996 ) . & The Eagles of whom had their First Billboard Top 40 Hit in
1972 with the Browne Co -Written Song ” Take It Easy ” . Encouraged by
his Successes writing Songs for Others Browne released his Self Titled
Debuted Studio Album in 1972 which includes Two Top 40 Hits of his
own , ” Doctor My Eyes ” & ” Rock Me On The Water ” . For his Debut
Album as well as the next several Albums & Concert Tours . Browne
started to work closely with “The Section ” , a Prolific Session Band
which also worked with a number of other Prominent Singer & Song-
Writers of the era . His Second Studio Album ” For Everyman ” was
released in 1973 . His Third Studio Album ” Late For The Sky ” (1974)
was his most successful to that point Peaking at Number 14 on the
Billboard 200 Album Chart . His Fourth Studio Album “The Pretender”
( 1976 ) continued the pattern of each Album topping the previous
by Peaking at Number Five on the Album Chart & included the Hit
Singles ” Here Comes Those Tears Again ” & ” The Pretender ” Browne
has done 20 Studio Albums . Origin Rock / Folk Rock / Soft Rock / Pop
& Country Rock . Instruments Vocal / Acoustic Guitar & Semi Acoustic
Guitar & Piano . Years Active 1964 – Present . Labels Elektra , Inside ,
Asylum . Line Up Jackson Browne Lead Vocals / Guitars & Piano ex. ex.
ex. Jackson Browne was joined by his Regular Touring Band Members
Including Val Mc Calum Guitar ex. ex. ex. , Mauricio Lewak Drums ex.
ex. ex. , Jeff Young Keyboards ex. ex. ex. , Bob Glaub Bass Guitar ex .
ex. ex. & the acclaimed Multi Instrumentalist Greg Leisz Guitar , Lap
Steel Guitar & Pedal Steel ex. ex. ex. Amazing Artist & Brilliant Band.
SONG 1. The Barricades Of Heaven ( 1996 ) ” Running down around
the Town along the Shore ” ” When I was sixteen & on my own ” ” No,
I couldn’t tell what the hell those brakes were for ” ” I was just trying
to hear my song ” Amazing arrangement with Playing & Vocals. Magic.
SONG 2. Looking Into You ( 1972 ) ” Well I Looked into a House I once
lived in ” ” Around the Time went on my own ” ” When the roads were
as many as the places I had dreamed of ” ” & my friends & I were one”
” Now the distance is done & the search has begun ” ” I’ve come to see
where my beginnings have gone ” Outstanding Sounds & Vocals Love It
SONG 3. The Long Way Around ( 2014 ) ( C ) ” ” I’m a long way gone ”
” Down this wild road I’m on ” ” It’s going to take me where I’m bound”
” But it’s the long way round ” Crowd going wild with delight Magical .
SONG 4. Leaving Winslow ( C ) ( 2014 ) ” Station to station, coast to
coast ” ” Not that much of anything in mind ” ” No expectations way
less than most ” ” But I wanted to see Winslow one more Time ”
SONG 5. Carmelita ex. ( Warren Zevon Cover ) ” I hear mariachi
static on the Radio ” ” & the tubes they grow in the dark ” ” & I’m
there with her in Ensenada ” ” & I’m here in Echo Park ” Love It.
SONG 6. These Days ex. ” Well , I’ve been out walking ” ” I don’t
do that much talking these days ” Amazing arrangement . Magic.
SONG 7. Shaky Town ex.(1977)(C ) ” That’s a Big Ten Four ” ” From
your back door ” ” Just put the Hammer Down ” ” This young man
feels ” ” Those eighteen wheels ” ” That keep turning ’round to take
me down to Shaky Town ” Outstanding Stage Presence so Magical .
SONG 8. For A Dance ex . ( Audience Request ) ( 1974 ) ” Keep a
fire burning in your eye ” ” Pay attention to the Open Sky ” ” You
never know what will be coming down ” Amazing arrangement .
SONG 9. I’m Alive ex. ( 1993 ) ( C ) ” While I was dreaming of you ”
” With my heart in your hands ” ” & I was following through ”
” With my beautiful plans ” Outstanding Song writing Pure Magic.
