John Lennon was murdered.  Tupac and Biggie too.  But their music lives on.  Played every day on the radio, spun in homes around the world.  Clive Davis still walks the planet, but we haven’t heard a peep out of him in months, the press has moved on.  David Cook is making his album without his […]

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"Boulevard" The opening number.  From Jackson’s victory lap, "Hold Out".  After the unforeseen stratospheric success known as "Running On Empty", after "No Nukes". The key lines are: Down at the golden cupThey set the young ones up This was a reference to the Gold Cup, a dive on the south side of Hollywood Boulevard, long […]

I first experienced Jackson Browne at the Fillmore East, opening for Laura Nyro.  This was long before I even knew who David Geffen was, never mind the fact that the two shared a manager.  All I knew was this guy opening for my favorite riveted the audience.  Kept everybody in rapt attention, almost an impossibility […]