LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 6, 2019…JACKSON BROWNE RELEASED THE SUPERB ALBUM ‘RUNNING ON EMPTY’ ON THIS DAY IN 1977. THE ENTIRE ALBUM WAS THEMED AROUND A MUSICIAN’S LIFE ON THE ROAD AND WAS RECORDED ON TOUR, EITHER LIVE ON STAGE, OR IN LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TOURING ( LIKE BACKSTAGE, ON TOUR BUSES , OR EVEN HOTEL ROOMS). THE RECORD RECEIVED 2 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS IN 1979 INCLUDING A NOMINATION FOR “ALBUM OF THE YEAR.” TO DATE IT IS JACKSON BROWNE’S BEST SELLING RECORD. INCLUDING DOWNLOADS, STREAMING AND ACTUAL RECORD SALES ‘RUNNING ON EMPTY’ HAS SOLD OVER 9.2 MILLION COPIES TO DATE. HERE’S BROWNE PERFORMING THE TITLE TRACK LIVE AT A CONCERT IN 1979
AS AN ADDED BONUS HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ONE OF THE BEST TRACKS ON THE ALBUM ‘THE LOAD OUT AND STAY’