SONG 10. You Know The Night ex.(2014)
” You know the night I met you ” ” My eyes had been looking for you ”
” All over everywhere ” ” Over low roads , down highways , & bald
Deserts ” ” You know the night ” ” You know the night Amazing Sounds”
SONG 11. Fountain Of Sorrow ex. ( 1974 ) ” Looking through some
photographs ” ” I found inside a drawer ” ” I was taken by a photograph
of you ” ” There were one or two I know that ” ” You would have liked a
little more ” ” But they didn’t show your spirit quite as True” INTERVAL.
SET TWO .
SONG 12. Rock Me On The Water ex.(1972) ” Oh people ,look around you”
” The signs are every where ” ” You’ve left it for somebody other than
you ” ” To be the one to care ” Outstanding Mixing & Lights Just Love It.
SONG 13. If I Could Be Anywhere ex. ( 2014 ) ” Sliding on the shimmering
surface between two worlds ” ” Standing at the centre of time as it uncurls”
” Cutting through the veil of illusion ” ” Moving beyond past conclusions ”
” Rendering all doubt & confusion clear ” Amazing arrangement & Lyrics .
SONG 14. Which Side ex. ( C ) ” Come on come on come on if you’re coming”
” Come on come on come on ” ” Come on come on come on if you’re coming”
” Which side are you on ? ” Amazing arrangement with Playing & Vocals .
SONG 15. Standing In The Breach ex. ( C ) ( 2014 ) & though the earth may
tremble & our foundations crack ” ” We will all assemble & we will build them
back ” ” & rush to save the lives remaining still within our reach ” & try to put
our world together standing in the breach ” Outstanding Sounds & Vocals .
SONG 16 Looking East ex.(1996) ” Standing in the ocean with the sun burning
low in the west ” ” Like a fire in the cavernous darkness at the heart of the
beast ” ” With beliefs & possessions ” ” Stopped at the frontier in my chest”
” At the edge of my country , my back to the see ” ” Looking East ” Magic .
SONG 17. The Birds OF St Marks ex. ” Oh how sadly the songs the Queen
must sing of Dying ” ” A prisoner upon her throne of melancholy sighing ”
” If she could see her mirror now ” ” She would be free to those who bow
& ” ” Scrape the ground beneath her feet ” Amazing Song writing Love It.
SONG 18. Skyblue & Black ex. ” In the calling out to one another ” ” Of the
lovers up & down the Strand ” ” In the sounds of the waves & the Cries ”
” Of the seagulls circling the Sand ” Another amazing arrangement. Magic.
SONG 19. In The Shape Of A Heart ex. ” It was a ruby that she wore ” ” On
a chain around her neck ” ” In the shape of a Heart ” ” In the shape of a
Heart ” . Some fantastic Playing from the Band & Jackson & Vocals & B/V .
SONG 20. Rosie ex. ( 1977 ) ( C ) ” But Rosie , your all right , you wear my
ring ” ” When you hold me tight , Rosie that my thing ” ” When you turn
out the light , I got to hand it to me ” ” Looks like it me & you again tonight,
Rosie ” Jackson is such Amazing Songwriter with amazing Music & Lyrics.
SONG 21. Running On Empty ex ( C ) ” Runnin’ on empty ” ” Runnin’ blind ”
” Runnin’ on , Runnin’ into the Sun ” ” But I’m Runnin’ behind ” Love It .
ENCORE.
SONG 22. The Pretender ex. ( 1977 ) ” I’m going to rent myself a House ”
” In the shade of the Freeway ” ” Gonna , pack my Lunch in the Morning ”
” & go to Work each Day ” Did well in the Single Charts Amazing Song Love It.
SONG 23. Doctor My Eyes ex. ( C ) ( 1972 ) ” Doctor , my Eyes ” ” Tell me
what is wrong ” ” Was I unwise ” ” To leave them open so Long ? ” This has
been a Wonderful Show from this Amazing Artist & His Brilliant Band at
the Wonderful Bridgewater Hall Manchester with its Staff , Security . Magic.
SCARLET LIGHT 