Jackson Browne was born in Germany. His father, Clyde Jack Browne, worked for the US Army. His mother's name is Beatrice Amanda Dahl. Jackson's musical career began in the late 1960s. He played with the 'Nitty Gritty Dirt Band' .
Son Ethan Zane Browne born November 2, 1973.
Son Ryan Daniel Browne born January 28, 1982.
His first wife, Phyllis Major , committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.
His second wife, model Lynne Sweeney, divorced him and returned to her native Australia after he started a public romance with actress Daryl Hannah.
In fall of 2004, he participated in the Vote for Change concert tour organized to encourage the defeat of George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election.
In 1986, during the height of the Reagan administration, his album "Lives In the Balance" was released, with stridently political songs critical of then-current situations. Elektra Records refused to produce a video for the albums title track, so Browne produced one out of his own pocket.
Jackson Browne attended the 2nd annual HatcH audiovisual festival in Bozeman, MT, in October 2005 to present the HatcH Gibson Guitar New Musician Award to Chris Webster.
The back cover of his 1976 album "The Pretender" shows Kenneth Rexroth s translation of Pablo Neruda s poem "Brown and Agile Child".
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.
Produced albums for Warren Zevon.
Produced the Eagles 1972 debut album, and co-wrote many of the tracks.
Give up your heart and you lose your wayTrusting another to feel that way. Give up your heart and you find yourself living for something in somebody else. Sometimes you wonder what happens to love. Sometimes the touch of a friend is enough.
I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.
As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.
I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a house that burned down, so he had no idea anything was going on. It was very sad.
